We are looking to attract a part-time Maintenance Assistant to be based at our Meadowside Leisure Centre, Whitely with occasional support required at River Park, Winchester.

What your role will be

You will work closely with our Contract Technical Manager to deliver the day to day maintenance regimes and minor reactive repairs of the contractual hard facilities management (FM) responsibilities covering:

• Monitoring and evaluating planned preventative maintenance regimes
• Building fabric planned preventative maintenance regime
• PfPL’s Health & Safety policy
• PfPL’s environmental policy
• PFI Contractual obligations
• Operational maintenance issues

Please note that this is a part-time role where you will be expected to work 20 hours per week, which will be 5 hours per day either morning or afternoon, the hours and days of which are flexible and can be discussed at interview.   A driving licence is required as you will be required to support River Park Leisure centre on an occasional basis. You will be expected to be contactable 24/7 on a rota basis with other team members for emergency call out issues and be a nominated key holder.  

Your background

In order to be successful in this role you will have a multi-trade background or previous experience in a similar role.  Ideally you will have a background of working to corporate policies and be able to produce basic reports showing progress on scheduled works.  

It would be beneficial if candidates were qualified to ONC or City & Guilds in either Electrical or Heating & Ventilation Services; although this is not essential. Furthermore, it would be advantageous for you to hold a Pool Plant Operators Certificate, however full training can be provided.

What we offer you

It is a great time to join Places for People Leisure, as well as competitive salaries we are uniquely placed to offer a varied and competitive benefits package. We recognise that you are our biggest assets, from a free staff membership at our centres: comprehensive pension; generous holiday entitlement; childcare vouchers; high street discount vouchers; free counselling; free flu-jabs; opportunities to get loans, plus many other benefits including career development.

About us

Places for People Leisure is one of the UK’s leading and award-winning local authority leisure management partners, managing 113 public sector leisure facilities for 32 local authorities and two community gyms. With 28 million visits annually and 138,000 paying members, it employs 8,000 people; teaches 53,000 children a year to swim, and in 2014–15, trained 2,000 new lifeguards and 500 new first aiders, and taught 1,000 people to use life-saving defibrillators.

What's next?

If you meet the criteria and are ready to make the next step in your career then click apply. You will be redirected to our careers site where you can discover more about the role, read a full job description and apply directly to us.