Maintenance Assistant - Water Hygiene

Overview

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Job Title: Maintenance Assistant - Water Hygiene

Location: Danetre Hospital, Daventry

Working hours
: 38.75 hours per week, standard hours are Monday-Friday between the hours of 07:30-15:30 or 10:00-18:30 if on call. On call rota required.

Robertson Facilities Management (RFM) provides hard and soft FM services, grounds maintenance and energy services for single and multi-site locations throughout the UK. We work across sectors including education, healthcare, emergency services and commercial, assuring our customers of high-quality, best value and a sustainable approach.

RFM has grown significantly since its inception in 1999, with a turnover of £181m for FY2025 and employs more than 1500 people. We are now on a growth trajectory, with ambitious plans to grow the business to £300m turnover by 2030. Our plans for growth require RFM to ‘make the market’, and to be at the forefront of high value opportunities in the FM marketplace.

What you’ll do:

• To undertake basic water hygiene tasks, such as:
  • Flushing of little used outlets and dead legs.
  • Checking the tap temperatures of sentinels and representative taps.
  • Updating the water hygiene logbooks with records of PPMs, any out of specification results, and remedial action undertaken.
  • To support overarching responsibilities of the building water safety logbook and ensure a robust water hygiene maintenance regime is followed in accordance with Company procedures, risk assessments and industry best practice.
  • Fulfilling the role of a Water Competent Person.
  • The above list is not exhaustive but is indicative of the main items of plant and equipment to be maintained.
• To ensure that the Facilities are maintained to the levels specified in the Performance Standards of the Project Agreement / Contract.
• To undertake planned, responsive, and cyclical maintenance work as per the agreed programme, this includes grounds maintenance and fabric maintenance either independently where competent or by assisting tradesperson on Site.

What you’ll need:

• Previous experience as a maintenance assistant / handyperson (desirable)
• Understanding of legionella
• The ability to work on own initiative and demonstrate a methodical approach.
• The ability to work as part of a team and under pressure.
• Dedication and ambition to develop within the role.
• To be capable of multi-tasking.
• Ability to work with multi-technology systems to effectively deliver PPM and Reactive tasks.
• Experience of working within a Healthcare Environment (desirable)
• Critical thinking and problem solving (desirable)
• Professionalism and strong work ethic (desirable)
• Oral and written communications skills (desirable)
• Full current UK driving license (desirable)

The successful candidate will require a Standard DBS Check before starting in the job.

Who we’re looking for:

People are at the heart of everything we do and achieve  fit right into the team, you’ll be committed to understanding the needs of our customers and work collaboratively towards our shared goals; get the best from teams and individuals, be confident in your decisions, and calm and quick to adjust to unexpected challenges; and help us make progress towards a sustainable future for ourselves and our communities.

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