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Handyperson- Campsfield IRC
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ROLE: Handyperson
LOCATION: Campsfield Immigration Removal Centre
At Mitie, our people are our greatest strength, and our promise is to create a place to work where you can thrive and be your best every day. We're looking for a Facilities Operative who will support the smooth day‑to‑day running of Campsfield IRC by delivering reliable general maintenance and helping to keep the site safe, functional, and well‑maintained.
Role Responsibilities:
1. Carry out planned and reactive general maintenance across the site.
2. Support engineers with both planned and reactive maintenance tasks when required.
3. Perform building fabric maintenance, including painting and decorating.
4. Clean external areas such as pathways and grounds, including litter picking.
5. Complete gritting of paths and roads, and support snow‑clearance operations as needed.
6. Undertake basic locksmith duties.
7. Escort FM visitors, suppliers, and subcontractors around the centre.
8. Carry out additional duties as required and directed by the Supervisor.
Required Qualifications:
Applicants must meet the below defined requirements for the role.
9. A reliable, hands‑on approach with willingness to learn.
10. Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively as part of a team.
11. Good organisational skills with the ability to manage your own workload.
12. Comfortable performing physical and practical tasks.
13. Eligibility to meet enhanced vetting and security‑clearance requirements (British Citizen, EU Settled Status or ILR, 3 years UK residency, no criminal history).
Desirable Qualifications (Bonus Skills):
14. Forklift licence or experience operating a forklift.
15. Painting and decorating skills.
16. Health & Safety awareness.
17. Experience in building fabric maintenance, joinery, or locksmithing.
What's in it for you?
18. A stable and supportive workplace with opportunities to learn and grow.
19. Life insurance and company pension.
20. 33 days annual leave.
21. Continued personal development with full support to enhance your career.
22. Free Mitie shares.
23. Access to a virtual GP 24/7 for you and your family.
24. MiDeals discount scheme with + offers across retailers, leisure, and utilities.
25. Additional benefits available for purchase, including private medical cover, technology packages, and extra holiday.
Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.
We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.
When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!
We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).
We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,!
Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.
We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Christian Kalugin at .