Maintenance & Estates Technician

Helen & Douglas House; Oxford; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a vital Estates Team as a Maintenance & Estates Technician in a full-time role where you'll ensure a world-class environment at Helen & Douglas House. This position involves overseeing the maintenance of 24 retail shops and the hospice site, working closely with the Head of Facilities and Operations. You'll be responsible for repairs, refits, and ensuring safety regulations are met. If you're innovative, self-motivated, and passionate about providing excellent service, this is an exciting opportunity to make a difference in the lives of children and families in need.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to engage and communicate effectively with others.
• Experience in maintenance and skilled in using various tools.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day maintenance of retail properties and hospice site.
• Organize repairs, refits, and maintenance work efficiently.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Maintenance Experience

Power Tools Usage

Hand Tools Usage

Plumbing

Electrical Work

Carpentry

Mechanical Skills

Painting & Decorating

Job description

Direct message the job poster from Helen & Douglas House

Head of Facilities and Operations at Helen & Douglas House

Job Summary
Come join our incredibly vital Estates Team as a Maintenance & Estates Technician! You will play a key role in ensuring Helen & Douglas House continues to be a world-class environment to receive care, as well as to work, shop and volunteer. This is a permanent full-time role for 37.5 hours per week. In return, we can offer you a salary of £28,064 - £34,800 per annum dependent on experience.

This role is flexible, but will require frequent travel to our shops and therefore the postholder must be able to drive in order to carry out duties of the role. Please note, we are interviewing as applications come in, therefore we advise you to apply early if interested. The advert may close early if sufficient applications are received.

Main duties of the job
Working closely with the Head of Facilities and Operations and colleagues in the Estates Team, you will be one of two with primary responsibility for the day-to-day maintenance of our retail property portfolio of 24 shops. This will include day-to-day upkeep, managing a schedule of significant shop repairs and refits as well as organizing dilapidations and being part of a team carrying out maintenance work on the Oxford hospice site. To be successful you must be innovative with solutions, able to work autonomously, and be motivated to provide an efficient service that will benefit our children, guests, families, volunteers, customers, and staff.

Skills we are looking for:

1. Proven ability to engage others and communicate using various methods along with excellent interpersonal skills.
2. Proven experience in maintenance, and skilled in using power and hand tools.
3. Experience in any of the following: Plumbing, Electrical, Carpentry, Engines/Generators, Mechanical, Painting & Decorating.
4. Awareness (although training will be provided) of: Electricity at work regulations, provision & use of work equipment regulations, LPG regulations, Legionella & standing water, working at height regulations, and working in confined spaces.

About Us
Professional, flexible, and committed to going above and beyond the remit of the role to achieve and exceed quality. Maintain awareness of health, welfare and safety issues affecting colleagues, patients, visitors, customers, and themselves, reporting any accidents or faults in line with organizational policy.

Please note that everyone working for Helen & Douglas House is required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. Helen & Douglas House is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are an equal opportunities employer and value the benefits of a diverse workforce. We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community.

Job Description
Job Responsibilities
The Estates Team look after the Hospice buildings, grounds, and our retail shops to ensure that Helen and Douglas House's property portfolio is well maintained, safe, and continues to create a world-class environment for care, as well as to work, shop, and volunteer.

Working closely with the Head of Facilities and Operations and colleagues in the Estates Team, the post holder will be responsible for the day-to-day maintenance of our retail property portfolio, a planned schedule of significant shop repairs, shop refits, new shop openings, and dilapidations as well as being part of a team carrying out maintenance work on the Oxford Hospice site and some capital project support work.

Person Specification
Skills Essential

1. Self-initiates work, takes responsibility for the quality and quantity of outputs, and is able to work to tight deadlines. Ability to anticipate challenges and address them quickly.

Experience Essential

1. Experience of working within a retail or multi-site organization. Proven experience in maintenance including skills in using power and hand tools.
2. Experience in any of the following- Desirable: Carpentry, Electrical, Plumbing, DIY Woodwork, Metalwork, Bricklaying, Engines, Generators, Painting, and Decorating.
3. Awareness in: Electricity at work regulations, provision & use of work equipment regulations, LPG regulations, Legionella & standing water, working at height regulations, and working in confined spaces.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details
Employer name
Helen & Douglas House
Address
14a Magdalen Road
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX4 1RW
Employer's website
https://www.helenanddouglas.org.uk/