Maintenance Assistant

Job Title: Maintenance Assistant

Accountable to: Head Steward

Contract: Casual

Hours: Variable, confirmed a minimum of 10 days in advance. Hours will include evenings, weekends, and Public Holidays.

Salary: £11.44 per hour

Location: The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton and other nominated Club venues.

Closing date: 2 Feb 2024

The Role

This is an exciting time to join the Somerset Team. As 2023 T20 champions, we are driven to exceed our recent achievements in the 2024 season.

We have opportunities for 6 Maintenance Assistants to join us and take a proactive role in maintaining the facilities on event days, contributing towards the delivery of an outstanding customer experience for all those attending The Cooper Associates County Ground and other nominated Club venues.

In this new role with SCCC, you will have responsibility for maintaining a positive approach to the highest standards of customer service and spectator safety. You'll have janitorial responsibilities, maintaining stock levels across the Stadium and undertaking basic cleans. You’ll carry out basic maintenance tasks as they are reported, and you will troubleshoot power, data, or water outages, and isolate gas points in the event of an emergency, with support and instruction from the wider Safety Team.

Alongside this, you'll provide support in managing the safety of all those attending events at the Ground or other Club venues. This will involve having awareness of the Stadium Regulations and Members’ and Spectators’ Code of Conduct, and reporting breaches to the Safety Steward team.

You will be committed to upholding Somerset County Cricket Club’s high standards and values, adhering to the Safety Team’s Code of Conduct and undertake all necessary training relating to the role.

Amongst other things, you are punctual, approachable and a team-player who holds high standards of personal and professional integrity. You remain calm in pressurised situations and have a desire to learn from others.

You'll need to be flexible and available to work unsociable hours over weekends, public holidays, and evenings. Please note, this is a physically demanding role and you will need the stamina to be able to work on your feet for long periods.

You will need to be eligible to work in the UK.

Please download the full job description here: Maintenance Assistant Job Description

It is important you read the job description as you'll need to refer to this within your application to show how you meet the essential criteria.

Interviews will be held between 12 – 14 February 2024.

To learn more about us as a Club, our purpose, vision and values, please click this link: SCCC

If you are interested in this position, simply complete our application form below - we use fair and safe recruitment methods therefore we don't review CVs as part of our selection process. Please provide as much detail as possible in your application responses as this is how we select candidates for the next stage of the process. For more information and support, please read our Application Guidance .

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