Maintenance Technician

We are excited to be recruiting for a Maintenance Technician at Bridge Street Exchange. Our Cardiff city-centre student liaving has unbeatable views and amazing social spaces. With a games room, karaoke room, gym, courtyard and roof terrace, discover magic and a warm welcome.

If you're looking for a friendly place to work where we value our students, and they value us right back, an environment where you'll receive excellent training and mentoring - keep on reading!

About the role

Working 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday, between the hours of 9am to 5pm and as a part of a close-knit team, you'll be undertaking minor reactive repairs and carrying out planned maintenance works which includes painting and decorating, health and safety checks, grounds maintenance, gardening, and refuse & recycling management. You'll also need to be competent with minor electrical maintenance as you'll be responsible for the installation of white goods, carrying out visual PAT testing, changing plugs and fuses, emergency lighting checks and replacing lamps and light ballasts.

As part of the role, you'll be responsible for managing the large commercial waste bins which are stored outside the building. This includes ensuring the bins are prepared for the weekly collection and making sure the storage area is kept orderly and safe.

As we work in our residents' living spaces, you'll need to be a good communicator who always demonstrates professionalism and can ensure discretion and diplomacy when needed, including maintaining confidentiality regards recording sensitive information.

We're looking for an outgoing person who has strong communication skills and is confident in their ability to undertake general maintenance works, both planned and reactive and can adapt to different situations whilst maintaining professionalism.

Fresh are a multi award-winning student accommodation provider with over 20,000 beds in our portfolio across the UK & Ireland. We're looking for someone to support their residents and the wider operational team.

Fresh can offer you an exciting, collaborative, people-first environment where you can build your own career in a fast-growing industry.

We create great places to live, built on the simple principle that the people around you can make a huge difference to your way of life. If you're a people person who loves working collaboratively and is great at making things happen, then you'll fit right in!