Maintenance Assistant
Worth School
Paddockhurst Road, Turners Hill, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 4SD

Salary: £23,492-£23,492

Job type: Full Time, Permanent

Start date: 1 October 2025

Apply by: 30 September 2025

Worth School are currently recruiting a Maintenance Assistant to join their Maintenance Team as soon as possible. The successful candidate will be required to support the Buildings and Maintenance team with all maintenance tasks as required, to assist with the efficient operation of the department in accordance with the standards required.

Due to the remote location of the school, reliable transport is necessary.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Responding to maintenance requests via the helpdesk as directed by the maintenance team leader.

• Perform routine health and safety checks to ensure correct performance of equipment and as part of Worth’s legal requirements, such as fire alarm testing and being an active member of the fire response team.

• Work with other members of the maintenance team to ensure the workshops are maintained in a tidy and workmanlike state.

• Complete all relevant training relating to site and equipment safety and safeguarding.

• Complete pre use checks of equipment as required.

• Painting and routine maintenance jobs around the site

• Driving and refuelling vehicles

• Collecting materials from offsite suppliers when required

• Accompany visiting personnel/contractors as required

• To attend meetings with staff/management as required

The school is looking for someone that has:

• Full clean driving licence

• Able to read and understand instructions

• Basic record keeping

• Trustworthy

• Basic computer skills

The School offers its own generous salary scale and an enhanced benefits scheme including an employee assistance programme, meal provision and enhanced pension contribution. Employees have access to school facilities and benefit from free parking, social events and discounted school fees.

Worth is a highly successful co-educational, Catholic, Benedictine, 11-18 HMC boarding and day school of circa 600 pupils. It offers a broad curriculum, including the International Baccalaureate and A levels in the Sixth Form.

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Visit the School website at W: worthschool.org.uk