Caretaker

Description:

Estate Caretaker

Temp position
PAYE: £14.00 per hour PAYE or £17.00 per hour Umbrella
Location: EC1V Near to Barbican Tube station My client is a well-known housing association and they're seeking experienced Estate Caretaker to clean and maintain internal, external and all common areas of housing blocks and estates.

You'll be responsible for inspecting and cleaning communal areas including sweeping and mopping, external litter picking, leaf clearance, cleaning bin areas and rotating bins. You'll carry out health and safety checks and report bulk rubbish, graffiti and abandoned vehicles to the appropriate teams.

Working to high standards you'll also rotate bins to ensure refuse chutes are clear and bulk is prepared for uplift. You'll have responsibility for ensuring that our blocks are kept clean and left hazard free at each visit and high standards are maintained.

With an understanding and awareness of Health and Safety issues, you'll ensure that your work and time is recorded using the systems in place and that all repairs or H&S issues are photographed with details referred to the appropriate teams.

Acting as a point of contact you'll ensure there is good communication with all teams and departments and promote a positive image, reporting any tenancy issues identified or suspected to the Housing Officer.

You'll also be required to carry out maintenance of internal areas of blocks, including the cleaning of internal ledges, sills, handrails, balustrades, doors, walks and remove cobwebs from light fittings and all surroundings.

Hours (Apply online only) / Monday - Friday - Weekend work is also available on Saturdays

Key Responsibility:

Take personal responsibility for ensuring that the estate is clean, tidy, landscaped, litter free and safe from hazards by delivering a high quality caretaking and grounds maintenance service to residents. Identify and assist in ways to improve the internal and external environment through working closely as part of a team and taking pride in the role.
Rotate bins regularly to ensure refuse chutes are clear and ensure bulk bins are placed ready for collection.
Sweep and wash communal staircase and landings as appropriate.
Clean internal ledges, sills, handrails, balustrades, doors, walls and remove cobwebs from light fittings and all surroundings.
Following the removal of refuse from the dustbins/bulk refuse containers, hose down and disinfect the area.
If this is of interest please send me a copy of your CV and I will be happy to give you a call to discuss