Maintenance Operative. Oak Springs Care Home

Sandstone Care Group; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading residential care provider in Liverpool is looking for a Maintenance Operative to ensure the safety and functionality of their facilities. The role includes maintaining the building, conducting routine checks, and emergency responses. Ideal candidates should have experience in property maintenance and excellent troubleshooting skills. Competitive hourly pay and comprehensive benefits are offered.

Benefits

Free uniform

Free meals

Employee recognition scheme

Pension scheme

Career opportunities

Qualifications

• Significant experience of property maintenance, including basic plumbing repairs.
• Initiative‑driven and excellent troubleshooting skills.
• Reliable, dedicated, and patient.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining the building and equipment.
• Carry out routine checks on systems.
• Monitor and respond to emergencies.

Skills

Property maintenance experience

Troubleshooting skills

Attention to detail

Job description

Maintenance Operative – Oak Springs Care Home

£13.17 per hour | 37.5 hours per week | Shift pattern: 8am‑4pm, including weekends.

Join us at Oak Springs, our luxury purpose‑built residential care home in Wavertree. We provide the highest standard of residential, respite, and dementia care for older people.

Our beautiful 74‑bedded home is spread across three floors, and our lively team supports the vibrant community of residents to enjoy everything from music rooms and a beauty salon to peaceful lounge and courtyard areas. We embrace sensory enlightenment, encourage individuality, and focus on enhancing quality of life, rather than just preserving it.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining the building and equipment.
• Carry out routine checks weekly, monthly, and annually on systems and ensure external checks are completed on time.
• Monitor and respond to fire alarms, boiler and lift emergencies.
• Make effective and efficient use of resources in maintenance or repair work.
• Maintain building, grounds, and equipment to ensure safety of residents, staff, and visitors, including decoration, repair, minor plumbing works and garden upkeep.
• Maintain good communication and relationships with other teams and colleagues.
• Maintain awareness of the Home's policies and procedures, especially the Fire Policy.
• Participate in training and development as an individual and as part of the team.
• Induct new staff by training them on building layout and fire policies and procedures.
• Control and order stock, and accept and check deliveries.
• Maintain awareness of Health and Safety requirements.
• Observe and maintain high levels of communication within staff, colleagues, and residents.
• Carry out any additional duties as requested.

Qualifications

• Significant experience of property maintenance, including basic plumbing repairs.
• Initiative‑driven and excellent troubleshooting skills, able to source solutions to maintenance issues on short notice.
• Reliable, dedicated, and patient, with excellent attention to detail.

Benefits

• Free uniform.
• Free meals* (subject to terms and conditions and provided for shifts over 8 hours).
• Free DBS.
• Discounts on the high street* – retailers such as Asda, Costa, and Argos.
• Refer‑a‑Friend – earn a £250 bonus.
• Flexible pay* – choose when you are paid, and receive money‑management tips.
• Free wellbeing programme – support for physical and mental health.
• Employee recognition scheme – we recognise and reward great work.
• Pension scheme – help plan for retirement.
• In‑house training – ongoing face‑to‑face training tailored to you.
• Career opportunities – the chance to ‘make your mark’ and play a key role.

*Overtime is paid for working over full‑time hours. Free meals are given if working over an 8‑hour shift and are subject to terms and conditions. Discounts are accessed using our ‘Reward Me’ app. Flexible pay is available via ‘STREAM’.

Sandstone Care Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer: We welcome and encourage applications from all backgrounds. We embrace diversity within each service, as we think it is important that the Social Care Workforce represents the people it serves. We welcome applications from people from backgrounds including disabled candidates, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates, LGBTQ+ as well as non‑binary candidates, and those with experience of mental health.