Job Reference:000467

Salary:£26,500

Job Closing Date:24/10/2025

Department:Facilities

Location:Birmingham Hippodrome

Employment Type:Permanent

Hours Per Week:40 hours per week

Interview / Assessment Centre Date(s) w/c:31/10/2025

Job Description

Help keep the curtain up at one of the UK’s leading theatres by ensuring that all routine and scheduled maintenance tasks are actioned and completed to the highest standards.

The Facilities team manages and maintains the various building systems and services to ensure its proper functioning, security, safety, and efficiency.
As part of the Facilities team and under the direction of the Facilities Manager, the Facilities Operative (General) will undertake scheduled and reactive maintenance tasks, ensuring that they are carried out to the highest standards within agreed timescales. The Facilities Operative (General) will ensure that they operate in line with Birmingham Hippodrome’s policies & procedures and all relevant statutory requirements. With a focus on Health & Safety the environment and sustainability, the Facilities Operative (General) will assist the Facilities Manager and Head of Department to ensure that the building systems and services are maintained and operated to the highest standards, minimising equipment down time and ensuring repairs are completed in a timely manner.

This role will cover 40 hours per week, split into 5 shifts of 8 hours. Shifts will include daytime, evenings, weekends, and bank holidays, and will be allocated in advance on a rota basis. The successful applicant must be willing to work at these times.

Recognising under-representation in our workforce of Black, Asian and ethnically diverse people, and people with disabilities, we particularly welcome applicants from those backgrounds and identities.

Employee Benefits
• 30 days holiday plus 8 Bank Holidays
• Contributory pension scheme
• Discounted public transport pass
• Discounted car parking
• Discounted gym membership
• Show ticket offers
• Personal Growth Fund - up to £175 a year to spend on your physical and mental wellbeing
• Enhanced company sick pay
• Free life assurance and critical health insurance
• Discounted private health cover
• Enhanced maternity/adoption/paternity pay
• Free flu jab
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Electric car scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme

Please download the job description below for full details of the role. We can't wait to find out how your skills and experience make you a great candidate to work at Birmingham Hippodrome.