Fire Stopper

Fire Stopper / Multi-Skilled Tradesperson

West Bromwich | £250 per day | Ongoing Work

Experienced Fire Stopper wanted for ongoing work across residential apartment blocks in the Birmingham area.

We need a practical, hands-on tradesperson who can do the whole job, not just the fire stopping.

You'll be responsible for:

• Fire stopping and fire compartmentation works

• Cutting out plasterboard and opening up walls

• Reboarding, patching and making good

• Plastering, decorating and painting as required

You must have proven fire stopping experience, be competent with general building repairs and be happy working independently.

Small, straightforward business looking for someone reliable, flexible and willing to get stuck in.

£250 per day. Immediate start available for the right person.

• Sell sponsorship, trade space and radio space across roughly 30 events a year
• Put the sponsorship packages together, starting around £13k with room to flex
• Bring in speaker sponsors as well as event sponsors
• Grow existing accounts and win new ones, split about evenly
• Sell airtime on the company's own radio show
• Get out to events across England, Scotland and Wales
• Build the sponsorship packages yourself, then go and sell them
• Company car or allowance, plus uncapped commission
• Half new business, half existing clients, so you're not only hunting

• You've sold before and can show what you've closed
• You hold a full driving licence
• You live within commuting distance of Peterborough
• You will be creative and dynamic and have that natural sales spark

• Basic salary of £40,000 to £50,000
• Uncapped OTE
• Bonus
• Company car or car allowance
• Based at the Spalding office, with travel to events around the UK

• Deputise for the registered manager, with the whole service to cover
• Lead team leaders and support workers, and set the standard they work to
• Hands-on management: out at the placements, with the young people and staff

• Hold oversight of risk, incidents and safeguarding concerns in every setting
• Audit support plans, risk assessments and daily records, and get shortfalls put right
• Run supervisions, probation reviews and appraisals, and deal with performance concerns
• Challenge practice that falls short, and make the changes stick after an incident
• Help review new referrals and judge whether a placement can safely work
• Keep the service in line with the Supported Accommodation Regulations 2023 and Ofsted requirements

• Supervisory or management experience in supported accommodation or children's residential services
• Experience managing complex safeguarding or behavioural risks with vulnerable young people
• Experience completing or reviewing support plans and risk assessments
• A valid UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work

• £35,000 to £38,000 a year, depending on experience
• Full-time, permanent
• 40 hours a week, worked flexibly across 5 days
• Early, standard and late management shifts, usually between 8am and 8pm
• Some evening and weekend work, plus the management on-call rota
• Based across the Harrow and Greenford services
• Appointment follows safer recruitment, including an enhanced DBS check

Role: Oracle DBA
Location: Northwich, Cheshire (Hybrid 3 days per week in the office)
Salary £55,000 to £65,000 plus Bonus

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Oracle Database Administrator to join a growing organisation with a strong reputation for investing in its people and technology. Based in Northwich, this role offers the chance to work within a dedicated IT team supporting business-critical systems in a collaborative, forward-thinking environment.

This is an excellent opportunity for a DBA looking to take ownership of a modern Oracle estate while contributing to the resilience, security and performance of key enterprise platforms.

For the first three months you will be based in the office five days a week moving to three days following your first three months.

The Role

The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting and developing Oracle database infrastructure, ensuring systems remain secure, resilient and high performing. Responsibilities include:

• Monitoring database health, availability, capacity and performance using proactive alerting and trend analysis.
• Administering Oracle databases and Linux platforms to maintain secure and efficient operations.
• Managing backups, restores, migrations and environment refreshes, including Oracle APEX environments.
• Developing and testing backup and disaster recovery strategies.
• Performance tuning, capacity planning and optimisation of Oracle databases.
• Supporting database patching, upgrades and lifecycle management.
• Maintaining security, compliance and auditability across database environments.
• Automating routine administration tasks through scripting and tooling.
• Working closely with development and infrastructure teams to deliver reliable database services.
• Participating in planned out-of-hours maintenance when required.

What are we looking for?

The ideal candidate will be a logical problem solver with excellent analytical skills and a proactive approach to database administration. They will be comfortable working independently while also collaborating effectively with colleagues across technical and business teams.

Technical Skills

Essential

• Oracle Database Administration (Oracle 19c or later preferred).
• Backup and recovery, performance tuning, monitoring, security and high availability.
• Oracle Enterprise Manager administration.
• Oracle WebLogic administration.
• Linux administration and shell scripting.
• Enterprise backup, recovery and data protection.
• Performance monitoring and optimisation.

Desirable

• Oracle Engineered Systems or similar enterprise platforms.
• Virtualised or private cloud environments.
• High availability and disaster recovery solutions.
• Automation of database administration through scripting and operational tooling.

Why Apply?

This organisation is recognised for its outstanding commitment to employee development, collaboration and career progression. With a people-first culture and a strong investment in technology, it offers an environment where you can make a genuine impact while continuing to grow their careers.

Benefits

Alongside a competitive salary, the successful candidate will enjoy a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Discretionary annual performance bonus.
• 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays, increasing with service.
• 10% non-contributory Pension
• Company-funded Employee Assistance Programme.
• Death-in-service benefit.
• Ongoing training, mentoring and career development opportunities.