Locksmith jobs in Knaphill

Do you love variety, flexibility and problem solving? Then come and join a unique in-house maintenance team, where no two days will be the same.

As part of the maintenance team, you will support our Bracknell campus by delivering planned and reactive maintenance tasks in order to provide a safe and inviting customer and Partner environment. Your role plays a vital contribution to the success of the maintenance objective plan.

About the role:

• Salary - £28,900
• Working pattern - This role will work 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, alternating weeks of 6am - 2pm and 2pm - 10pm.
• Call out - Weekly emergency call out cover and out of hours cover on a rota basis. This rotates on an approximately 5 week basis. This will be available once relevant training and experience has been gained.
• Overtime working - available subject to workload.
• Location - This role is based at our Bracknell Head Office.
• Driving time - Candidate should be within 45 minutes driving time from Bracknell

Key Responsibilities:

• Complete minor maintenance requests as directed by the line manager.
• Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) within capabilities and qualifications as assigned by Manager / Technician
• Maintain the standard of the campus buildings to the highest standard within financial commercial restraints.
• Report any maintenance issues outside of capabilities and qualifications through line manager hierarchy.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders
• To support the business in delivering the Partnership carbon reduction programme

Essential skills/experience you’ll need:

• A good competency of DIY skills in the following: Locksmith, Carpentry, Plumbing, Decorating, Plastering, Tiling, Flooring repairs
• Ability to work unsupervised
• Competent working at height
• Competent IT skills to role requirements

Desirable skills/experience you may have:

• Full UK manual driving license
• Previous experience in the building trade desirable

• • Excellent work life balance, including focus on well being and flexible working and our market leading equal parenthood leave policy
• • Full time working holiday entitlement of 22 days holiday which increases with service, plus bank holidays
• • Defined Contribution pension scheme where your contributions will be matched by the Partnership (up to 8% of pay). After three years’ service, you’ll receive an additional Partnership contribution of 4% of pay, regardless of whether you pay in or not
• • You’ll get Partnership discount in store and online once you complete Earning Membership. That’s 25% off in John Lewis & Partners (12% off electrical products) and 20% in Waitrose & Partners. You’ll also be able to nominate someone you live with to share your discount
• • Subsidised meals while working and full access to our subsidised dining room serving hot and cold meals throughout the day
• • Free on site hot drinks & fruit
• • Free on site parking
• • Cycle to work support scheme
• • To learn more about our fantastic benefits, please visit our website here.

We’re the largest employee owned business in the UK and home of our cherished brands, John Lewis and Waitrose. We’re not just employees, we’re Partners, driven by our purpose to build a happier world. As we look to our future, there’s never been a more exciting time to join us.

We’re ruthlessly focused on being brilliant at retail. We continue to innovate, adapt and diversify. Never Knowingly Undersold on price, quality and service in John Lewis and passionately serving food-lovers in Waitrose.

As Partners we all share the responsibility of ownership and in its rewards. We use our voices to contribute to our success, working together through the good and challenging times, holding true to our behaviours and treating everyone with kindness and respect.

We all own making the Partnership somewhere we belong. Embracing our differences and creating an environment where we’re free to be ourselves and can THRIVE. Growing ourselves individually, and as a collective.

As Partners, we make all the difference. And, we all own it.

Important points to note:

It’s important to note that some of our roles are subject to pre-employment vetting (which may include DBS checks for successful candidates). If required, you’ll be informed and provided with information about vetting during the recruitment process and we encourage you to complete any vetting documents quickly to avoid delays. Any DBS checks required will be carried out by a third-party registered body and financial probity checks may also be required for some of our roles.

We occasionally close vacancies early in the event we receive a high volume of applications, and therefore, we recommend you apply early. If you require a reasonable adjustment due to a disability which means you may need longer to complete your application please contact us as soon as possible.