Maintenance Officer

TN United Kingdom; Ashford; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Maintenance Officer in a supportive team dedicated to neuro and mental healthcare. This role offers the chance to create maintenance plans, conduct compliance checks, and provide essential maintenance services in a specialist rehabilitation center. You'll contribute to the well-being of adults recovering from brain injuries while enjoying perks like a birthday off, access to training opportunities, and a supportive work environment. If you have a passion for helping others and possess strong maintenance skills, this is an exciting opportunity to make a difference.

Benefits

Birthday off

Active Learning Hub

Active Reward App

Employee Assistance Programme

Medicash Health Plan

Active Awards programme

Enhanced Sick & Maternity Pay

Refer a Friend Scheme

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a similar maintenance/caretaking role.
• Ability to work with clients who have epilepsy and severe learning disabilities.

Responsibilities

• Create maintenance plans and undertake compliance PPM checks.
• Provide general maintenance service and identify building defects.
• Transport and escort service users to activities and appointments.

Skills

General maintenance

Electrical repair

Plumbing repair

Organizational skills

Interpersonal skills

Time management

Health and Safety awareness

Education

Experience in maintenance/caretaking role

Full clean driving license

Job description

Come and join the UK’s 4th largest independent provider in neuro and mental healthcare.

We have an amazing opportunity for a Maintenance Officer to join our caring and support team at our Hothfield Brain Injury Rehabilitation and Neurological Care Centre, our specialist centre in Kent, where we look after adults with a brain injury or other neurological condition.

Set within the 12-acre grounds of a manor house, we specialise in intensive rehabilitation for people in the early stages of recovery from a brain injury right through to residential care.

What you'll be working:

• Full time
• Driving licence and Drive is desirable
• 37.5 hours per week
• Monday to Friday with half hour unpaid break.

What you'll be doing:

• Create maintenance plans, making reference to audits, reports, proposals, and finance projections.
• Undertake compliance PPM checks.
• Provide a general maintenance service and identify/rectify building defects, including carrying out maintenance work in Units, as required, e.g., changing washers, decorating, putting up shelves.
• Undertake minor electrical and plumbing repair work.
• Undertake grounds maintenance work as required.
• Responsible for the transportation and escorting of our service users.
• Work closely with the managers, ensuring that service users are transported to all timetabled events, including activities, therapies, and hospital appointments.
• General weekly maintenance of company vehicle.
• Work at varying locations if required.
• Perform ad hoc duties when required, e.g., collecting and returning items to head office.

What you'll have:

• Previous experience in a similar maintenance/caretaking role.
• Hold a full and clean current driving license.
• Experience in a general maintenance role, including carrying out minor building repairs.
• Ability to work with clients who have epilepsy and severe learning disabilities.
• Awareness of all Health and Safety regulations.
• Ability to work on own initiative.
• Organisational, time management, and planning skills.
• Good interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.

We also want to ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable facilities to participate in job applications or interviews to perform essential job functions. To support this, we are a Disability Confident committed employer.

What to look forward to:

• Birthday off.
• Join the Active Learning Hub and benefit from a wide range of e-learning and face-to-face training and development opportunities.
• Active Reward App giving discounts and savings on your weekly shop.
• Free 24-hour confidential Employee Assistance Programme Helpline & App to support with legal, health, wellbeing, relationship, and consumer advice.
• Access to join a Medicash Health Plan for you and your family to save money on everyday health essentials like going to the dentist or opticians.
• We recognise outstanding Active Behaviours via the Active Awards programme.
• Enhanced Sick & Maternity Pay benefits.
• Refer a Friend Scheme and earn yourself up to £1000 by recommending someone you know.
• Support and guidance of our qualified clinical and business leadership teams so that you can really develop your career with Active Care Group.