Lead Maintenance Operative
| Posting date: | 25 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £16.58 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 December 2025 |
| Location: | Dublin 24, D24 FKT9 |
| Company: | Sodexo Ltd |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | SDX/TP/2399678/151146 |
Summary
- Full time
- 39 hours per week
- €16.58 per hour
- On site Parking
- Opportunities for career development
- Plus our Sodexo employee benefits package
Lead Maintenance Operative
Dublin 24 - Full time
Operational excellence begins with you.
At Sodexo, we’re passionate about our people.We know that our teams are the key to delivering exceptional service and creating quality experiences for our clients, customers, and employees. Build a name with big-name businesses.
As the Lead Maintenance Operative, you will play a vital role in ensuring the smooth, safe and efficient running of the site. Your responsibilities will include:
- Maintaining high standards of housekeeping, infection control and site security in line with company policies and procedures.
- Ensuring full compliance with COSHH regulations, as guided by the Facilities Manager.
- Supporting and participating in training for caretaking staff, covering operational, legal, client and service-delivery requirements.
- Understanding the full scope of the caretaking service offer and delivering all related duties as directed by the Facilities Manager.
- Responding promptly to faults with cleaning machinery and equipment, ensuring minimal disruption to service.
- Always using correct safety signage (e.g., wet floor signs) and proactively advising building users of potential hazards.
- Reporting building defects and completing minor repairs as instructed by the Facilities Manager.
- Attending team meetings and contributing to a positive, collaborative working environment.
- Completing all required administrative tasks accurately and within agreed timescales.
- Liaising professionally with designated client contacts, ensuring strong communication and service delivery.
- Managing stock levels, including ordering and distributing cleaning consumables.
- Conducting caretaking audits to ensure service standards and compliance are consistently met.
- Taking part in training and meetings necessary to maintain contract standards—some of which may fall outside normal working hours.
- Performing any other reasonable duties as directed by the Facilities Manager.
- Being flexible with working hours to support school events and out-of-hours operational needs.
- Handle incoming communications and ensure messages are delivered accurately and efficiently.
What you'll bring:
Previous experience in a similar client facing role is a plus, but excellent interpersonal and communication skills are the key
A positive, energetic and proactive attitude
Strong organisational abilities and attention to detail
Why Sodexo?:
Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it’s a chance to be part of something greater.
Belong in a company and team that values you for you.
Act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions.
Thrive in your own way.
We also offer a range of perks, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:
- Unlimited access to an online platform offering wellbeing support
- An extensive Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or life's larger problems, including legal and financial advice, support with work or personal issues impacting your wellbeing
- Access to a 24hr virtual GP Service
- Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 across popular big-brand retailers
- Save for your future by becoming a member of the Pension Plan
- Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools
- Bike to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit
- Sodexo UK and Irelands enhanced benefits and leave policies
A little more about Sodexo:
At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all.As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100million consumers each day through our unique combination of On-Site Food and FM Services, Benefits & Rewards Services and Personal & Home Services.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We are a forces friendly employer.We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents & Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, SoTogether, Generations and Origins.
We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer.We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.We run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.
Click here to read more about what we do to promote an inclusive culture.
Ready to be part of something greater?
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Sodexo reserves the right to close this advert early if we are in receipt of a high number of applications