Well, for a start, we’re a hugely ambitious council, committed to improving lives for the residents, communities and businesses of Somerset.
And that’s why we’re working so hard to build a sustainable organisation with a culture that rewards, values and recognises our staff, and gives everyone here the opportunity to grow and develop, personally and professionally.
If you’re looking for a place where your work truly matters – where YOU truly matter – we might be just right for you.
We also promote a healthy work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements wherever possible, including working from home.
Role Overview
The Facilities Management Team provides premise management, health, and safety statutory checks, assist with incident control, financial and procurement administration. We act as first point of contact for building users.
Your role will include:
1. Weekly health & safety and statutory checks.
2. Assisting with buildings user requirements.
3. Provision of general technical/administration support.
4. Weekly Health and Safety tours, fire extinguisher checks, alarm testing, legionella testing, emergency lighting testing, panic alarm testing, inductions, monitoring building materials, fault reporting, and auditing risk and CoSHH assessments.
You will be required to work alone when carrying out these duties at the FM managed premises in the North Somerset region. This involves travel to these premises on a regular basis, and therefore you will need access to your own transport. You will also share the manning of the Hub helpdesk based in Bridgwater on a Rota basis, answering emails and enquiries from internal customers.
Requirements
We offer ongoing support, training, and guidance to help you be the best you can be. It will really help if you:
* Have experience in a similar role.
* Have experience/knowledge of health and safety related tasks.
* Take pride in your work, have a great work ethic, and want to play your part in creating a welcoming and safe environment.
* Have experience of using Word, Excel, and Outlook.
* Possess excellent customer service skills and are a natural problem solver.
* Are organised, flexible, and adaptable.
We’re proud to be here for the people of Somerset. An important part of this is ensuring that we are as diverse and inclusive as the people and communities we serve. We welcome applications from a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences to enrich our team.
We offer great training and development opportunities, with supportive management. As well as this, we have some fantastic employee benefits available:
* Generous annual leave allowance, with the opportunity to purchase additional leave.
* Staff discounts in gyms.
* Employee Assistance for the times you may need some support and a variety of employee wellbeing services.
* Auto enrolment onto our generous Pension Scheme and optional pension enhancement through our Additional Voluntary Contribution scheme.
* A Flexible Benefits Scheme via salary sacrifice to obtain a cycle for work and health screenings.
* My Staff Shop offering discounts in shops, online shopping, restaurants, cinema tickets, insurance benefits, and more.
Experience in a health and safety environment or premises management role is preferred but not essential as training is provided. We are seeking people with transferable skills and backgrounds to join our team.
The salary for this role is £23,114 - £23,893 per annum.
If you have all the information you need, just hit the apply button - we can’t wait to hear from you.
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