Maintenance

Exemplar Health Care Services Limited; Knowsley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider in Knowsley is seeking a Maintenance Technician to ensure a safe and well-maintained environment at Fernwood care home. Responsibilities include general maintenance, decorating, and managing contractors. Ideal candidates will possess a wide range of maintenance skills and a commitment to care values. The role offers competitive wages, learning opportunities, and great perks including access to wages before payday.

Benefits

Access to wages before payday

Retail and lifestyle discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Broad range of maintenance skills.
• Knowledgeable about health and safety legislation and regulations.
• Great verbal and written communication abilities.

Responsibilities

• Perform general maintenance tasks.
• Responsible for decorating and gardening.
• Coordinating external contractors for maintenance needs.

Skills

Maintenance skills

Health and safety knowledge

Communication skills

Digital skills

Team player

Job description

Overview

Position: Maintenance Technician

Care home: Fernwood

Location: 239 Knowsley Lane, Knowsley, L36 8EL

Contract type: Full Time - 40 hours per week

Rate: £13.27 per hour

This is an exciting opportunity to use your skills to make a real difference every day. Join us as our new Maintenance Technician at Fernwood care home in Knowsley. If you’re looking for a rewarding maintenance role with a difference, we have the job for you. At Fernwood, our Maintenance Technicians ensure a safe and welcoming home for the people we support. In the role, you’ll ensure that everything works well and looks its best for everyone who lives, works and visits here.

About Exemplar Health Care

Fernwood is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country’s leading nursing care providers. Fernwood will specialise in supporting adults living with acquired brain injuries, complex mental health needs, dementia and physical disabilities. As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.

About the role

Our Maintenance Technician plays a key role in ensuring that the fabrics, fittings, fixtures and equipment in the home are in good condition.

No two days will ever be the same, but your day-to-day responsibilities may include:

• general maintenance
• decorating
• gardening
• plumbing
• tiling
• coordinating external contractors
• carrying out regular risk assessments, audits and checks

You’ll put our people at the heart of everything you do – whether that’s painting bedrooms, building planters in the garden or putting pictures on people’s walls. We can guarantee that whatever you bring to the role, you’ll see great rewards.

If you haven’t worked in the care sector before, we’ll help you feel right at home from the start with our induction, buddy and ongoing training programmes.

Download our job description to read more:

https://brochures.exemplarhc.com/view/1029781191

About you

Above all, you’re someone who identifies with our values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.

You’re also:

• able to demonstrate a broad range of maintenance skills
• knowledgeable about, and experienced in, health and safety legislation and regulations
• a great communicator, both verbally and in writing
• someone with digital skills and an understanding of how IT works
• a team player
• kind, caring and understanding

What we offer

We offer great rewards and perks including:

• regular supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects
• access to wages before payday
• retail and lifestyle discounts
• free DBS check
• 24/7 counselling and support
• Blue Light Card eligibility

How to apply

Sound good? We’d love to hear from you. Click the button to ‘APPLY NOW’.

For an informal chat about joining us, call us on 01977 630830 or email [e-mail].

Please note, applicants must be authorised to work in the UK. We’re unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.