Maintenance Assistant

Cygnet Group; North East; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health service provider in North East England seeks a Maintenance Assistant to manage facilities services and ensure compliance with regulations. You will support the Hospital Manager in various tasks while ensuring a safe environment for service users. Experience in facilities management and a valid driving licence are required. Strong career progression opportunities and benefits including a pension scheme are offered.

Benefits

Strong career progression opportunities

Expert supervision & support

Pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Employee discount saving

Qualifications

• Experienced in facilities management.
• Willing to travel and hold a valid driving licence.
• Capable of recording accurate maintenance information.

Responsibilities

• Manage performance of external contractors for facilities services.
• Support management with statutory returns and audits.
• Prepare briefs and compliance documents.
• Ensure compliance with legal duties and regulations.
• Support emergency planning and incident response.
• Manage facilities function within budget.

Skills

Management of facilities and services

Communication at all levels

Experience in team management

Job description

Helping others improve and turn their lives around - there's no better feeling. It's what we do for thousands of people at more than 150 sites across the UK. Be a part of it.

We are looking for a skilled Maintenance Assistant with a passion for making a difference to others.

You’ll be working 37.5 hours a week (Monday - Friday from 9am - 5pm) at Cygnet Victoria House, helping provide a safe and healthy environment for the people in our care.

Cygnet Victoria House is a 26 bed mental health inpatient service for men. The service, split across two wards, provides a safe and stabilising environment for men who are experiencing an acute episode of mental illness and require an emergency admission.

The ethos of our service is about assessing and treating service users in the least restrictive environment and planning for discharge in a robust and timely fashion. With a focus on stabilisation, we will support service users to manage their mental health, reinforce daily living skills and prepare for independent life back in the community.

Your Day-to-Day

• Effectively manage the performance of the external contractors providing hard and soft facilities management services (Including Planned preventive maintenance, small works & capital projects, security, pest control, grounds and garden maintenance, window cleaning, waste management) to Victoria House.
• Support the Hospital Manager with collation of information for all statutory returns such as Control Assurance Standards and H&S risk assessment audits.
• Prepare briefs, specifications of works, environmental reports and local operational manuals to ensure adequate training for stakeholders in the operation of the building.
• Ensure compliance with the Company's legal duties under the Construction & Design Management Act 1994, Fire Precautions Act, Health and Safety at Work Act, RIDDOR, COSHH, Water regulations, Workplaces (Health and Safety and Welfare) regulations 1992, Control of Asbestos regulations, Electricity at Work, Lifts and other.
• Support the Hospital Manager in his/her role as lead Emergency Planning Liaison Officer in the development and coordination of all aspects of major incident and emergency planning for the Hospital, and facilitate and support the Company's response to major incidents and emergencies.
• Ensure that the facilities function is managed within agreed delegated budgets, ensuring efficient and effective systems and procedures to enable close monitoring.

You are...

• Experienced in the management of facilities and services.
• Willing to travel & hold a full valid driving licence.
• Able to communicate at all levels & record detailed, accurate maintenance information.
• Experienced in the management of teams.

Why Cygnet?

• Strong career progression opportunities.
• Expert supervision & support.
• Pension scheme.
• Cycle to work scheme & employee discount saving.

Please note: successful candidates will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check.

What next?

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