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Facilities and Maintenance Technician - Contract

Playground Games
Warwickshire
3 days ago
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Description

Playground Games is looking for a Facilities and Maintenance Technician to join our Operations team on a contract basis.

About us:

As a first-party Xbox Game Studio, we are passionate about making genre-defining games that are accessible, beautiful, and, most of all, fun.

About the role:

The Facilities and Maintenance technician will play an integral part of the Operations team, operating in a fast paced environment, tasked with undertaking a diverse workload of scheduled, and reactive, facilities and maintenance activities, across all three studio sites. 

This is a contract role, based full-time on-site across our three state-of-the-art facilities in Royal Leamington Spa.

What you'll do:

Carrying out day to day facilities and maintenance tasks as directed by the Facilities Coordinator Assisting with ad hoc larger facilities projects and builds Understanding and complying with statutory and legal requirements such as COSHH and Health & Safety Carrying out specific maintenance and regular safety checks required, reporting any deficiencies to the Facilities Coordinator Ensuring that all facilities are kept in excellent condition (repairs, installation, maintenance, painting, cleaning, and assembly projects) Responding to reactive facilities and maintenance failures ensuring they are assessed and relevant repairs are undertaken promptly or escalated where necessary Completing submitted work requests in a timely manner and to the required standard Setting up of meeting rooms / breakout spaces etc for events or training Conducting PAT testing and ensure compliance for the Company Portering around, and between, all Studio sites Completing equipment deliveries within the local area Delivery and set up of equipment for external events Performing other duties as may be requested from time to time, commensurate with the role

What you'll bring:

Essential:

Full UK Driving licence – essential An understanding of H&S in the workplace  Experience of Portable Appliance Testing (PAT)

Desirable: 

Professional attitude Excellent communication skills and real team player Excellent interpersonal skills and enthusiasm Ability to proactively respond to unexpected events and competing deadlines An organised approach, planning tasks and setting realistic timescales Flexibility to be involved in a number of operational support activities at a time Deliver work on-time, to agreed schedules and standard Maintain strong working relationships with team members and other disciplines Be a champion for Playground Games, our values, and everything we produce Adhere to company procedures

We believe a healthy work-life balance, continuous learning, and a supportive community are key to creating world-class games. 

Playground Games is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, we believe that diversity and inclusion fuels creativity. We are dedicated to creating a safe, comfortable and welcoming working environment.

We strive to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices of our team members. It drives our innovation and connects us closer to our players. We are committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion across age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

At Playground Games we recognise the importance of self-development, career progression, well-being and retention of our colleagues. We celebrate difference and welcome everyone to join us and to be themselves at work. 

If you require any reasonable adjustments to apply for this position, please contact us on

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