Head of Maintenance - Care Home

Barchester Healthcare; Woking; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider in Woking seeks a Head of Maintenance to manage an efficient and safe environment for residents. The role involves varied tasks from plumbing to gardening while ensuring that the wellbeing of residents is prioritized. Applicants should have hands-on maintenance experience, at least one trade skill, and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.

Benefits

Free training and development

Access to wellbeing and support tools

Retail discounts and savings

Refer a Friend bonus scheme

Employee of the Month rewards

Long Service Awards

Qualifications

• Proven ability to undertake a wide range of maintenance tasks.
• Sensitivity to the needs of residents.
• IT literacy is essential.

Responsibilities

• Ensure a clean and well-maintained environment.
• Handle tasks inside the care home and in gardens.
• Support the General Manager with annual budget planning.
• Liaise with contractors for external jobs.

Skills

Hands-on maintenance experience

Reliability

Flexibility

Ability to work alone

Team leadership

Education

GCSEs in Maths and English (or equivalent)

Full UK driving licence

Job description

Overview

As a Head of Maintenance at a Barchester care home, you'll be responsible for ensuring a clean and well-maintained environment for the residents and staff. You’ll manage tasks from fixing plumbing issues to gardening, work with contractors, and support the General Manager with budget planning. Your priority will be the wellbeing of the residents, and you’ll need to be reliable, flexible, and have hands-on maintenance experience.

Main duties of the job

As a Head of Maintenance at a Barchester care home, you\'ll ensure a clean and well-maintained environment so that residents feel at home and staff can do their jobs well. You will help create a warm and welcoming atmosphere as part of delivering first-class care and support. You\'ll have variety, handling tasks within the care home building as well as in the gardens and grounds, such as fixing a leaky tap or planting bulbs. You should be comfortable working alone, leading a team, and supporting the General Manager with annual budget planning. You\'ll liaise with contractors on jobs outside the team\'s expertise.

About us

Barchester is a leading provider of high-quality care homes in the UK. They are committed to creating a warm and welcoming environment for their residents and delivering first-class care and support. The company focuses on training and development for its staff and offers a range of benefits and rewards.

Job responsibilities

ABOUT THE ROLEAs a Head of Maintenance at a Barchester care home, you\'ll ensure a clean and well-maintained environment so that residents feel at home and staff can do their jobs well. You will help create a warm and welcoming atmosphere as part of delivering first-class care and support.

You\'ll have plenty of variety as a Head of Maintenance with us. You\'ll handle tasks within the care home building and in the gardens and grounds. This could mean fixing a leaky tap one minute and planting some new bulbs the next. You should be comfortable working alone, leading a team and supporting the General Manager with annual budget planning. You\'ll liaise with contractors on jobs outside the expertise of your team.

ABOUT YOUThe wellbeing of our residents will be your number one priority as a Head of Maintenance. You\'ll ensure all work is carried out with sensitivity to their needs. With hands-on property maintenance experience, you\'ll have at least one trade skill and, ideally, a proven ability to undertake a wide range of maintenance tasks. You should be reliable and flexible with your working hours. This role also requires a full UK driving licence, IT literacy and GCSEs in Maths and English (or equivalent).

REWARDS PACKAGEIn return for your dedication, you\'ll receive a competitive rate of pay plus our sector-leading benefits and rewards package including: free training and development for all roles, access to wellbeing and support tools, a range of retail discounts and savings, unlimited referrals with our Refer a Friend bonus scheme, Employee of the Month rewards and Long Service Awards, and more.

If you\'d like to use your maintenance and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you\'d expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding place to be.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• The wellbeing of our residents will be your number one priority as a Head of Maintenance at Barchester - you\'ll make sure all work is carried out with sensitivity to their needs. With hands-on experience of property maintenance, you\'ll have at least one trade skill and, ideally, a proven ability to undertake a wide range of maintenance tasks. You should be reliable and flexible with your working hours. This role also requires a full UK driving licence, IT literacy and GCSEs in Maths and English (or equivalent).

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.