Premises Assistant (Caretaker/Site Assistant)

External closing date:

Tuesday, October 20, 2026 At Skanska, we're shaping the way we live, work and connect. As one of the world's largest construction and development companies, we work together with customers, communities and partners to shape a better society.

You will be working in our Building Services team who bring Skanska's purpose to build for a better society to life, creating healthy workplaces, comfortable homes and efficient facilities that improve people's lives. Through collaboration and innovation, we deliver high-quality solutions that make a lasting, positive impact for people and communities.

We are looking for a Premises Assistant to join our Bristol Schools project team. In this important role, you will support the delivery of high-quality services, ensuring operational performance meets contract requirements and Skanska's business standards. You will help maintain safe, compliant, and well-managed sites, while contributing to a positive customer experience and supporting the smooth day-to-day running of the project.

As the Premises Assistant, you will:

Deliver high-quality services across the school sites.Support the delivery of planned and reactive maintenance in line with the contract PPM plan, SLAs, KPIs, and management direction.Work closely with Lead Engineers to ensure reactive and planned maintenance tasks are completed on time.Take part in the on-call rota and provide cover for absences when required.Ensure compliance with all statutory, regulatory, and health and safety requirements, including safe systems of work.Oversee stock and materials to maintain budgets while ensuring parts are available to support service delivery.Help ensure the site has the labour and materials needed to meet contractual obligations.

We are looking for:

Experience delivering facilities management services in a customer-focused environment; good general maintenance and repair skills across a range of site tasks.Experience using building maintenance systems and supporting day-to-day site operations.Well organised, flexible, and able to manage a varied workload.Physically capable of carrying out manual and demanding tasks safely and effectively.Willing and able to work outdoors in all weather conditions.Good working knowledge of health and safety legislation and COSHH requirements.IOSH Managing Safely qualification, or willingness to work towards it.Ability to obtain Enhanced DBS.

What we offer:

24/7 digital GP service for you and your family Financial wellbeing and employee assistance Professional development Enhanced family benefits (including maternity, paternity, dependants and parental bereavement leave)

Inclusion and Diversity

We thrive through embracing differences as we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it The Skanska Way.

Flexible working

Where possible, we offer a range of flexible working options, and we would be happy to discuss this at the application stage if this is something you'd like to explore.

Reasonable adjustments

We want you to feel confident and supported throughout every stage of our recruitment process. If you need any adjustments to help you during your application, please contact us at recruitment@skanska.co.uk or call 0330 105 2000 - Option 5 & 1.

Closing date

We encourage you to apply as early as possible, as the closing date may be subject to change.

If this role would be of interest, please click apply and join our team of 27,000 problem solvers and creative thinkers, where knowledge is our greatest creation. We share, listen and support your success - every step of the way.