Caretaker
Job description
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We are seeking an experienced Caretaker to join a committed estates team on a full time, permanent basis to assist with a wide range of maintenance tasks and respond to emergency requests including site security.
- Location: Thatcham
- Salary: £26,000 - £27,500
- Benefits: Generous pension scheme, free meals, 25 days holiday, employee assistance programme
Working Hours are
Option 1
1:30pm - 9pm
Option 2
Week 1 - 1.30pm - 9pm
Week 2 10.30am - 6pm
As the Caretaker, you will be responsible for:
- Carrying out any minor works jobs
- Open and close the school as required
- Complete swimming pool testing on a daily basis
- Respond to emergency out-of-hours calls
- Acting as a Fire Officer
- Carrying out site security checks, including perimeter walks, locking of all windows / doors, and drawing of blinds
- Monitoring CCTV
- Ensuring health and safety standards are maintained
- Assisting with furniture moves, event set ups, parking control, and emergency lighting testing
- To attend Health and Safety and First Aid training as directed
- To act as the out-of-hours security and emergency maintenance operative.
The successful Caretaker will have the following related skills / experience:
- Experience within a maintenance or a caretaker role is essential
- Must hold a current driving licence
- Reliable with a professional work ethic
- Ability to meet health and safety requirements
- Good communication skills
- Flexible approach to working hours including on call cover and night shifts
- Ability to work unsupervised and on initiative
- Demonstrate good general maintenance experience and knowledge of maintenance techniques
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Application advice
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🔧 Highlight your maintenance experience prominently as the advert specifically requires 'experience within a maintenance or caretaker role is essential'
🚗 Mention your current driving licence early in your CV as this is listed as a must-have requirement
🏊 Include any swimming pool maintenance or water testing experience as daily pool testing is a key responsibility
🔒 Emphasise security-related experience including CCTV, perimeter checks, or emergency response as site security is central to the role
⏰ Demonstrate your flexibility with working hours and on-call availability as the role requires split shifts and emergency cover
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- •Managed daily swimming pool testing and chemical balancing for 450-pupil school, maintaining 100% compliance with health regulations over 18 months
- •Conducted nightly perimeter security walks covering 12-acre site, monitoring CCTV systems and securing 45 access points across main building and outbuildings
- •Responded to 23 out-of-hours emergency calls in 2023, resolving heating failures and security breaches within average 45-minute response time
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Dear Hiring Manager,
I am writing to apply for the Caretaker position with Focus Resourcing in Thatcham. My extensive maintenance experience and security background make me well-suited for this role, particularly the daily swimming pool testing responsibilities and emergency out-of-hours response duties that are central to the position.
My background in premises maintenance and security operations has equipped me with the technical skills and reliability needed to excel in this role. I understand the importance of maintaining health and safety standards whilst managing the flexible working patterns required.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›How would you approach daily swimming pool testing and what parameters would you check?
- ›What steps would you take during a perimeter security walk?
- ›How do you test emergency lighting systems?
- ›What CCTV monitoring procedures have you used in previous roles?
- ›Describe your experience with basic maintenance techniques and tools
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you had to respond to an emergency out-of-hours call
- ›Describe a situation where you had to work unsupervised for an extended period
- ›Give an example of when you had to be flexible with your working hours
- ›Tell me about a time you identified a health and safety issue and how you handled it
- ›Describe a situation where you had to use your initiative to solve a maintenance problem
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Tell me about a time you had to respond to an emergency out-of-hours call
Describe a situation where you had to use your initiative to solve a maintenance problem