Maintenance

Exemplar Health Care; Rotherham; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free DBS check

Blue Light Card eligibility

24/7 counselling and support

Retail and lifestyle discounts

Access to wages before payday

Job summary

Exemplar Health Care is seeking a Maintenance Operative for Fairwinds care home in Rotherham. The role focuses on maintaining the home’s fabric, fittings and equipment, ensuring a safe and welcoming environment for residents, staff and visitors.

You will perform decorating, electrical, plumbing and joinery tasks, support fire safety, liaise with contractors and participate in emergency call-outs, with an enhanced DBS disclosure required. Training and progression opportunities are provided.

Qualifications

• Broad range of maintenance skills.
• Knowledgeable about health and safety legislation.
• Great communicator, both verbal and written.
• Digital skills and basic IT understanding.
• Team player with caring attitude.
• Willing to work towards 17th-edition Electrical Certificate.

Responsibilities

• Carry out decorating and redecorating as directed.
• Assist in emergency evacuations and fire drills; carry out weekly fire checks.
• PAT testing of electrical equipment.
• Liaise with external contractors.
• Ensure smooth running of plant machinery and equipment, including gas, electric, oil, and water installation.
• Complete maintenance checks identified in the maintenance manual and regulative checks.
• Ensure health & safety of self, service users, staff and contractors/visitors.
• Possess and maintain a valid driving licence.
• Electrical, Plumbing and Joinery work.
• Being available for emergency call outs.
• An enhanced DBS disclosure is required.

Skills

Maintenance skills

Health & safety knowledge

Communication

Digital skills

Team player

Empathy

Education

17th-edition Electrical Certificate

Job description

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Fairwinds, Rotherham

Position: Maintenance

Care Home: Fairwinds

Location: Rotherham (S61 1AJ)

Contract type: Permanent - 40 Hours Per Week

Shifts Available: 40 hours hours per week

Rate/Salary: £13.77 per hour

This is an exciting opportunity to use your skills to make a real difference every day!

Join us as our new Maintenance Operative at Fairwinds care home in Rotherham.

If you’re looking for a rewarding maintenance role with a difference, we have the job for you.

At Fairwinds, our Maintenance Operatives 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. Come and join our friendly and professional team!

To Take a Virtual Tour Of Fairwinds Click Here

About Exemplar Health Care

Fairwinds is part of Exemplar Health Care, a leading provider of specialist nursing care for adults living with complex and high acuity needs.

We support adults living with complex mental health needs. The home has two small units - one that's exclusively for people who identify as female.

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 Operative 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 will include:

• Carry out decorating and redecorating as directed
• Assist in emergency evacuations and fire drills & carry out weekly fire checks
• Pat testing of electrical equipment
• Liaise with external contractors
• Ensure smooth running of plant machinery and equipment, including gas, electric, oil, and water installation
• Complete maintenance checks identified in the maintenance manual and regulative checks
• Ensure health & safety of self, Service Users, staff and contractors/visitors
• Safe handling of equipment and chemicals
• Possess and maintain a valid driving licence
• Electrical, Plumbing and Joinery work
• Being available for emergency call outs
• An enhanced DBS disclosure is required.

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.

To apply for this role, it may be helpful if you have, or are willing to work towards, a 17th-edition Electrical Certificate.

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].