Maintenance Operative

Springcare Care Homes Ltd; Stockport; Hybrid; GBP 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Permanent full and part time day roles

Early pay option via Wage Stream

Blue Light Card access

Fully funded training (levels 2–5)

Refer a friend scheme

Counselling and wellbeing support

Family friendly policies

Robust recruitment process

Job summary

Springcare Care Homes Ltd is seeking a skilled maintenance person to join our team. You will help keep our home safe, well-maintained and welcoming for residents, with a focus on practical repairs and preventative upkeep.

Your day could involve carpentry, plumbing, painting and routine safety checks, contributing to a high standard of living for our residents. Experience in similar environments and a full driving licence are desirable.

Qualifications

• Team player with the ability to work on own initiative.
• Clear written and spoken communication with residents and colleagues.
• Commitment to delivering a high standard of work in care home settings.
• Sensitivity to the needs of older residents and mindful approach.
• Proactive with ability to prioritise tasks and adapt to ad hoc needs.
• Flexible approach to shifts and home requirements.
• Comfortable using basic computer/handheld device tasks.

Responsibilities

• Carry out preventative maintenance and general building repairs such as fixing locks and fittings.
• Perform routine checks on equipment and services (fire alarms, extinguishers, fire doors).
• Handle minor plumbing and carpentry tasks as required.
• Paint and decorate to maintain safe, pleasant environments.
• Keep external areas clean, tidy and free from trip hazards.
• Change light bulbs and manage stock of bulbs, batteries, and small equipment.
• Check that lights and equipment are working before weekends/bank holidays.
• Provide meter readings for utilities and boilers as needed.

Skills

Team player

Communication skills

High standard of work

Sensitivity to residents' needs

Proactive

Flexibility

Basic computer skills

Job description

We are now recruiting for a skilled Maintenance person, to join our team here at Springcare.

Here at Springcare we believe that a good maintenance person, enjoys making a difference to the lives of older people and prides themselves in providing a safe and well-maintained environment for our residents to live in.

What qualities does it take to be a Maintenance Person at Springcare?

• Being a team player, who can also work on their own initiative.
• Have good communication skills, both written and spoken, and able to communicate with both residents and colleagues.
• Be committed to delivering a high standard of work.
• Be sensitive to the needs of others and mindful of our residents.
• Proactive, able to prioritise, and a have a positive work ethic.
• Flexibility, and able to adapt to any ad hoc needs of the home.
• Be able to carry out basic tasks on a computer and/or handheld device.

About the role:

A maintenance person’s day-to-day tasks can be extremely varied. One day you may be helping to build furniture, and another day carrying out routine checks around the home.

Some of the daily tasks that a maintenance Person would carry out would be:

• Preventative maintenance and general building repair such as repairing broken locks, doors, and other loose fittings.
• Carrying out routine checks on equipment and services such as fire alarms, extinguishers, fire doors, and carrying out any tasks in the home's maintenance books
• Minor plumbing and carpentry
• Painting and decorating
• Keeping the exterior of the homes clean, tidy, and free from trip hazards.
• Changing light bulbs and keeping stock of items such as bulbs, batteries, and other equipment.
• Before a weekend/bank holiday, checking that lights, equipment, heating, and items such as batteries, are all working.
• Providing meter readings for utilities and any boilers.

To be successful in the role of maintenance person, our ideal candidate would:

• Have good all-round maintenance skills such as joinery, plumbing and painting.
• Have experience within a similar environment/role.
• Show a good understanding of Health & Safety regulations and compliance.
• Be physically fit and able to lift lighter items of furniture/objects safely.
• Be able to maintain and use handheld tools safely (following any appropriate training)
• Be willing to attend any training that will develop their skills and would be relevant to their role.
• Hold a full driver’s license.

What Springcare can offer to you:

• Permanent full and part time day contracts – with access to our work placed pension scheme
• Early pay using Wage Stream App – you can withdraw up to 50% of your earnings in advance of your pay
• Access to Blue Light Card – where you can make savings across hundreds of national retailers
• Fully funded training for nationally recognised qualifications (level 2 through to 5) with internal career progression opportunities
• Refer a friend £££ scheme for each friend that you recommend (T&C apply)
• Access to counselling and wellbeing support
• Family friendly policies
• Smooth robust recruitment process through our portal

If you are interested in joining our maintenance team, have the qualities that we believe make our employees fantastic and would like to work in an environment with friendly, supportive, and likeminded people, we would love to hear from you and be part of your journey with a care environment.

Successful applicants would require two written references, a standard/enhanced DBS (depending on role) and evidence of a right to work in the UK check.

Springcare are committed to safe and fair recruitment, safeguarding, and protecting those we care for and serve. We make sure all our staff are vetted, selected, trained and supervised fairly and to a high standard so that they can provide safe, effective and compassionate care.