Maintenance Officer

www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk - Jobboard; Brighton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospice organization in Brighton is seeking a Maintenance Officer to ensure that all equipment and facilities function properly. This role requires technical experience in maintenance, including plumbing. The successful candidate will work across multiple sites and handle both reactive and planned maintenance tasks. Benefits include up to 35 days of annual leave, a pension scheme, and other employee support programs.

Benefits

Company pension scheme

Up to 35 days’ annual leave

On-site education support

Gym membership discounts

Employee Assistance Programme

Death in Service

Qualifications

• Experience in facilities maintenance is required.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment across multiple sites.
• Willingness to participate in on-call duties as needed.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all equipment and facilities are fully functioning.
• Complete planned maintenance tasks as scheduled.
• Maintain a safe environment for employees and customers.

Skills

Technical experience in building maintenance

Reactive maintenance skills

Plumbing knowledge

Record keeping

Job description

About the role

The Maintenance Officers play a vital role within the running of the hospices, to take pride in the environment in which they operate. It is the Maintenance Officers responsibility to ensure that all equipment and facilities are fully functioning, keeping the safety of employees and customers at the forefront of everything we do.

Essential criteria

• The Maintenance Officer is required to work across a fast-paced environment and multi-sites
• You will be required to carry out various reactive and planned maintenance tasks across our sites in a professional manner, which will include an out of hours on-call function
• A good level of technical experience and knowledge in a diverse environment for buildings and facilities maintenance, undertaking activities and support for building, maintenance, plumbing, and other areas of work
• To ensure planned maintenance tasks are completed to the stated schedules, keeping of detailed records when works are completed

About us

Southern Hospice Group is the largest group of hospices in Sussex and one of the largest in the UK. We are committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to adults, children and their families across Sussex. Bringing our teams and resources together as one organisation means we can focus on new and exciting visions and plans for our people and patients and provide even greater opportunities for our workforce.

Martlets provides essential care to people affected by terminal illness in Brighton and Hove and surrounding areas. Our expert teams provide the very best care and support, helping patients and their loved ones to live life to the full during the precious time they have together.

St Barnabas House provides specialist palliative care to adults in the Worthing, Adur, Arun and Henfield areas through a range of services, including in-patient care and community living well services.

Chestnut Tree House is the children’s hospice for East and West Sussex and South East Hampshire, providing specialist palliative care for children and young people with life-limiting conditions.

We warmly welcome applications from all sections of our community. We also invite applications from suitably experienced people for all industry sectors who can demonstrate the skills, ability and enthusiasm to work with a people-centric organisation like ours.

Benefits

• Company pension scheme or NHS pension scheme for eligible employees
• Up to 35 days’ annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• On-site education support and study leave opportunities
• Option to access Health Shield and cover your everyday cost of healthcare for less
• Free parking, subsidised meals and various social activities
• Corporate rate gym membership, discounts with local complementary therapies and Blue Light Card
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Death in Service

Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy before the published closing date where applicant volume is high.

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