Facilities - Handyman - Capetown

**JOB PROFILE** - **Handyman**

**Location: Durban**

**Purpose**

The Senior Handyman is responsible for maintaining the buildings in which they work by performing various handyman maintenance duties. The incumbent provides technical support with regard to reactive maintenance and planned preventative maintenance on plant and equipment, within the service level requirements

**Position Description**

**KRA / Main Outputs and Responsibilities**

**Detailed Description**

**Painting**:

- Touch-up paint work, minor painting and redecoration as required.
- Painting of walls, ceilings, woodwork, steel work, balustrades etc.

**Carpentry Work**:

- Weekly inspection and repair to all damaged carpentry including benches, balustrades and dust bins.
- Repairs to doors including cupboard handles, hinges, etc. Replace complete doors.
- Replace defective locks, barrels hinges, catches, door closers etc or on instruction.

**Plumbing Works**:

- Ensure that all full bores, drains, waste gullies, etc are operational.
- Repairing of blocked drains, basins, down pipes, etc.
- Repairing and fitting of flush masters, taps, cisterns, toilet seats etc.
- Assist sub-contractors with the location of shut off valves when required.
- Optimise water usage by setting the flush masters.
- Identify and repair water leaks.

**Air-conditioning**:

- Attend to “smell” complaints and identify the source of the problem.

**Structural/cladding**:

- Inspect expansion joints and cladding once a month for damage and movement and report to the Facilities Manager.
- All missing screws, fixings etc. on bollards, mounting, covers, hording supports and other structural equipment to be replaced, ensuring all work is properly completed.
- Undertake repairs to the fibreglass gutters as required.
- Make good structural cracks etc. Plaster and paint where necessary. Make good spalling.
- Provide access in ceiling etc for the repairs to other services. Reinstate and make good upon completion.

**Task Planning**:

- Planning of work and materials shall be undertaken.
- All material for afterhours work must be drawn from store by 15h30 daily.
- Only emergency breakdown stock will be drawn after hours as per the laid down procedure.
- The Handymen will assist in stock taking of the maintenance stores

**Tiling**:

- Replacement of floor and wall tiles
- Repairs and replacement to granite and vertical tiling in and around the building.
- Inspect and replace skirting strips including marble and granite

**Hoarding**:

- Ensure that all building signage is well maintained
- Erecting and demolition of temporary, reusable hoarding as and when required.
- Repairs to temporary hoarding

**Paving**:

- Repairs to paving in and around the building

**General Repairs and Maintenance**:

- Inspect, report and damaged windows and glazing.
- Inspect and repair table and chairs.
- Report any work that cannot be attended to timeously to the Facilities Manager.
- Handymen are to respond promptly to all reasonable orders issued to them

**Financial**
- Identify and implement saving initiatives
- Identifying and prioritizing need for preventive and corrective maintenance

**Risk and process**
- The responsibility for disposing of all cleaning materials in an ecologically friendly manner.
- Weekly inspection of the entire building identifying defects that require repairs. This includes hoardings and retail areas.
- Undertake twice-weekly inspection of the domestic pump room and water reservoir. Check all valves and ensure that they are operational. Be familiar with the pump room bypass facility.
- Inspection of roof sheeting and report defects monthly.
- Conduct a monthly inspection on fixed ladders and cat walks etc. Report any defects or “Unsafe conditions”

**Level of Authority**
- Works according to information provided and product knowledge.
- Any process that is not covered by appropriate process manual or decision tree is referred to the Facilities Operations Supervisor
- Timeframe of work ranges from daily to weekly to monthly
- In the absence of a supervisor the Senior Handyman must work independently and lead the team to execute business requirements.
- Daily Checks of UPS room for alarms and/or errors on screens and report immediately.
- Assist with driving and co-ordinating facilities pickups and drop offs to assist the Facilities Department to manage multiple sites.

**Size**

The Senior Handyman work in teams of approximately 20 colleagues and reports directly to the Facilities Operations Supervisor.

**Skills and Competencies**
- Physically strong - capable of working with machinery or moving heavy equipment.
- Good knowledge of electrical fixtures, fittings, repairs and maintenance thereof.
- Knowledge of tools and materials used in the assigned area of responsibility.
- Fair written and verbal English
- The ability to work under pressure and against tight deadlines with demanding clients
- A service excellence attitude is a pre
- requisite
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