Maintenance Assistant - 36 hrs per week

Beaumont Manor Care Home; Newtownabbey; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking care home as a Maintenance Assistant, where your skills will ensure a safe and welcoming environment for residents. This role involves maintaining the home and grounds, performing repairs, and promoting health and safety standards. With a commitment to enhancing the quality of life for older individuals, you'll be part of a dedicated team that values your contributions. Enjoy professional development opportunities and a supportive atmosphere as you make a meaningful impact in the lives of our residents. If you're passionate about maintenance and care, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Professional Training

Paid Time Off

Retirement Plan

Flexible Schedule

Employee Development Programs

Free Parking

Open Office

Competitive Salary

Work With Charities

Social Opportunities

Employee Recognition Scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in maintenance, painting, and general trades is essential.
• Health and safety knowledge is crucial for this role.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the care home and grounds, ensuring excellent first impressions.
• Conduct repairs and ensure compliance with safety standards.

Skills

Maintenance

Painting and Decorating

General Trades Experience

Health and Safety Standards

Fault Finding

Basic Repairs

Fire Warden Training

Education

Relevant Maintenance Training

Health and Safety Certification

Tools

Basic Hand Tools

Company Vehicle

Job description

Maintenance Assistant - 36 hrs per week

Apply now Beaumont Care Homes- Abbeylands Care Home Newtownabbey Share

Ideally with a background in maintenance, painting and decorating, or general trades experience along with the enthusiasm required to support our residents. As part of the Maintenance team, you will positively promote excellent health and safety standards within and around the home to maintain a safe environment.

As the largest healthcare provider in Northern Ireland, it is important to us to couple great care with meaningful and enjoyable experiences.

About the role

Responsibilities:

1. Responsible to the Home Manager for the upkeep of the Care Home and surrounding grounds, undertaking planned maintenance of the home ensuring excellent first impressions to all who visit.
2. Ensuring the smooth operation and serviceability of all services such as heating, lighting, plumbing, and non-medical equipment required for the safe and efficient operation of the Home.
3. Maintaining the home's exterior including pathways and driveways, flowerbeds, and grassed areas to enhance first impressions. Ensure that external lighting and signs inside and outside the home are clear, visible, and in good order/repair.
4. Ensuring compliance and essential checks are completed and identifying and reporting all maintenance defects. Engaging proactively with all stakeholders ensuring all allocated tasks outside and inside the site are carried out effectively and efficiently and to a high standard.
5. Able to undertake decorating, including painting & wallpapering, minor refurbishment, and maintenance within the home.
6. Able to provide out of hours emergency service by participating in the on-call rota and be proactive when asked to provide temporary cover for sister homes.
7. Suitably trained to be an active Fire Warden and to keep up to date with policy and procedures including all training as required. Induct new staff as required. Able to assemble/install new equipment/goods delivered to a home.
8. Assisting with the fire and water risk assessments and reviews. Carrying out plumbing, joinery, and general building repairs to a good standard.
9. Maintaining the company vehicle and carrying out basic safety checks.

To succeed you will be:

1. Genuinely interested in promoting independence and lifestyle opportunities for older people as well as being able to work unsupervised.
2. Confident and enthusiastic enough to carry out fault finding and basic repairs to all equipment, for example, catering and laundering machines.
3. Passionate and committed to enhancing the specialist services we deliver.
4. A team player who engages well with others.

We provide you with excellent learning, development, and support opportunities to equip you with the knowledge and skills to make a real difference in the role.

Beaumont Care Homes

Philosophy of Care - At Beaumont, we aim to provide a safe, clean, relaxed, and homely environment in which care, wellbeing, and comfort are of prime importance.

Our benefits

1. Professional training, personal development, and promotion paths to support and progress you.
2. Vacation, Paid time off
3. Retirement plan and/or pension
4. Flexible schedule
5. Employee development programs
6. Free parking
7. Open office
8. Competitive salary
9. Work With Charities
10. Social Opportunities
11. Employee Recognition Scheme