Maintenance Operative

South Coast Nursing Homes Ltd; Worthing; On-site; GBP 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care home company in Worthing is seeking a Maintenance Operative to ensure high-quality maintenance across their facilities. The role involves hands-on maintenance tasks, effective communication, and the ability to manage priorities in a busy environment. The successful candidate will enjoy a supportive work culture with excellent benefits and career progression opportunities.

Benefits

Access to pay as you earn it

Company van

Free Parking on site

Free uniform & DBS

Excellent benefits including pension

Industry leading training and development

Qualifications

• Practical hands-on maintenance experience in plumbing.
• Basic skills in electrics and carpentry.
• Experience in painting and decorating.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality reactive maintenance work.
• Travel between sites in a company van.
• Work as part of a team managing conflicting priorities.

Skills

Communication

Time Management

Proactive Approach

Job description

South Coast Nursing Homes is an established and successful, family owned and managed,care homecompany based in Worthing, West Sussex.

We currently operate 9 homes across East and West Sussex. We have 411 beds. Each registered home offers the highest standards of resident care and comfort, 24 hours – day and night, for long and short-term stays.

We currently have an exciting opportunity due to expansion for a Maintenance Operative to join our team in Worthing

Reporting to the Head of Estates and Health and Safety, you will be responsible for providing an outstanding service, ensuring the delivery of high-quality reactive maintenance work as well some project work at our care and nursing homes across our group.

We’re looking for someone with solid experience in maintenance and a trade with effective communication skills.

The successful candidate will have:

• Practical hands-on maintenance experience in plumbing;
• Basic Electrics skills;
• Basic Carpentry skills;
• Experience of painting and decorating;
• The ability to work as part of a team in a busy environment dealing with conflicting priorities while maintaining good time management and meeting agreed deadlines;
• A proactive approach and the ability to think and act on own initiative with minimal supervision;
• A full clean driver’s licence, as this role will involve travelling between sites in a company van.
• Be happy in using computers and mobile devices

Hours: Monday to Friday 8am - 4pm, with on call rota.

This role is subject to a DBS check.

Package:

• Salary of £32,000 per annum
• Access to your pay as you earn it
• Company van;
• Free Parking on site;
• Access to pay as you earn it
• Free uniform & DBS
• Excellent benefits including pension and employee assistance programme
• Industry leading training and development coupled with career progression

Here at South Coast Nursing Homes, we value diversity and are committed to a culture of inclusivity, respect, and equality.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or socio-economic background.