Facilities Apprentice Job at Motability Operations Ltd, Bristol BS16

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Job Description

About The Role

The Facilities Apprenticeship Programme at Motability Operations is an exciting opportunity to take your first steps into a rewarding career at a high performing organisation.

For the duration of the 16-month programme we will support you in combining work and education - you will have an opportunity to gain a Facilities Management qualification while also being an important and highly valued member of a well-established and respected team. You will have the opportunity to build your knowledge of Facilities Management by working alongside experienced individuals in exciting and rewarding tasks and projects.

This opportunity will provide you with a route into a rewarding career within a successful organisation. You'll have a chance to learn from experts in their field, develop and grow, while working in a collaborative and innovative environment. You will complete a comprehensive training programme with a chosen provider and will be guided on every step of your apprenticeship journey.

There are 17 members of the Facilities team at Motability Operations with a range of skills and experiences – from working with cleaning, security and catering to fabric, mechanical and electrical maintenance to environment, health and safety.

There are also a significant number of varying programmes and projects working on incredibly exciting initiatives, so no matter current interests and skill set, there are certain to be opportunities that suit your aspirations.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Facilities Management is the process of managing the physical environment in which our employees work. This is a varies role which will involve the coordination of:

  • Building condition inspections
  • Desk and people moves
  • Catering
  • Cleaning
  • Landscaping
  • Security
  • Mechanical and Electrical maintenance
  • Environment, Health and Safety

Apprenticeship Start: September 2023

About the Assessment Stages and what to expect

Once you have submitted your application, you will be sent three further questions
If you meet the criteria for the role, you will be invited to a 30 minute meeting virtually via Teams.

If successful at that stage, you would then be invited to come along to our Bristol office to complete an assessment. This would involve an interview with competency based questions as well as seeing our office and meeting some of the team.

About You

We are looking for a candidate who:
  • Can demonstrate a passion and desire to learn
  • Enjoys working and collaborating with others
  • Feels comfortable working both independently and in teams
  • Has enthusiasm when dealing with customers
  • Is keen to take on new challenges
The scope of the Facilities Management role is wide and varied and there are many different specialisms one can choose if you pursue a career in Facilities Management.

As much of the Facilities Management role is focused on buildings and their operation, you should have an interest in learning about the built environment and how people use it – even if you have no qualifications or experience in this field.

You should be:

  • Proactive in maintaining a balance between work and learning.
  • Able to demonstrate a drive to perform and preferably be familiar in the use of core Microsoft software such as Word/Excel/PowerPoint.

About The Company

Motability Operations provides worry-free mobility solutions to over 640,000 customers and their families across the UK. Customers exchange their higher rate mobility allowance to lease a range of affordable vehicles (cars, wheelchair accessible vehicles, scooters and powered wheelchairs) with insurance, maintenance and breakdown assistance included. We are the largest car fleet operator in the UK (purchasing around 10% of all the new cars sold in the UK) and work with a network of around 5,000 car dealers and all the major manufacturers. We pride ourselves on delivering outstanding customer service, achieving an independently verified customer satisfaction rating of 9.8 out of 10.

We employee around 1400 people who are based across 4 locations: London, Bristol, Coalville and Edinburgh.

We know that our people are key to our success and our aim is to create an environment that allows our employees to flourish. We look for highly motivated people with a combination of commercial sense and real enthusiasm for meeting our customers' needs and in return, we offer the flexibility to balance your personal and work life.

At Motability Operations, we believe in building a diverse workforce, where our people are empowered to attend work as their true selves, and we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. We want to sustain a culture that nurtures, where employees are free to flourish and where they are rewarded equally, regardless of race, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, age, disability, or gender.

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