Maintenance Assistant

Cygnet Group; Weston-super-Mare; On-site; GBP 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Weston-super-Mare seeks a Maintenance Assistant to join their friendly team. The role involves daily maintenance and repair tasks, ensuring equipment and facilities are in working order. Ideal candidates should have DIY skills, effective communication abilities, and preferably experience in electrical or plumbing industries. The position offers competitive salary and extensive benefits, including training opportunities and health plans.

Benefits

Free Health Cash plan

Discounted gym membership

Pension scheme

Employee referral scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role or self-employed in recent years.
• Ability to communicate at all levels and record detailed maintenance information.
• Skilled in electrical/plumbing/construction industries preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conduct day-to-day maintenance and planned remedial works.
• Carry out decorating, joinery, plumbing, and building work.
• Check fire alarm points weekly and report potential hazards.

Skills

DIY skills

General maintenance

Communication skills

Teamwork

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 Maintenance Assistant to join our outgoing, friendly team at our service in Kewstoke.

Cygnet Hospital Kewstoke provides emergency admissions services for men and women, and a pathway for women to rehabilitation including a specialist service for personality disorder.

The hospital has more than 16 acres of landscaped grounds and overlooks the Bristol Channel. This beachside location, just outside Weston-super-Mare, helps us provide a quiet, peaceful and therapeutic environment which can offer service users a broad range of therapies including CBT, Schema Therapy, EMDR & DBT.

Your Day-to-Day...

37.5 hours per week.

• Undertake day‑to‑day maintenance and planned remedial works to keep plant, services and vehicles in working order, keeping records of call‑outs and routine checks as directed.
• Carry out a range of tasks including decorating, basic joinery, plumbing, painting & general building work.
• Maintain equipment, services & vehicles.
• Comply with safe working practices & report faulty equipment and potential hazards.
• Check the fire alarm points weekly, including fire exits, door retaining devices & fire emergency lights.

You are...

• Experienced in a similar role, or have worked in a self‑employed capacity in recent years.
• Able to communicate at all levels & record detailed, accurate maintenance information.
• Skilled at DIY & general maintenance.
• Preferably experienced in the electrical/plumbing/construction industry.
• Friendly, conscientious & an excellent team member with a positive attitude.

Why Cygnet? We'll offer you

Salary – £25,350 per annum

• An opening to undertake further learning with our excellent apprenticeship scheme.
• Expert supervision & support.
• Employee referral scheme.
• Free Health Cash plan.
• 24 hours free GP support line.
• Free life assurance cover.
• Free eye tests.
• Car lease discounts.
• Discounted gym membership.
• Free mortgage broker and Insurance cover.
• Pension scheme.
• Employee NHS – discount savings & Cycle to Work scheme.
• Smart Health Toolkit – Providing you with Fitness Programmes, Nutrition consultation and Health checks.

Ready to make a positive change? Please click on the apply now link below.

Due to limits on sponsorship allocations, we are not currently in a position to offer sponsorship to new candidates for these roles, this remains under review.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

What next?

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