Maintenance Operative

BUPA Care Homes (CFCHomes); Cardiff; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

BUPA Care Homes (CFCHomes) is seeking a Maintenance Operative at Heol Don Care Home in Cardiff. The role involves maintaining buildings and equipment, ensuring compliance with Bupa SOPs, legislation and industry best practices. It requires 40 hours per week with occasional on-call duties.

You will work within a multi-disciplinary team, performing safety checks, managing repairs, and supporting regional maintenance tasks within a 1-hour radius of the home.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of building services including heating, water distribution, ventilation, electrical distribution and plumbing.
• Experience with planned maintenance systems and keeping records.
• Familiarity with statutory requirements and compliance.
• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Full driving licence required.

Responsibilities

• Maintain buildings and equipment to ensure facilities are fully functional.
• Carry out health, safety and compliance checks using digital systems as directed.
• Manage and quote repairs via approved contractors; document work.
• Support refurbishment and capex projects with minimal disruption to residents.
• Assist induction of new colleagues on safety procedures and equipment use.

Skills

Building services

Building fabric maintenance

Planned maintenance systems

Compliance knowledge

Full driving licence

Teamwork

Computer literate

Customer service

Education

City & Guilds / BTEC in building services or related

ONC / HNC or equivalent

Job description

Job Description

Location: Heol Don Care Home, Heol Don, Whitchurch, Cardiff, CF14 2AU

Contract: Permanent - Full Time

Hours: Permanent Full Time - 40 hours per week with on call duty

Salary: Up to £17.05 per hour dependent on experience

CQC rating: Good

Carehome.co.uk rating: 9.8 / 10

Heol Don is a modern purpose-built facility, ideal for a wide range of residential, nursing and dementia care needs for the elderly. An experienced care team tailor care plans to individual needs for short or long term requirements including respite, convalescence and palliative care, as well as care for dementia residential.

Heol Don offers first-class accommodation and facilities including sensory gardens, a hair salon and even an on-site cinema. All bedrooms have ensuite facilities and are equipped with ergonomically designed furniture to provide a comfortable and safe environment. The interior has been carefully designed to enhance care practice and homely comforts, with a wheelchair-friendly vision and support for personal interests.

Nutritious meals are prepared by trained chefs and there is even a night-bite menu for any late snacks and drinks. All dietary preferences and tastes are catered for.

Residents can enjoy a variety of engaging activities and outings to places of local interest. There's a real sense of community at Heol Don. The staff work to discover what residents enjoy doing and the home's social calendar is organised around those interests. So whether your loved one already has a hobby or would like to take up a new one, there are lots of exciting activities to get involved in.

We make health happen

Here at Bupa we support those when they need it the most. Our care homes are dedicated to delivering person-centred care, supporting independence and honouring choice to help our residents live their best lives.

As a Maintenance Operative, your primary responsibility will be ensuring that our facilities remain fully functional. You will maintain buildings and equipment effectively while complying with all relevant Bupa Standard Operating Procedures, legislation, and industry best practices. Your role is crucial in ensuring our accommodation meets Bupa's cultural and brand values.

You’ll help us make health happen by:

• Ensuring that all health and safety and compliance checks are carried out using the provided digital systems as per the timescales directed by Bupa Standard Operating Procedures and by Bupa compliance management tools and software.
• Action and close any tasks attributed to the Maintenance Manager or home highlighted on Bupa compliance management tools and software.
• Ensure that safety and cleanliness within the care home and grounds is to the satisfaction of Environmental Health, local Fire Authority requirements, Legionella Risk Assessment requirements and Health & Safety regulations etc.
• Ensure that all necessary maintenance and repair tasks are completed to a high standard, in a timely manner and offer value for money whilst ensuring internal decoration continues to meet the organisations vision regarding first impressions.
• Ensure regular review of residents' preferences in relation to their personal space is documented and actioned.
• Report defects, obtain quotes and manage repairs using Bupa approved contractors, complying at all times with Bupa's Standard Operating Procedures.
• Report irreparable defects to Home Manager or Property/Maintenance Manager as appropriate.
• Manage Care Home elements of any refurbishment programme and capex programme of works ensuring minimal disruption to residents, visitors and staff.
• Ensure that all tools and equipment are maintained and safely secured at all times.
• Assist with induction of new colleagues with regard to the operation of emergency exits, fire points and evacuation procedures, keeping a record of all instructions given as required by the Home Manager, especially where the use of equipment is involved.
• Although you will be located within a home there may be a requirement to provide maintenance support to a local Care Homes within a reasonable distance (no more than 1hr from normal place of work) as and when required to provide a comprehensive regional maintenance support.

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:

• A good understanding of building services including, heating, hot and cold-water distribution, ventilation, electrical distribution, and plumbing
• Sound understanding of building fabric and its maintenance
• Practical experience of planned maintenance systems and record keeping
• Knowledge of relevant statutory requirements and experience of compliance
• A full driving licence
• A building/electrical/plumbing qualification (City & Guilds, BTEC, ONC, HNC etc) or a minimum of 3 years hand on experience in property maintenance and general repairs where possible
• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Computer literate
• Good Customer service skills
• Be flexible to meet changing demands within the care hom