Maintenance Operative

CareTech; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A national care provider is seeking a dedicated Maintenance Operative in Plymouth to oversee the upkeep and maintenance of their premises. This role includes ensuring a safe and welcoming environment, maintaining standards of compliance, and managing various maintenance projects. Successful candidates will have knowledge in building and maintenance, with prior experience in compliance preferred. The position offers competitive benefits, including a company van, flexible working hours, and opportunities for career progression.

Benefits

Company Van and Fuel Card

Flexible working Monday to Friday

25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays

Career progression opportunities

Flexible benefits package

Wellbeing tools and advice

Stunning working environments

Refer a friend scheme with bonuses

Qualifications

• Building and Maintenance knowledge required.
• Experience with compliance and record keeping.
• A trade background preferred but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Ensure premises are safe, clean, and welcoming.
• Maintain professional standards of record keeping.
• Conduct regular audits of quality systems.
• Manage repairs and maintenance workloads.
• Liaise with Regional Facilities Manager on projects.

Skills

Building and Maintenance knowledge

Experience with compliance and record keeping

Job description

Location
Plymouth
Contract
Full Time
Role Type
Permanent
Working hours per week
40
Salary
Competitive

CareTech Community Services established in 1993 has 250 services with continuous growth with new developments/services. CareTech Community Services is a national provider of support for people with complex and challenging behaviours associated with autism, learning disabilities, mental health illness and neurological conditions.

We support people to live as independently as possible within their own homes and also in residential care.

We are committed to providing the highest levels of care to our residents. To enable us to do this we need caring and dedicated professionals to deliver first class care.

All applicants will be subject to satisfactory references and all employees are checked against the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS).

CareTech are proud to announce they are a Disability Confident Leader.

Maintenance Operative - Plymouth

CareTech supports adults with complex needs and care for children and young people, offering carefully designed programmes in specialist services, many of which have schools and residential services attached.

Our services include modern outward looking residential care for children, young people and adults and we operate a significant range of supported living schemes that include individual flats, houses and grouped accommodation arrangements.

The portfolio of services we offer includes an acute brain injury rehabilitation centre, specialist services hospitals, residential children’s homes and specialist education schools teaching hundreds of students.

What Will You Benefit From

• Company Van and Fuel Card
• Flexible working Monday to Friday
• Holiday: 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
• Progression: If career development is your thing, most of our managers have been promoted from within our group through our leadership programme
• Flexible benefits package: Free onsite parking, meals and other benefits such as Cycle to work, Dental plans, Casual Dress, Pension scheme, Car leasing scheme, Cambian Rewards full of discounted restaurants and days out for the family!
• Wellbeing: a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance
• Stunning working environments in beautiful houses and locations, with the very best facilities for our teams
• Refer a friend scheme that offers a bonus every time you refer a friend or family that joins us

The Role of a Maintenance Operative

A maintenance operative carries the responsibility for the domestic repairs & maintenance upkeep of the premises, minor projects within the site complex and all compliancy needed for the running of the site.

• The Maintenance Operative to ensure that all parts of the environment are safe, welcoming, clean, hygienic, in good repair and sensitive to the needs of the students being looked after
• To provide high professional standards of record keeping, and reports related to the site.
• To participate in and undertake regular audits of the quality systems as necessary.
• To undertake regular inspections and address works from contractors which fall below required standard.
• To ensure compliance with all current and prevailing national regulations and inspection standards, relevant to core functions, for this type of establishment.
• To ensure compliance with all current and prevailing national regulations for Environmental Health and the standards of the regulatory body for inspections
• To take responsibility, and manage Maintenance of your work load, to provide effective and pro-active works
• To liaise closely with the Regional Facilities Manager on larger projects and seek the Facilities Manager’s regular assistance with technical matters on repair, maintenance or improvement projects.
• To identify projects around the facility that will improve the image, functionality, operational or educational efficiency use of the facility for staff, students or visitors.
• To ensure that projects are completed within programme, and that areas occupied by contractors / suppliers are left in good condition.
• To manage the upkeep of the grounds

What You Will Bring

• The Maintenance Operative will have Building and Maintenance knowledge
• Experience with compliance and record keeping
• A trade background preferred but not essential

Requirements for an Enhanced DBS and reference checking will be undertaken in line with government regulations and safer recruitment best practice. Whilst we endeavour to keep the recruitment process as short as possible due to the nature of these important checks it may extend the processing time. All young people are equally entitled to have their needs met in a fair and balanced way.

We will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the search and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.

Employees are responsible for promoting equal opportunities for all and for challenging any behaviour or practice which discriminates against any young person or colleague on the grounds of race, religion, disability, age, gender, sexual orientation or any other perceived difference.

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