Caretaker

Vivid Homes; Eastleigh; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Vivid Homes is seeking a Caretaker to join their team in Eastleigh. This full-time, permanent role involves maintaining communal areas, ensuring cleanliness, and performing safety checks. The position offers competitive salary, benefits including a company van, and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

26 days holiday plus bank holidays

Use of company van and fuel card

Productivity-related bonus scheme

Uniform and PPE provided

Generous contributory pension of 6%

Life assurance paid at 3x annual salary

Private medical insurance

Health care cash plan (Medicash)

Enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption

Access to counselling, legal, and financial advice

Qualifications

• Experience in cleaning and caretaking/janitorial work.
• Knowledge of operating cleaning machinery.
• Basic maintenance skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver consistent caretaking services to communal areas.
• Clear bin areas of rubbish and fly-tipping.
• Test fire alarms and safety equipment.

Skills

Cleaning

Maintenance

Manual Handling

Job description

Salary and Benefits

Salary £25,552 + up to £1,800 bonus + use of company van

The Vacancy

We’re VIVID! – We offer a vibrant, friendly, inclusive culture that supports, develops, and attracts the best people!

We’re looking for a Caretaker to join our team! Contractually based out of our Portsmouth office, you’ll mainly cover Eastleigh and the surrounding South Hampshire area. This is a full-time, permanent role working 39 hours per week.

Benefits

• 26 days holiday (plus bank holidays), with the opportunity to buy or sell annual leave
• Use of a company van & fuel card for your work travel
• A productivity-related bonus scheme to enhance your take-home
• Uniform and PPE provided
• A generous contributory pension of 6%, with employee contributions matched between 7% and 10%
• Life assurance paid at 3x annual salary
• Private medical insurance
• Health care cash plan (Medicash)
• Enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption, and shared parental leave
• Access to counselling, legal, and financial advice
• Electric car scheme
• Variety of in-house & e-learning courses, coaching, and mentoring programs

Role Responsibilities

As a caretaker, you’ll deliver consistent caretaking services to communal areas, including:

• Clearing bin areas of rubbish and fly-tipping
• Cleaning communal hallways
• Testing fire alarms and safety equipment

The role requires you to:

• Follow a rota and work pattern
• Maintain sites to set standards and frequencies
• Work according to defined specifications
• Adhere to our 7-step first-class repairs service
• Complete fire safety compliance checks

You’ll also record tasks electronically, such as site visits, minor repairs, and changing communal lamps.

Candidate Requirements

Ideally, you will have experience in cleaning and caretaking/janitorial work, knowledge of operating cleaning machinery, and basic maintenance skills. A category B driving license is required, and you should be comfortable using basic technical devices for logging work.

Due to the nature of the role, you must be capable of:

• Working at heights
• Manual handling and lifting heavy items
• Mobility tasks including walking, lifting, loading, and unloading vehicles

A full, clean driving license held for at least 1 year is necessary to drive company vans. Offers are subject to driving license checks and DBS clearance.