Cleaning Operative

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 3 May 2026
LOCATION
Oban
TYPE
Part-time
LEVEL
Entry-level
CATEGORY
Cleaning & Facilities
This role is not offered with visa sponsorship, though the employer is a licensed UK sponsor

SKILLS

Cleaning Sanitization Health & Safety Compliance Time Management Teamwork Attention to Detail Flexibility Organizational Skills

FULL DESCRIPTION

Cleaning Operative (D08/25.IMac)

Location: SAMS, Oban

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Pattern: 15 hrs per week, Mon-Fri shift 07:30 to 10:30 hrs

Salary Range: £9,828.00 per annum (FTE £24,242.40)

Closing date: Friday 11th July 2025

The Role

This is a part time, permanent position, based on site at Dunbeg, near Oban. The post will sit within our Facilities Department and will be responsible for maintaining a clean, hygienic and safe environment across the SAMS estate. You will be able to follow defined cleaning schedules and procedures, able to work independently as well as part of a cleaning team. You will be flexible in covering additional work duties when other team members are absent. Some of this may mean reprioritising tasks within contracted hours as well as working occasional additional hours. A full induction into SAMS and into your department and role will be provided as well as training to assist your success and a work uniform supplied.

Our Ideal Candidate

Ideally, you will already have experience of working in a cleaning operative role, however, full training will be provided. You will be friendly, flexible and a good team player, helping other team members, as required. You must be able to attend work on a regular basis, be organised, able to follow health & safety procedures and work schedules and complete all required tasks on a weekly basis to standard.

Interested?

We would love to hear from you. If you have queries on the job and would like to talk these through before applying, please email these through, in the first instance, to [contact hidden]. Applications must include CV and Cover Letter and should be sent electronically to [contact hidden] quoting Job Ref 'D08/25.IMac' in the subject heading. Closing date for applications is 11th July 2025. Interviews will be held on site in July 2025. The newly appointed recruit must be able to start work by early August. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK already in place.

About SAMS

The Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) has been delivering independent marine science since 1884. Based in Oban, 150 staff are working for healthy and sustainably managed seas and oceans through world-class marine research, education and engagement with society. Learn more about us…

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