Job Number: 17723

External Description:

Job title: Facilities Assistant  

Location: Birchwood, Warrington

Contract length: 6 months 

Hours of work: 37.5 hours per week, Mon-Fri (flexibility is required) 

Rate: £15.50 per hour PAYE 

Randstad Sourceright, a leading provider of RPO & MSP Recruitment Services is currently recruiting for a Facilities Assistant to work for Balfour Beatty, a leading international infrastructure group. 

 

The Role:

An enthusiastic and dynamic individual with previous experience of working in a similar role in a  Corporate environment is required to provide ‘front of house’ and facilities management support for our  Warrington office. The offices have been designed to provide a bright, modern and flexible working  environment to encourage collaborative working practices and the Facility Assistant will be expected to support the Facilities Manager and the other Facility Assistant(s) to ensure the space is maintained and  managed to an exceptional standard. 

 

Responsibilities:

• You will report to the Facilities Manager, the Facilities Assistants will have a wide range of duties,  including as a minimum the following:- 
• Front of House 
• Located at the reception desk, the Facilities Assistants will be the first point of contact for external  visitors and will be expected to provide First Class front of house/reception services to include the  management of visitors, telephone answering, management of the online parking portal**, dealing  with queries raised through the shared mailbox, dealing with all day to day queries raised by  
• employees, visitors and contractors to the site and the provision of other services/support as required. Meeting Rooms 
• The Facilities Assistants must ensure that the meeting rooms are maintained to an exceptional  
• standard at all times and will be responsible for managing the booking system, checking/clearing  rooms between meetings, carrying out operational checks of equipment and arranging any hospitality Mailroom** 
• The Facilities Assistants will be responsible for incoming/outgoing post including distribution to recipients around the office and they will also be responsible for the inhouse company hybrid mail  solution. 

Other Duties 

• Carrying out general admin support duties as and when required 
• Responsible for stock control in various areas including stationery and proactively stocking up print  stations 
• Management of the access control system, issue of passes to Balfour Beatty staff and liaison with the  landlord for building passes etc 
• Ordering and replenishing kitchen and office consumables, ensuring the tea point areas are  maintained to an exceptional standard throughout the day 
• Providing support to the Office/Facilities Manager as required, including admin support, assisting  with the management of hard and soft FM contractors, assisting with the effective maintenance of the  space, and ensuring up to date records are maintained for the facility. 
• Proactively reporting any maintenance issues around the building and following through to  resolution

 

Key Skills and experience required:

We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic individual, previous experience of working in a similar role in a corporate  environment although not necessary as fully training will be given. 

 

Essential 

• IT literate with a good working knowledge of the Microsoft 
• Must be confident in dealing with people face to face, at all levels 
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills 
• Excellent organisational skills 
• The ability to work independently and manage varying workloads. 

 

Desirable 

• ABIFM 
• NVQ, Business Admin or similar 
• Good understanding and knowledge of Facilities Management 
• First Aid/Fire Marshall qualification 

Why work for Balfour Beatty

Day in, day out, our teams deliver amazing projects in challenging conditions; developing, managing  and maintaining the vital infrastructure and public spaces that modern economies, societies and  communities rely on. 

 

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Community / Marketing Title: Facilities Assistant

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