Facilities Technician

Job title: Facilities Technician

Hours: 40

Location: Havant

Salary: £30,000

Looking for a workplace that ignites your passion, values respect, encourages innovation, and embraces being dynamic? Look no further! This role offers you the opportunity to join a team that believes in empowering its colleagues to unlock their full potential with Horizon.

The Trust:

Horizon Leisure Centres is a leisure trust operating since 1997, with centres in Waterlooville, Havant and Guildford. We are passionate about health and wellbeing and are committed to making an outstanding positive impact on our customers and within our local community. Our mission is to support and inspire our local communities to live healthier and happier lives by providing affordable access to sport and leisure facilities to all.

The Role:

As a Facilities Technician, you will be responsible for multiple facilities, troubleshooting and maintaining equipment, and ensuring that all systems are working properly. This job requires technical knowledge and expertise, as well as effective communication skills and the ability to work well in a team environment.

Interested? Want to know how you can join our team? Take a look at this great opportunity! 

We are looking for a Facilities Technician to join us in transforming our business from 'good' to 'great'! This is a thrilling time for our company, and we need a key team member like you to help us achieve unprecedented success. 

The main focus of the role will be to:

• Undertaking regular compliance checks and maintaining records

• Performing routine inspections of equipment and facilities to identify and diagnose problems

• Performing electrical repairs and maintenance o Performing plumbing repairs and maintenance

• Performing building fabric repairs and maintenance

• Ensuring that all equipment and facilities are maintained according to safety regulations and standards

• Maintaining records on maintenance activities

Skills and competencies: 

• Plumbing Changing luminaires/lamps

• Building fabric repairs

• Understanding of heating and cooling systems

• Customer focused

What you can expect from us: 

• A comprehensive induction and training programme; you don’t need to have worked in the leisure industry before. We will teach you all you need to know! 

• Support from the wider team who have a great deal of combined knowledge and experience and who are eager to help you succeed! 

• Variety; no two days is the same! 

• An environment that encourages innovation and free thinking, surrounded by really dynamic, empowered individuals.  

Benefits: 

• Free access to our award-winning gym’s and exercise classes for you and a +1

• Employee discounts and wellbeing platform

• Healthcare Cash plan

• Free 24/7 access to GPs using our SmartHealth plan

• Employee Assistance Programme - support for when you need it most 

• 23 days annual leave + 8 days bank holiday

• Internal recognition schemes 

• Opportunities for training, development and progression 

• Free onsite parking - subject to availability 

• Hybrid and family friendly policies  

• Generous company sick pay scheme 

• Employee referral scheme 

• Company pension scheme 

• Death in service benefit 

• And much more.... 

This role will be based at Havant but will be expected to travel to other company site as the need requires. 

Interview Process: 

The recruiting manager will review your CV and if shortlisted, you will be invited to a formal interview/assessment process where we will evaluate your suitability for the role. 

There may be times when due to the volume of applicants to need to close a vacancy early to avoid disappointment, be sure to get your application in as soon as possible! 

If you are a recruitment agency, please note we operate a PSL and do not take cold calls.