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Better places, thriving communities.
Better places, thriving communities
ROLE: Building Assistant
HOURS: 40 Hours
LOCATION: DVSA - Bishopbriggs - Driving Test Centre
At Mitie, our people are our greatest strength, and our promise is to create a place to work where you can thrive and be your best every day. We're looking for a Building Assistant who supports the smooth and safe operation of the office environment by assisting with facilities coordination, room set-ups, security checks, contractor access, and compliance logging.
• Conduct routine visual checks of office areas and report building issues to the Facilities Manager or contractors, ensuring all spaces remain presentable and functional.
• Support meeting room set-ups, office moves, furniture rearrangement, and workspace reconfiguration, along with assisting staff, visitors, and internal events.
• Carry out health and safety duties including weekly fire alarm testing, ensuring escape routes are clear, placing safety signage, and reporting hazards.
• Assist with security and access management including unlocking/locking procedures, visitor access control, and escorting contractors in secure areas.
• Manage logistics and compliance support including deliveries, stock monitoring, updating logbooks, meter readings, and supporting maintenance activities.
• Strong organisational and communication skills with the ability to work proactively and independently.
• Awareness of health and safety principles (Fire Warden or First Aid training desirable).
• Experience in facilities, building operations, or office support roles is desirable.
• Good customer service skills with a professional and courteous approach.
• Physically capable of moving and setting up furniture and equipment.
• Opportunity to work in a professional office environment supporting facilities and operations.
• Be part of a team that prioritises safety, service, and operational excellence.
• Development opportunities within facilities and building management services.
Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.
We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.
When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!
We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).
We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!
Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.
Since 1987, Mitie’s 80,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.
Join our Mitie Team.
Together our diversity makes us stronger.
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