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About the role
West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) are looking for a confident and proactive person to join the Property Services team as a Trainee Maintenance Officer.
This role will cover WNC’s corporate properties including One Angel Square, Guildhall and County Hall. Â
You will need to be enthusiastic, people focused and happy to work on your own initiative with an ability to multitask and prioritise effectively. Working within a close knit team of 5, you will learn the skills to assist in delivering a programme of maintenance and repairs at West Northamptonshire Council’s corporate buildings, including reactive, compliance and pre-planned work such as small decorating jobs, building checks, changing taps, unblocking toilets and maintenance tasks that support keeping WNC corporate buildings safe, warm, and dry.Â
A full clean driving licence is desirable.
Main responsibilities/duties include:
- To assist the Maintenance Team in undertaking building checks, repairs, and cleaning at WNC corporate buildings to ensure they are fit for purpose for Customers and a diverse workforce.
- To assist the Maintenance Team with general maintenance to heating, lighting, drainage, and mechanical systems to ensure that the buildings remain safe, warm, and dry.Â
- To undertake small decorating jobs such as painting, putting up shelves, flooring, and tiling to ensure a pleasant working environment for staff and for visitors.Â
- To assist with preparing the function rooms within corporate buildings for meetings and events to ensure that they are to the requirement of service users and external clients.Â
- To undertake the movement of office furniture in accordance with manual handling procedures.Â
- To escort contractors to appropriate areas and ensure that works are carried out correctly and signed of by an appropriate member of staff.Â
- To assist with setting up barriers and staging equipment correctly and safely.Â
- To be able to work proactively and reactively due to the constant changing demands of the job
The role will be working 37 hours a week, Monday – Thurs 8am-4pm & Fri 8am – 3.30pm with very occasional out of hours work.
What will you be doing?
Main responsibilities/duties include:
- To assist the Maintenance Team in undertaking building checks, repairs, and cleaning at WNC corporate buildings to ensure they are fit for purpose for Customers and a diverse workforce.
- To assist the Maintenance Team with general maintenance to heating, lighting, drainage, and mechanical systems to ensure that the buildings remain safe, warm, and dry.Â
- To undertake small decorating jobs such as painting, putting up shelves, flooring, and tiling to ensure a pleasant working environment for staff and for visitors.Â
- To assist with preparing the function rooms within corporate buildings for meetings and events to ensure that they are to the requirement of service users and external clients.Â
- To undertake the movement of office furniture in accordance with manual handling procedures.Â
- To escort contractors to appropriate areas and ensure that works are carried out correctly and signed of by an appropriate member of staff.Â
- To assist with setting up barriers and staging equipment correctly and safely.Â
- To be able to work proactively and reactively due to the constant changing demands of the job
About you
About us
We’re a new council, following one of the largest shake-ups in local government
reform in recent history. As a new authority, we’re embarking on an exciting journey
to deliver exceptional services for our residents, customers and
communities. Â
Our vision at West Northamptonshire Council is ‘to make West Northants a great
place to live, work, visit and thrive’. We truly stand by this and work hard every day to
make this a reality. Our corporate values, THRIVE, stand for: Trust, High Performance,
Respect, Innovate and Empower, they underpin everything we do and how we deliver
services.Â
At West Northants Council, it’s about our people. People who thrive with
ambition, bubble with new ideas, demand better ways of working, caring about every detail,
and who never shy away from a challenge. Our culture is a gateway for new experiences. A
place to forge new opportunities. To empower you in your career and unite you with like-
minded people.
When potential is unlocked, talent thrives.
Choose a career that offers you a true sense of achievement, fills you with pride and
challenges you in a positive way, every day.
West Northants Council, where careers thrive.
