Cleaning Operative Exeter, England
Job description
About The Role
Are you a self-motivated person looking for anew challenge within a growing organisation that makes a real difference to people's lives? If so, we want to hear from you.
As a Cleaning Operative, you will be working in the LiveWest internal maintenance service (IMS) delivering a comprehensive high quality cleaning service to assist with the completion of repairs and maintenance to our properties across the Exeter area.
On a day to day basis, you will provide an excellent level of customer service to both internal and external customers, you will be primarily required to deliver a deep clean service to our empty homes upon completion of trade works and prior to a new customer moving in. You will also work in our customer’s homes completing treatment and cleaning works to assist with the management and prevention of damp and mould. You will undertake waste disposal and recycling in accordance with regulatory requirements, prescribed work schedules and established standard policies and procedures.
You will participate effectively in mobile working by accurately operating the electronic recording system, to record job orders including maintenance of timesheets, work completion status, vehicle records, materials management and progress against target objectives set for time, cost, and quality.
This role is being offered on a full time, permanent basis and is field based.
About The Candidate
- Experience in providing commercial cleaning services.
- Experience in providing a customer focused service.
- Knowledge of use of cleaning equipment and materials.
- Knowledge of relevant legislation, in particular health and safety and COSHH.
- A full UK/EU manual driving licence, with the ability to drive a vehicle up to 3.5T.
- Ability to work without supervision and take ownership of own work.
- Reliable and responsible – able to work effectively.
What we offer:
- Discretionary Bonus scheme
- 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays with service related increase to your entitlement up to 30 days plus an option to purchase extra annual leave
- Health Cash Plan including dental and optical cover (worth up to £1,100 per annum)
- Lifestyle discounts portal and internal supplier discounts offer great savings
- Defined Contribution pension scheme – employer contribution of 6% - 9%
- Learning and Development including coaching and professional qualification support
- Death in Service benefit (3 x salary)
- Family Friendly policies
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Health and Wellbeing programme which includes enhanced sick pay, monthly campaigns, training and yearly flu jabs
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Car Benefit scheme
- Volunteering days
About The Company
LiveWest provides over 39,000 homes to over 80,000 people throughout the South West from Gloucestershire to the Isles of Scilly. We have plans to build over 6,000 homes in the area over the next five years, developing new homes of all tenures including low-cost rent and sale, market rent and sale, and a range of supported housing and intermediate housing products, creating choice and flexibility.
As well as developing new homes, we continue to invest in existing properties and communities. Through the stability of good housing, we place better living for better lives at the centre of our mission both today and for generations to come. At LiveWest we believe in a home for everyone.
As an Inclusive Employer, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all colleagues. For further information about our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policy, please click here.
