Maintenance Operative reference: 815416702

Job title: Maintenance Operative

Location: Lilleshall National Sports & Conferencing Centre, Shropshire, TF10 9AT

Job type: Permanent

Working Hours: 39 hours per week, Monday to Friday covering earlies, lates and occasional weekend work, overnight shift.

Salary: Up to £27,000 per annum + call out allowance and overtime

Here at Lilleshall our goal is to get more people, more active, more often. We provide affordable access to a wide range of sports and leisure facilities to support healthier and happier people across all segments of the local community. To deliver those services takes an enthusiastic and customer focused team - and right now we are looking to recruit for a Maintenance Operative to join the centre.

Lilleshall is one of Sport England`s National Sports Centres and is home to a number of National Governing Bodies of Sport. Lilleshall provides excellent facilities to Britain’s leading sports men and women. We are also a Conferencing and Event Centre, boasting a large number of recently refurbished rooms and outdoor spaces for weddings, corporate events, and team-building days.

In this role you will be required to consistently provide on a pre-planned, ad-hoc, breakdown and reactive basis, a professional and effective maintenance, service and repair function which will include building service systems such as plumbing, life safety and security, heating, cooling, ventilation, cold water systems and building service system plant & ancillary equipment items such as mechanically operated, heat generating, hot water generating, chilled water, air handling, storage tanks and water movement plants.

You will be required to provide the maintenance, service and repair function on both a hands-on and appointment & supervision of external sub-contractor’s basis and be required to provide a high level of hands on and supervisory technical support to the site-based operations and technical management teams.

We will offer a safe, fun, and professional working environment with excellent training and development opportunities including pool plant course. You will also receive free membership and other various discounts.

About you

The successful candidate will need to be able to demonstrate relevant experience similar to this role and it’s desirable that you have worked in a similar size or larger more complex sporting or leisure facilities.

You will have a background in maintenance with the role requiring a broad range of skills including, but not exclusively, plumbing, electrical, mechanical, or general maintenance skills.

If you hold a technical qualification this would be desirable.

If you feel you meet the criteria, please apply today!

Why Serco

A place you can make an impact: Working within Leisure means that you’ll play a critical role in ensuring that the communities we serve receive exceptional service and you’ll help to provide our local communities with a safe and fun environment to stay healthy and connected to others.

A place you can count on: It takes a diverse team to support our Leisure business and we’re big on internal progression. So, whether you specialise your skills, undertake additional training or progress into senior management you’ll find all the opportunity you need to evolve your career.

A place for you: Our staff are dedicated to providing the best possible service for our customers and we welcome those who take similar pride in their work.

What we offer

Free membership at the Centre plus heavily discounted use of classes and facilities Free safeguarding training and DBS check Excellent Development and Training Opportunities 6% employer matched pension contribution Up to 20 days annual leave, 21 days after 1 year (pro rata) + Public Holidays Life assurance up to 2x base salary For all Leisure benefits please see Employee Benefits (moreleisure.com)

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Serco/Serco Leisure Operating Limited are appointed as the Trust’s Managing Agents. We manage the recruitment process and the Trust’s employees in the delivery of the service on their behalf. The Trust is committed to equal opportunities and requests any potential applicant to contact the Recruitment Team on 0345 010 4000 as soon as possible if an applicant has any additional queries, requirements or will need additional time in submitting an application. Applicants should be aware that in line with the company’s policy, employees will have a DBS check where appropriate.

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