Maintenance Assistant

Athenacarehomes; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 1,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care home in Peterborough seeks a Maintenance Support to ensure a safe environment for residents and staff. The role involves managing repairs, maintaining high standards of decoration, and ensuring compliance with safety checks. Join a family-run business that values quality care and community impact.

Benefits

Fully comprehensive induction

28 days of holiday per year

Free Blue Light Card

Refer a friend scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar maintenance role is essential.
• Excellent written, non-verbal, and verbal communication skills.
• Competent in Microsoft Office packages.

Responsibilities

• Ensure decoration and repairs are maintained to high standards.
• Responsible for maintenance of refuse area and removal of waste.
• Carry out tests of equipment and systems within the home.

Skills

Communication

Microsoft Office

Job description

As a Maintenance Support at Ashlynn Grange Care Home, you will be responsible for ensuring all checks are complete and a safe environment for residents, team members, and visitors, while maintaining a high quality of service within the home.

We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

About Ashlynn Grange Care Home:
Ashlynn Grange is an exceptional 153-bed care home in Peterborough. The home prides itself on its surrounding gardens that grow flowers and a variety of vegetables.

The level of care at Ashlynn Grange is exceptional, and all staff love to keep residents entertained with a full programme of activities and live performances on our outdoor stage. Our newly refurbished café is available to residents and their visitors, serving a variety of fresh tea, coffee, and cakes daily.

About the role:
The Maintenance Support will work closely with the Maintenance Operative to manage and ensure a safe and pleasant environment for all residents and employees, working with wider teams to provide strong leadership and inspiration, ensuring the highest service standards are achieved.

Salary:
£12.21 per hour.

Shift Pattern:
35 hours per week, worked on a rota basis from Monday to Sunday.

Home Location:
Bretton Gate, Peterborough, PE3 9UZ.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• Ensure that the decoration of the home is to the highest standard and snagging items are dealt with in a timely manner.
• Ensure that all minor repairs and plumbing are fixed promptly.
• Responsible for the maintenance of the refuse area and the removal of clinical waste and rubbish from the home.
• Ensure that all electrical equipment and the boiler house are maintained and repaired if required.
• Overall responsibility for carrying out weekly, monthly, and annual tests of the equipment and systems within the home.

Training, Skills & Experience Required:

• Experience in a similar maintenance role is essential.
• Competent in Microsoft Office packages.
• Excellent written, non-verbal, and verbal communication skills.

What we can offer:

• Fully comprehensive induction.
• 28 days of holiday per year.
• Free Blue Light Card & access to the Blue Light discount platform.
• Refer a friend scheme.

About Athena:
Athena Care Homes are a family-run business with seven homes across East Anglia. We have care homes in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, Kings Lynn (West Norfolk), and Ipswich (Suffolk).

We want to be the first choice for high-quality residential, nursing, and dementia care, leaving a positive legacy within our communities.

Our care homes are managed by passionate and dedicated people, including strong leadership by our home managers, with care, clinical, hospitality, and activities teams providing exceptional care and experiences, achieving excellent outcomes for our residents.

We hold our values close to our hearts and ensure that team members throughout each of our residential and nursing homes understand their importance. We approach everything we do with thought and deliver with passion.