Commercial Housekeeper/Facilities

Job Description

Meyer Scott Ref: VR/08616Salary: c. £24,288 p.a.Location: CambridgeType: PermanentHours: Monday - Friday 1.30 - 9.30pm - 36.5 hours per weekThe Estates Division are a multi-disciplinary organisation responsible for the development, management, and maintenance of buildings used for teaching, research, and administrative activities and its broad and complex nature presents many demanding challenges,for example some buildings are 800 years old, Grade I Listed and protected by English Heritage, whilst others are new with highly sustainable building fabrics and buildings management systems.Type of PersonYou MUST be flexible and willing to roll your sleeves up when necessary. Good customer services skills are essential as you will be dealing with visitors to the centre, lecturers, students, contractors and other support staff. So, a friendlycan-do demeanor will help nurture these relationships.Common sense is always also key. Whilst the facility employs maintenance staff and cleaners good housekeeping will be your mantra so from time to time you cannot be above getting stuck in clearing rooms for visitors, tidying up and generally having pridein ensuring the building is presentable and always functioning.Key areas we are responsible for include:

• Planning and managing the Universitys estate development programme.
• Project managing new build construction and the refurbishment/alteration of existing stock.
• Managing and maintaining the building including residential accommodation and investment properties.
• Delivering a comprehensive facilities management service to the University.
• Managing catering outlets across the building. Managing the operational and research facilities at the University Farm.
• To be first point of contact for users of the facilities and provide wayfinding around the building, supporting event operations and provide an excellent user experience. To act as an ambassador for the facility during all contact with visitors on site,always maintaining standards of both personal and public presentation.
• Open and close the building and be a designated key holder, maintain building checks, setting alarms and provide end of day reports. Monitor and patrol all levels of the facility throughout the day ensuring that spaces are being used in line with intentions,that spaces are always clean and presentable and maintain egress routes.
• To take on a user champion role, ensuring user feedback is conveyed to Operations Coordinator and Manager.
• Ensure cleaning is completed to required standards, carry out spot cleaning and deal with spillages, support the contract cleaning staff to clean rooms and lecture theatres. Maintain cleaning stock and consumables for contractors. Monitor contract cleanersdispose of waste according to correct procedure, move waste wheelie bins when needed, support contract cleaners in removing waste from buildings.
• Clear rubbish and leaves from external grounds and adjacent areas, clean low-level windows/windowsills and doors as appropriate.
• Maintain Health and safety compliance, supporting contractors when on site including, sign in, health and safety, fire induction & issuing of hot works and roof permits. Perform weekly, monthly, and annual testing of fire, security alarm systems & access,lighting systems. Reporting areas of concern to the facilitys management and ED. Ensure equipment is in safe working condition, plan for repairs where necessary, have an awareness of building management issues e.g., location of major fuses, controls etc.in case of emergencies.
• Answer general library enquiries and help library users when the library team are not on site.
• React to daytime security alerts and beware of potential security issues around buildings. Manage access control systems dealing with users and door schedules. Locking and unlocking of multiple rooms across site. (Air conditioning/ building management systems)Be an Active Member of the Emergency operation procedures.
• Changeover the space within the hub, working with the onsite cleaning team to ensure cleaning of seminar rooms and resetting of meetings spaces and event facilities, including moving furniture and clearing down rooms. Support operational delivery for eventsonsite such as guest arrival and exit.
• Manage facilities daily deliveries and incoming post, office supplies and movement of stock to required areas. Monitor allocated parking and ensure access routes are maintained on the external area.
• Monitor and carry out minor maintenance. It has been known when the maintenance staff are busy for the operative to carry out minor repairs and assemble furniture etc.

Hours: Monday - Friday 1.30 - 9.30pm36.5 hours per weekCar Parking: The parking is FREE. It is about a 7-minute walk. It is secure parking with a barrier and CCTV.

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