Maintenance Operative

Job title: Maintenance Operative

Based at: Newmarket.

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: 40 hours per week

About the role

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Maintenance Operative to join our Jockey Club Estates Operations team based in Newmarket to deliver the day-to-day planned, reactive, and out of hours maintenance requirements of Jockey Club Estates residential property along with property owned by the Jockey Club Estates client base.

About The Jockey Club

The Jockey Club stages thrilling sporting occasions and live events nationwide including The Grand National, The Cheltenham Festival & The Derby. Owning & operating 15 courses, millions of people every year enjoy the special experiences we offer through racing, music, food and entertainment on racedays and beyond.

As the largest commercial group in British racing, we are guided by our mission to act for the long term good of the sport. Every penny we make goes back into racing to promote excellence within Britain’s second biggest spectator sport. Our people are what makes this possible

At The Jockey Club people are at the heart of what we do and drive our success. We are inclusive and actively seek to attract people with unique backgrounds and perspectives. Diverse, collaborative teams are pivotal to our success and support the potential and growth of all our people.

The Maintenance Operative will

• Assist with all areas of general maintenance as part of the reactive maintenance programme.
• Carry out construction, fault fixing and maintenance duties in accordance with specifications.
• Assist with refurbishment of kitchens and bathrooms as appropriate with the needs of the refurbishment
• Operate small plant, equipment, and hand tools, complying with the appropriate health and
• Safety procedures and regulations to always ensure safe working practices.
• Proactively and efficiently respond to requests and defects when reported, ensuring timeframes and progress are regularly reported.
• Communicate with outside suppliers when organising plant and materials and arrange for the delivery and subsequent follow up paperwork, purchase orders, delivery notes etc.
• Provide an efficient and consistently high standard of service both to internal and external customers.
• Ensure well developed and embedded risk management with particular focus on health and safety, building safety, contract management and customer satisfaction.
• Carry out regulatory and statutory compliance associated with all services within the department including property maintenance and refurbishment

About you

• Proven track record in general facilities maintenance or similar operational roles.
• Familiarity with health and safety protocols in a workplace setting.
• Skilled in using tools and equipment relevant to maintenance tasks.
• Strong problem-solving skills for on-the-spot fixes and urgent repairs.
• Ability to liaise effectively with external contractors and suppliers.
• Proactive approach to workplace taking initiative to delivering high quality work.
• Thrives as being part of a team collaborating effectively to achieve shared goals.
• Excellent communicator with commitment to delivering high quality work.
• Computer savvy with outstanding attention to detail.
• Passionate about developing existing skills and acquiring new ones.
• A valid driving licences.

What we offer in return

• All colleagues can go along to any of our race day or music events free of charge – along with 3 friends or family with our TeamPass Ticket scheme.
• An award-winning pension scheme provider with a generous employer contribution
• A healthcare cash back plan enabling you to claim money back on health & wellbeing services.
• 25 days annual leave
• Access to a suite of Learning & Development training resources from renowned providers
• A whole host of other benefits including free eyecare vouchers, a ride to work cycle scheme & discounts across varying retailers & services.

If you think you have everything we’re looking for and more, then we’d love to hear from you. Don’t hang around, our closing date for this vacancy is 10th February but we reserve the right to bring this forward if we have many applications.

This role may be subject to a criminal record check, standard or enhanced DBS check or BHA Suitability Check. By applying you confirm that you are happy for these checks to be carried out.