FMSO-Justice & Immigration Facilities Mngmt

FM Services Operative – HMP Doncaster

Company: Supportive Bridge Staffing Agency

Location: HMP Doncaster, DN5 8UX

Salary: £30,747.92 per annum

Job Type: Full-Time, Regular (40 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 8:00am – 4:30pm)

Job ID: 312494

Ready to impact a better future?

Supportive Bridge Staffing Agency is proud to partner with justice and immigration facilities management teams to connect skilled practical professionals with meaningful operational roles. We are currently recruiting a dedicated FM Services Operative to join the team at HMP Doncaster in South Yorkshire.

In this varied, hands-on role, you will help maintain a safe, secure, and well-functioning environment across the prison estate. Working as part of a multi-skilled facilities management team, your daily maintenance activities will ensure facilities remain fit for purpose, directly supporting rehabilitation, wellbeing, and positive outcomes for everyone on site.

What You’ll Do

As an FM Services Operative, your responsibilities will include:

• Planned & Reactive Maintenance: Carry out planned and reactive maintenance tasks across the site in strict compliance with safety requirements.

• Multi-Trade Support: Handle a variety of general maintenance and repair tasks spanning multiple trades within your skills, experience, and training.

• Team Collaboration: Work closely with engineers and fellow facilities colleagues to complete coordinated multi-trade projects.

• Digital Tracking: Maintain accurate records of planned and reactive works using handheld technology and update asset information promptly.

• Compliance & Culture: Ensure schedules are completed within agreed timescales while actively supporting the prison's rehabilitative culture and continuous improvement.

What We Are Looking For

• Trade Qualifications: A completed recognised apprenticeship or equivalent trade-based qualification.

• Relevant Experience: Proven experience carrying out maintenance and repair work within a facilities management, engineering, or similar regulated environment.

• Work Ethic: The ability to work independently, prioritize workloads effectively, and use your own initiative.

• Interpersonal Skills: Strong communication skills with the capability to build trusted working relationships.

• Core Approach: Flexible, proactive, and deeply committed to service excellence and safety.

Vetting and Checks

This role requires an Enhanced DBS check (covering spent and unspent convictions, cautions, and relevant police information) in accordance with safeguarding regulations, alongside the completion of an Occupational Health Questionnaire.

What We Offer

• Competitive Pay: £30,747.92 per annum.

• Leave & Pension: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, and an up to 6% contributory pension scheme.

• Training & Career Progression: Access to over 1,100 internal courses, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships (including L3 Team Leader and L5 Operations Manager), mentoring, and strong internal career progression pathways.

• Health & Wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, and 24/7 access to a virtual GP service.

• Perks & Community: Savings across ~1,000 retailers, a paid volunteering day, tax-free payroll giving, and active employee inclusion networks.