janitor Kingston upon Hull, England
Job description
BUSINESS FUNCTION: Engineering
GRADE: TPO
SALARY: £19,901
ROLE TYPE: On site
HOURS: 35 per week
Is excellent attention to detail ‘Your Thing’?
We are looking for reliable and hardworking individuals, who are willing to work outside and onboard our trains throughout the year to deliver spotlessly clean trains to our customers to join our team of Train Cleaners on day shifts.
At Northern, we play a vital role connecting millions of people to work, leisure and education opportunities.
We operate 2,500 services a day to more than 500 stations across the North of England. But our vision is about more than just train travel. It’s about setting a new standard for customer experiences. And that means building a different kind of workplace. One that values individuality and celebrates differences. Somewhere we can work together, have fun, and get stuck in to making our customers’ lives easier. A place that goes out of its way to create incredible opportunities for everyone to grow and be the best we can be every single day.
So, if you’re smart, forward thinking, passionate and full of fresh ideas like we are, you could play your part in making it happen.
About the role:
As a Train Presentation Operative, you will play a vital role in offering a spotlessly clean train and a welcoming environment for all our customers. Our station, depot, and on-board train cleaning teams, have pride in the service we deliver for our customers and colleagues, and we always strive for excellence.
Our trains and stations operate 7 days a week and we complete four different types of cleans within our teams in 24 hours, so it can be more difficult than you may think, you'll quickly hit that 10,000 step goal.
Day to day you will be cleaning our trains to ensure we continually deliver a hygienic, functioning, and welcoming environment for our customers. You don’t necessarily need cleaning experience, as we will teach you everything you need to know. The initial training is 1-5 days in the classroom (dependent on location) followed by practical and on the job training working with the cleaning team.
If this sounds like your thing, we’d love to hear from you.
Key responsibilities:
This is a varied and challenging role, but here is a taste of what your day-to-day activities could include:
- Removing litter and emptying bins
- Cleaning tables, windows, and touch points
- Topping up replenishables in the toilets such as soap
- It could also include dealing with any significant cleaning issues, which otherwise left untreated could cause a train service to be cancelled, such as blood or vomit spills.
About you:
We are looking for reliable and hardworking individuals to fulfil this role. You will be willing to work outside, as well as on board our trains, throughout the year. You will also be flexible enough to deal with ever-changing demands. We teach you everything you need to know so you don’t necessarily need any previous cleaning experience.
If you fancy doing your thing as a Train Cleaner, your greatest strengths will be:
Working in a team to get a job completed together.
Following instructions and attention to detail to successfully maintain high cleaning standards.
We like you to have pride in your work and always strive to be the best you can.
Find out more about the important role that our Train Cleaners play in keeping our Trains moving by watching this video.
Our Benefits:
Because we value our people and reward hard work, we’ve created a benefits package that we think you’ll love. So, you’ll be able to make the most of:
- Opportunities to progress and grow - including comprehensive training schemes and a range of online learning courses.
- Free Travel on Northern services - everyone who works at Northern, plus their partners/spouses and dependents, can travel for free right across our full network of services. *Certain eligibility criteria will apply.
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme - you’ll rarely find a pension as good as a Northern pension, and we top up your pension with a generous 1.5 times your contribution.
- Maternity and Paternity Benefits - we go above and beyond the standard, and mums can enjoy 9 months’ maternity leave on full pay while dads can make the most of 2 weeks’ paternity leave on full pay.
- Employee Assistance Programme - advice, support and useful information 24 hours a day, 365 days a year on everything from family issues to lifestyle matters.
You can find out more here
Please note that Northern reserves the right to close recruitment for this role before the published closing date, if high volumes of applications are received. However, if you miss the application window for this particular role, please keep checking back for other opportunities. We are always on the lookout for great people to join the Northern Team!
We’re an equal opportunities employer and a promoter of diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We encourage and welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of gender, sex, ethnicity, race, religion, education, socioeconomic background, disability, or sexual orientation.
We also have Disability Confident status, which means we’re committed to making the most of the talents that disabled people can bring to the workplace.
