Overview
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Location: Wolverhampton, West Midlands, GB, WV7 3EX
Contract Type: Full Time
Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Salary: £28,000 per year
About VIVO
VIVO provides facilities management and accommodation maintenance for the UK military and its partners. VIVO embodies both experience and innovation.
What We Do
We put our Customers and Families First. They are the driving force behind everything we do. We drive forward improvements for them to ensure the service they receive, whether reactive repairs or a major project, is completed safely and on time. In order to achieve this, we have 4 core values: open, caring, agile and collaborative. These are at the heart of everything we do.
Role Details
Contract: Full Time, Permanent
Location: DCAE Cosford with travel to sites in the surrounding area
Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Salary: £28,000 per year
About the Role
We are looking for a Multi-Skilled Operative to join our growing team at DCAE Cosford. This is a unique role at the heart of the new FDIS contract, giving you the chance to take ownership of planned and reactive maintenance, small-scale projects, and billable works while working in some of the UK’s most interesting and secure environments.
What You’ll Be Doing
You will deliver a wide range of tasks, from redecoration and lock changes to carrying out surveys, first-response fixes, and assurance checks. You will order and manage materials to complete jobs effectively, provide first-response fixes for urgent tasks, and support assurance checks and statutory compliance. Building strong relationships with site teams, supply chain, and end users will be essential, and you will represent VIVO to the highest standard at all times.
What We’re Looking For
You should be a practical, problem-solving individual with a proactive approach and a “can-do” attitude. Experience in planned maintenance, reactive repairs, or small project delivery is important, along with a strong commitment to health and safety and being a Zero Harm ambassador. Strong communication skills and a customer service focus are key. Confidence in using smartphones, tablets, and Microsoft 365 applications is desirable, although full training will be provided. Practical qualifications such as C&G or BTEC are advantageous.
Benefits
* Work van and fuel card
* Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
* 25 Days annual leave plus bank holidays
* Volunteer leave
* One paid professional subscription
* Life Assurance Policy
* Employee discount and reward schemes
Other Information
The role you have applied for is with VIVO Defence Services, a joint venture between Serco and EQUANS. By applying for this role, please be aware that information contained within your CV may be shared between VIVO Defence Services, Serco and EQUANS during the recruitment process. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation and will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment. We are open to discussions around flexibility and flexible working and operate a hybrid work structure in many of our business areas. We are proudly a Disability Confident Leader. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview.
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