Facilities Assistant/ Handyman

  • Major Recruitment Oldbury
  • Bartley Green, Birmingham
  • Jul 15, 2025
Seasonal Real Estate

Job Description

Major Recruitment are currently recruiting for a Facilities Assistant/Handyman in Birmingham area to work in conjunction with the Maintenance Controller to process scheduled and unscheduled maintenance and repair tasks to completion.

Start date for both ASAP End Date - in September
Rates - 12.82 P/H
37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday on rotating shifts earlies 6am-2pm lates 2pm-10pm 10pm-6am
Location: Birmingham B32

MUST BE ABLE TO FILL IN THE BPSS FORM ALONG 3 YEARS OF UK WORK REFERENCES TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE ROLE

Responsibilities

  • Responding to incoming telephone calls as quickly and efficiently as possible, in
  • order to minimize call waiting times and reinforce an end to end positive
  • experience for the customer.
  • Taking responsibility and ownership for progressing customer requests to ensure
  • jobs are completed in a timely fashion.
  • Working proactively with the customer and supply chain to improve customer experience.
  • Authorizing / rejecting maintenance/repair quotes, as and when required.
  • Using a variety of source information including but not limited to: manufacturer

stated repair times, photographic evidence and written reports to inform the

decision making process.

  • Reviewing and managing to resolution driver reported defects.
  • Ensuring any activity authorized is done in accordance with company policies

and procedures.

  • Proactively managing to resolution invoice queries.
  • Escalating repair assessments as appropriate.
    • Record and log vehicle movements.
    • Ensure that HGV paperwork has been completed accurately, and in a timely manner, as and when required.
    • Schedule maintenance activity to ensure compliance with company policy and legislation, efficient use of resources and minimize the time the assets are unavailable to the customer, as and when required.
    • Provide ad hoc management reporting information as and when required.
    • Produce weekly compliance reports.

Skills
Needs to have a basic understanding of maintenance engineering.
Computer literate
Competent user of Microsoft Office
Operation of Amey Fleet Management System
Computing Skills

Experience
Ideally come from a Workshop or Bodyshop repairer in an admin role
Knowledge of a Workshop/Bodyshop environment
Supplier Management Skills
Knowledge of the Motor Trade desirable

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