Kier Group

Cleaner

Kier Group

Skilled Worker, A ratingFull-timePosted Yesterday

Job Description

### Meet the recruiter

#### Husam Arif

### Benefits

Life assurance

Kier Rewards

Additional holiday purchase opportunities

Pension scheme

Enhanced family leave & policies

Share plan schemes

Free health & wellbeing services

Colleague lottery

### Cleaner

We're looking for a Cleaner to join our team based in Heathcote School.

Location: Heathcote School

Hours: 12.5 hours per week (morning or afternoon - 6 AM to 8:30 AM or 3:30 PM to 6 PM)

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

Join our Facilities Management team at Heathcote School as a Cleaner. This is a wonderful opportunity to become part of a supportive team where your contribution makes a real difference to the school environment. Working closely with your cleaning supervisor, you'll help maintain high standards of cleanliness and create a welcoming space for students and staff.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Cleaner, you'll be working within the Facilities Management team, supporting them in maintaining excellent cleanliness standards throughout the school. Your day-to-day will include:

Cleaning and maintaining all areas including classrooms, corridors, toilets and communal spaces to a high standard

Vacuuming carpeted areas and wet mopping hard floors, ensuring surfaces are spotless

Emptying bins, replenishing consumables such as hand soap and towels, and managing waste disposal correctly

Following COSHH guidelines and health and safety procedures, using appropriate PPE and colour-coded equipment

Reporting any maintenance issues or concerns promptly to your supervisor

What are we looking for?

This role of Cleaner is great for you if

You have previous cleaning experience, ideally in a school, office or commercial environment

You understand health and safety practices, including COSHH regulations and the safe use of cleaning equipment

You're comfortable following cleaning schedules and maintaining attention to detail

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.

Location: Chingford

Vacancy ID: 11277

Background check: DBS - Enhanced

Closing date: 18 Nov 2026

Contract type: Permanent

Working hours: Full Time

* Flexible working: No

Flexible working could include part time, job share, condensed hours, or flexible start/end times.

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