Job title: Facilities Maintenance Operative

Location: Hull

About Jacksons

Jacksons is part of William Jackson Food Group, a sixth-generation family business founded by William Jackson when he opened his first shop in Hull in September 1851. Today we have a portfolio of five food businesses in distinct, yet complimentary market areas, employing over 2,000 people.

We have occupied the current site in Hull since 1907 and we now have 3 bread plants in our main bakery. We recently developed a second bakery, also at our site in Hull, which specialises in premium quality roll production. We specialise in the supply of bread and other carriers to the sandwich manufacturers, foodservice and export channels, and in 2012 we launched our consumer facing brand “Jackson’s of Yorkshire”.

We opened a brand-new site in Corby, Northamptonshire – one of the largest investments our Group has ever made – and this will allow us to realise our ambition of being the best at what we do. 2025 is an exciting time to join us – make this year a toast to you and apply now!

What’s involved?

Undertake internal and external building maintenance and the welding and repair of Basket Dollies.  You will also be required to support the rest of the Facilities team by carrying out Planned Preventative Maintenance, inspections & the resolution of daily issues.

Key Areas of Responsibility:

• Organise and plan the repair of basket dollies.
• The cleaning of external buildings and fabrics, this will involve working at heights.
• To continuously assess equipment condition and action work deemed necessary, accept ownership of equipment and plant.
• Carry out PPM, inspections, testing and meter reads.
• Support the FM Department in carrying out any reasonable duties as requested.
• To ensure a high standard of support to production and all other functions within the business, thus ensuring a high performance of all equipment and systems.
• To develop safe behaviours and ensure a clean as you go policy is adhered to.
• To build strong relationships with colleagues and any external relationships.
• To maintain accurate and timely records of root causes of failures and all work carried out.
• Assist in the development of the FM department and its systems.
• Ensure H&S, food safety & environmental compliance for both yourself and the Facilities Management function.
• Any other duties relevant to the role.

You will:

• Need to meet our cultural aspirations.
• Be a great communicator.
• Have the ability to form strong proactive working relationships across management and employees alike.

Those who know you would describe you as:

• Excellent communicator.
• Organised and thorough.
• Logical thinker.
• Work well as part of a team or alone.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years’ experience (preferably within a FM function).

• Welding qualifications.

• Mechanical qualifications are desirable.

• Keep up to date and attain any relevant qualifications, i.e. food safety, manual handling.

• Well organised and logical thinker, with attention to detail.

• Flexible and proactive approach.

• Continually looking for improvements to ways of working.

Job commitments

Hull – Derringham Street

Monday – Friday – 37.5 hours per week

Why Jacksons?

In return for your commitment as a Facilities Maintenance Operative with us you will receive:

• Competitive hourly rate paid every 4 weeks.
• 6.6 weeks holiday, increasing to 7 weeks with 5 years’ continuous service.
• Stakeholder pension with generous employer contributions.
• Free bread allowance
• WJFG Wellbeing and Rewards Platform
• Online benefits portal providing exclusive discounts with over 900 retailers.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Support grants available for colleagues’ children attending University.

Thanks for reading our job advert. We do our very best to bring to life what it's like working as part of our team. Diverse teams really are the best teams. We want everyone to feel they can be themselves at work and develop their talents to the full. All colleagues are expected to take personal responsibility for keeping our workplace free from discrimination, harassment, and bullying - a place where everyone is treated fairly and respectfully. We also know that sometimes some candidates may be put off applying for a job unless they think they can tick every box. If you are really excited about working with us and think you can do much of what we are looking for but aren't sure if you are 100% there yet... go on... why not give it a whirl? Good luck!