Facilities Maintenance Assistant

ExtraCare Charitable Trust; Coventry; On-site; GBP 26,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Facilities Maintenance Assistant to join their dedicated team at a vibrant retirement village. In this role, you will be responsible for preventive maintenance, managing repairs, and ensuring a safe living environment for residents. This position offers the chance to make a real difference in the lives of older people while enjoying a supportive work culture. With a variety of benefits, including generous annual leave and a pension scheme, this is a fantastic opportunity for someone passionate about facilities maintenance. If you're ready to contribute to a meaningful mission, apply today!

Benefits

33 Days Annual Leave

Buy And Sell Holiday

Free Life Insurance

Cycle2work Scheme

Attendance Reward

Free Use of Onsite Gym

Up to 9% employer pension contribution

Blue Light Card discounts

Enhanced Maternity & Paternity allowance

Qualifications

• Experience in facilities management, ideally in multi-dwelling buildings.
• Strong skills in carpentry and plumbing are essential.

Responsibilities

• Perform preventive maintenance in resident apartments and communal areas.
• Manage void properties and ensure water quality checks are done.

Skills

Carpentry

Plumbing

Communication Skills

Attention to Detail

Health and Safety Knowledge

Education

Facilities Management Experience

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

Job description

The ExtraCare Charitable Trust are currently recruiting a Facilities Maintenance Assistant for Earlsdon Park Retirement Village.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced maintenance professional to join our friendly, dedicated team at Earlsdon Park Village to support the Village’s commitment in delivering ExtraCare’s mission of “better lives for older people”.

Benefits include:

• 33 Days Annual Leave (FTE) Pro Rata for Part Time
• Buy And Sell Holiday
• Free Life Insurance
• Cycle2work Scheme
• Attendance Reward
• Free Use of Onsite Gym
• Up to 9% employer pension contribution (5% employee)
• Blue Light Card discounts
• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity allowance

Role Details:

• Hours: 37.5 hours per week – (occasional out of hours cover required)
• Salary: £25,281.38

Extracare does not participate in the current “UK Visa Sponsorship” scheme, and we would not be able to facilitate sponsorship.

What will you do as our Facilities Maintenance Assistant?

• Undertake preventive maintenance duties in the resident’s apartments and in the communal areas.
• Be proactive in the management of void properties, ensure water quality checks and general repairs are undertaken.
• Work with contractors on site to improve own knowledge of systems and to ensure that they are working to risk assessments provided.
• Record repair requests and defects.
• Attend site on a rota basis in the event of an emergency situation outside of your normal working hours.
• Carry out a handy-person service for the residents, anything from picture hanging to assembling flat pack furniture.

Person Specification:

• Ideally a facilities background in a multi-dwelling building.
• Skills in Carpentry and plumbing.
• Flexible to support the Scheme during emergency situations and outside of normal working hours as required on a rota.
• To take responsibility for the repairs and maintenance service with your team onsite.
• Have a working knowledge of MS Word and Excel to maintain a system for logging maintenance requests.
• Be reliable, punctual, and able to work unsupervised.
• Able to demonstrate strong communication skills including empathy.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Committed to health and safety. COSHH or IOSHH desirable.

ExtraCare strives to create a workplace that fully reflects society. We want our staff to feel empowered to bring their full, authentic selves to work and be part of a safe and supportive community.

If you want to make a difference to peoples’ lives, then please apply for the role of Facilities Maintenance Assistant today. We look forward to reviewing your application.

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