Maintenance Worker - 6 Month FTC (with possibility of extension)
Location: Across Dublin Services
Reporting to: Facilities Manager
Hours: 35 hours per week
Salary: €36,050.00 per annum
Key Areas of Responsibility:
GENERAL RESPONSIBILITY
The purpose of this post is to complete day to day maintenance on Depaul properties and co-ordinate outsourced repairs where required. To provide guidance and support to colleagues where required on property maintenance issues that arise.
PRINCPLE DUTIES
- Carrying out of day to day maintenance in Depaul projects. Works that require a specialist contractor may be outsourced, eg lifts, electrical works. A full list of approved maintenance will be supplied at induction.
- Driving any vehicle (Within the scope of a Cat B Drivers Licence) provided to any of the Depaul projects as required.
- React in a timely and professional manner to any urgent building or maintenance matters as may arise in any of the projects.
- Inspect grounds, facilities and equipment routinely to determine necessary repairs or maintenance.
- Assist with planning, scheduling and co-ordinating of outsourced maintenance ensuring health and safety compliance.
- Support Depaul projects relevant to your responsibilities. To source materials, prepare venue, monitor and oversee the works within any of the projects.
- Ensure compliance with health and safety throughout all work duties and report any concerns if necessary to your line manager.
- Reporting and logging all completed repairs on a continuous basis and supplying this log weekly to your line manager.
- Support colleagues on property related activities as identified by your manager.
GENERAL
- To undertake duties and working hours appropriate to the requirements of the post.
- In conjunction with your Line Manager to continuously develop the role to ensure that all tasks are being undertaken in an effective and appropriate manner which meets the strategic aims and objectives of Depaul.
- To participate in regular supervision and annual appraisal, and help in identifying your own job-related development and training needs as well as those that you line manager.
- To ensure that all Depaul policies and procedures are being adhered to, particularly those relating to Health and Safety.
- To at all times undertake your role in a professional manner maintaining a high quality standard of work, and to always work in accordance with the aims, values and ethos of Depaul.
- To have a flexible working style to ensure the successful delivery of services, this may include flexibility to hours of work.
- Undertake any other duties that may be required which are commensurate with the role.
- Commitment to the Visual, Mission and Values of Depaul and to work within the current legislation and regulations.
- To actively participate in team and staff meetings and service reviews and to contribute to the development of policy and practice with your area of work and within Depaul as a whole.
- Identify any training needs with your line manager and attend all training appropriate to the role.
- To be vigilant to any Health, Safety and Welfare risks in the workplace and bring any concerns to the attention of your line manager or the project’s Health and Safety Representative.
FINANCE
- To be responsible in the financial expenditure and budgets of projects within the post. Through Line management and in conjunction with project managers ensure the best value for money is always achieved..
- To ensure petty cash procedures are followed and that adequate records are kept.
HEALTH AND SAFETY
- To ensure that Health and Safety standards are met within the project in accordance with Depaul’s Health and Safety policy and the projects Safety Statement.
- To undertake assigned duties regarding the overall health and safety and security of the house and to use security systems put in place.
- To assist the management team in ensuring that the maintenance and repair of the project equipment, furnishings and fabrics remain to a high standard and initiating the necessary repairs that may be required.
- To record and report all health and safety and security issues.
The above list is not exhaustive; additional areas of responsibility may be added over time and flexibility to cover for other staff roles is required from time to time.
Person Requirements:
- At least 3 years’ experience in a hands-on multifunctional property/building maintenance role
- To be skilled in basic carpentry, plumbing, painting, cleaning, glazing plastering and general repairs.
- The post holder must have a full clean (no convictions) Cat B driving licence as there will be van driving duties on a regular basis.
- Valid Safe Pass essential.
- Valid Manual Handling essential.
- A knowledge of PAT testing is desirable, the successful candidates must be willing to attend training and be competent to carry out testing if required
- A reasonable standard of education and fluent English.
- To be comfortable working at heights and in confined spaces and be physically capable of carrying, loading and storing plant and equipment in a safe manner.
- The ability to use power tools and operate safely in any environments that may be cold, warm, with noise, dust or areas containing hazardous waste materials etc.
- Knowledge of Health and Safety practices and policies and the incorporation/ implementation of both within the working environment.
- Ability to be a flexible and co-operative member of a team.
- Ability to act calmly and professionally in emergencies, to work under pressure and effectively manage stress.
- Ability to collaborate and communicate with stakeholders including Housing Managers, Housing Assoc, and Local Authorities.
- Ability to work within and develop Quality standards within homeless services.
WHY WORK FOR US?
Depaul is a cross border charity supporting some of the most marginalised individuals, couples and families experiencing homelessness. Our mission is to end homelessness and change the lives of those affected by it. Would you like to help us to meet our mission?
We are a values led organisation and aim, at all times, to live and breathe these values in our everyday work. Our values are based on four key principles:
- We celebrate the potential of people
- We put our words into action
- We aim to take a wider role in civil society
- We believe in rights and responsibilities
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EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES:
Depaul strives to create a diverse and inclusive programme and is committed to ensuring equality of access to our opportunities and equality of treatment for our staff in all our policies and practices. We welcome applications from individuals aged 18 and over from a diverse range of backgrounds.
Our Benefits
- Annual Leave Up to 3 years' service: 25 days per year
- 3 years' up to 5 years' service: 27 days per year
- Over 5 years' service: 30 working days per year (Exclusive of bank and statutory holidays)
- 10 public holidays each year with Good Friday as discretionary day.
- Day off and day pay for Christmas Day, St.Stephen's Day, and New Year's Day worked for shift workers.
- Non-Shift Workers: Paid day off on public holidays.
- Shift Workers: Expected to work on public holidays; receive an additional day of annual leave in lieu.
- Non-Rostered Employees: May be entitled to one-fifth of the normal weekly rate of remuneration for the public holiday.
- Pension Matched by the employer
- Health Assistance Each staff member gets access to a health cash plan so you can claim money back, up to set limits, on a number of treatments. This includes dental, optical, acupuncture and many more. Your children under 16 are also included on the plan.
- Life Assurance Four times salary
- Maternity /Adoptive Leave 18 weeks full pay
- Paternity Leave 2 weeks full pay
- Sick Leave Entitlement to sick pay starting from day 1 with level of entitlement increasing with length of service (subject to policy terms)
- Employee Assistance Program EAP is a confidential counselling service that provides support to company employees and their family. It is available 24/7, 365 days a year covering; Counselling, legal advice, financial information, career guidance, life coaching, mediation, health information, cancer support, autism support, infertility and pregnancy loss, elder care support, parent coaching and international employee support.
- Learning and Development Depaul’s Vision, Mission and Values course, this involves travel to meet the Depaul International family.
- Emerging Leaders, supporting workers that would like to develop their leadership skills and to progress to a management role.
- Online learning resources within Depaul’s award nominated online learning platform, Moodle. Mandatory training including, MAPA, Health and Safety, Child Protection, Fire Safety, and First Aid
