administrative assistant

administrative assistant London, England

Rydon
Full Time London, England 23460 - 19500 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

Overview:
Rydon Maintenance has a fantastic opportunity for a Maintenance Administrator (Major Works / Planned Maintenance) to join our highly regarded housing maintenance team. The role is based at our office in Islington however we do operate a ‘hybrid working’ culture, and this means that some home working is possible.

Rydon Maintenance is an expanding division of the Rydon Group and is successfully providing facilities management services to a variety of clients, predominantly within the healthcare and housing association sectors.

See our careers video for more information about working for Rydon:

Job Purpose:
As Repairs / Maintenance Administrator you will be providing administrative support as part of our Major Works Team on a local housing association contract. Our major works team is responsible for usually large ‘one-off’ projects designed to extend and improve the life of a building. This work is carried out as part of an ongoing maintenance programme and projects are planned in advance and could include maintaining the main structure of the building i.e looking after the roof and external walls through to replacing lifts and upgrading fire alarms, replacement of old windows or upgrading communal heating systems.

Some key responsibilities as Repairs / Maintenance Administrator will include;

  • Liaising with tenants, contractors and other teams via email, phone and letter daily
  • Producing quotations in estimates to present to building surveyor for approval
  • Raising work orders and issue to contractors
  • Monitoring jobs from when they are raised through to completion
  • To assist with issuing section 20 notices for leaseholders regarding major repairs
  • Arranging joint, spot and post inspections for the building surveyor to attend
  • To close completed work orders ready for invoicing
  • Instructing for final accounts to be issued to our commercial team for all major works involving leaseholders
  • To provide administrative support to the voids supervisor when property is being prepared for handback.
  • Updating tracker spreadsheets and upload and save documentation onto Sharepoint and Planet FM (our repairs system)

What we can offer you as Repairs / Maintenance Administrator

  • A competitive starting salary.
  • 25 days holiday with the ability to increase up to 30 days.
  • Access to an employee discount scheme which includes a wide-range of special offers and discounts on insurances, lifestyle goods and services.
  • Company pension, life assurance and income protection.
  • Flexible benefits for you to choose from including Critical Illness, DenPlan, GymFlex and Cycle to work schemes.
  • Health and wellness benefits such as free flu vaccinations, access to an Employee Assistance and Wellbeing Programme, BUPA Health & Wellbeing Plans, access to our Health and Wellbeing portal with an extensive range of advice and resources and much much more!
  • Opportunities to progress your career across the business.
  • Full training, ongoing coaching and support.

This is a pivotal role within our busy and successful team and provides an excellent opportunity for personal growth and development.
Experience Required:

  • Previous experience gained within a housing repairs environment within either major works, small works, voids or repairs/maintenance. Ideally with a maintenance contractor but could also have been with a housing association or local council
  • Excellent customer care experience (written and verbal communication skills)
  • Strong Microsoft Office skills including the use of Outlook, Word and Excel.

Above all, this is a highly professional team and the ideal candidate will have an outgoing personality and ready for a great new challenge with Rydon.

If the above sounds like you then we'd strongly encourage you to apply.
Additional Information:
As a well established, progressive company we are committed to attracting and retaining individuals by offering an excellent benefits package that includes a wide range of core and voluntary benefits.

Rydon is an equal opportunities employer and promotes diversity in employment. Successful candidates will be selected solely on their ability to carry out the duties of the post.

To apply online, please use the 'apply for this job link' at the top of this page.

Our application process is very straight forward allowing you to apply with a CV (from your Computer or Dropbox), LinkedIn, Facebook or Google+ and should take no more than a few short minutes.

For more details on our culture and what it’s like to work at Rydon, please click here.

Further information on how to apply can be found by clicking here.

administrative assistant
Rydon

www.rydon.co.uk
Forest Row, United Kingdom
Bob Bond
$500 million to $1 billion (USD)
501 to 1000 Employees
Company - Private
Construction
1978
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