Maintenance Operative — Drive to Sites & Create Safe Homes

Homeless Link; Hove, Brighton; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vehicle provided

Job summary

YMCA DownsLink Group is seeking a Maintenance Operative to cover sites across Brighton & Hove, with two main Hove locations. The role combines practical maintenance tasks with caretaking to provide safe, welcoming homes for young residents aged 16-25.

You will work across properties, ensuring health and safety compliance, undertaking void works and day-to-day upkeep, and collaborating with housing staff to maintain high living standards.

Qualifications

• Strong maintenance experience across a range of trade or repair tasks.
• Experience working in supported housing, residential, or community-based settings.
• Commitment to high standards of safety, quality and resident wellbeing.
• Good understanding of health and safety requirements and compliance processes.
• A proactive, organised approach to workload and prioritisation.

Responsibilities

• Provide a comprehensive maintenance, caretaking, and cleaning service to ensure safe, welcoming, and psychologically informed accommodation.
• Carry out day-to-day maintenance across our sites, with occasional support to other housing schemes.
• Complete maintenance, cleaning, repair, and redecoration works within agreed timescales, delegating tasks where appropriate.
• Perform or delegate general caretaking and cleaning duties, including cleaning communal areas, litter-picking, and waste removal.

Skills

Maintenance experience

Supported housing experience

Health & safety compliance

Proactive/workload organisation

Education

City & Guilds or equivalent maintenance qualification

Job description

YMCA DownsLink Group is seeking a Maintenance Operative to cover sites across Brighton & Hove, with two main Hove locations. The role combines practical maintenance tasks with caretaking to provide safe, welcoming homes for young residents aged 16-25.

You will work across properties, ensuring health and safety compliance, undertaking void works and day-to-day upkeep, and collaborating with housing staff to maintain high living standards.