Senior Maintenance Assistant - IKEA

Job description / Role

Senior Maintenance Assistant - IKEA - YAS Island, Abu Dhabi

You will Assist in maintaining the IKEA Store and to keep facilities in a safe operating condition, maintaining a preventative maintenance program and resolving immediate operational and/or safety concerns. Support the operations department ensuring that customers are provided with the highest possible service level (in line with IKEA standards) to achieve the pre-defined yearly sales targets. Conduct all business in accordance with company policies and procedures.

About the Job:

Operational:
- Be aware of the condition of IKEA property and immediately initiate actions to correct unsafe conditions.
- Schedule and perform routine preventative maintenance on all appropriate equipment.
- Assist with the preparation of detailed specification for all premises work carried out by external contractors.
- Liaise on a daily basis with all external contractors working on the IKEA store.
- Help develop and implement the IKEA stores contractor management procedures and ensure all contractors undertaking work on the premises are adequately briefed.
- Monitor the observance of health & safety routines by the IKEA maintenance department and external contractors.
- Diagnose and perform routine maintenance and repair involving the following on a daily basis:
- Electrical & Plumbing
- FAHU, HVAC, AHU, UPS, FCU, VFD systems
- Appliances, tavelators, escalators & elevators
- Stairs, railings
- Tiles, carpets & vinyl flooring
- Roofing & gutters
- Interior/exterior lights
- Gas fixtures & appliances
- Shutter doors, windows, glass sliding doors, doors & locks
- Fire alarm systems
- BMS systems

Financial:
- Gain knowledge of inventory levels of spare parts & consumables and replenish when necessary.
- Review and monitor daily and monthly KPIs and analyse reports on various measurable factors against benchmarked figures (i.e. manpower productivity, etc). Working with the team to create meaningful actions to achieve agreed goals.
- Controlling costs through working in a lean, simple, cost-conscious way using good examples and solutions, and encouraging the team and colleagues to discover more effective ways of working.

People Management & Development:
- Staff training and development. Ascertain that all of the maintenance team are competently trained on all preventative and reactive maintenance issues within the store.
- Scheduling for the maintenance department. Create and submit a schedule for the maintenance department based on the coverage needed for peak and non peak sales day. Plan annual leave for the department based on the commercial calendar.

Requirements

Job-Specific Skills:
- Strategic Planning and Analytical Skills, Effective Communication, Excel competence.

Behavioural Competencies:
- Customer Focused
- Individual Accountability
- Continuous Improvement
- Personal Leadership
- Teamwork

About the Company

Established in the 1930's, the Al-Futtaim Group initially operated as a trading enterprise. Rapid development throughout the 1940's and 50's saw it establish itself regionally as an integrated commercial, industrial and services organisation, positioning itself one of the leading business houses in the lower Gulf region. Today, it operates collectively over 40 companies bearing the Al-Futtaim name, dominates many market segments in the UAE, and has expanded its sphere of operation to include Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Egypt.

The Group comprises a diverse range of strategically positioned operating subsidiaries and associate companies, structured to give the Al-Futtaim Group the flexibility and versatility to keep ahead of local competition while keeping pace with the ever-evolving global business scenario. The Groups continued investment in world-class systems technology is clear evidence of its commitment to maintain leading edge performance and service delivery.

The success of the Al-Futtaim Group can be attributed to a business approach that combines the ability to change with the traditional values of integrity, service and social responsibility that define its core business philosophy. This, linked with the Groups belief in decentralisation, gives the heads of the operating companies a high degree of functional autonomy and authority, providing the Group with essential flexibility, and individual employees a clearly defined work culture and sense of responsibility.