Maintenance Operative / Technician

Swanton Care and Community; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

A care service provider in the United Kingdom is seeking a Maintenance Operative/Technician responsible for ensuring property and grounds are safe and compliant. The role includes maintaining critical systems and collaborating with management across various locations. Candidates should have experience in trades like plumbing and joinery, along with strong understanding of health and safety regulations. The position is for 30 hours per week and offers multiple employee benefits including career development opportunities.

Benefits

Refer a friend scheme

Long service awards

Employee benefits app

Cycle to work scheme

Pension plan

Funded qualifications

Career pathways

Mental health first aiders

Employee Assistance Programme

Employee Voice

Qualifications

• Demonstrable competence in joinery, decoration, plumbing, with at least 2 years in a maintenance role.
• Sound understanding of Health & Safety and Fire Safety requirements for Residential Care settings.
• Experience of lone working and ability to work with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Maintain safe and pleasant work environment across multiple sites.
• Ensure essential systems like drainage and heating are functioning.
• Collaborate with management to maintain a proper maintenance regime.

Skills

Joinery

Decoration

Plumbing

Lone working

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Job description

About The Role

In your role as the Maintenance Operative/Technician, you will be expected to uphold the Company’s aims and objectives in ensuring that the property and associated grounds are kept in a safe, well maintained and compliant manner at all times. You must work to the Company Policies and Procedures carrying out all aspects of your role competently and safely at all sites at which you are engaged or as directed by the relevant Property Services Officer.

This role will require the individual to travel around six services in West Wales to complete compliance checks and undertake minor works. Mileage can be claimed back. This role is for 30 hours per week.

Main responsibilities

• To ensure the site always remains a safe, secure and pleasant environment to work, reside or visit.
• To ensure that all critical systems and services such as drainage, water, lighting, heating, fire and related alarm systems are functioning appropriately.
• To work in conjunction with / alongside the Registered Service Manager, Senior Management representatives and Authorities in maintaining a well-planned, preventative, and reactive maintenance regime.

About you

• You will have demonstrable competence in one or more of the following trades: joinery; decoration; plumbing; and at least 2 years in a similar maintenance based role.
• You will have a sound understanding of the principal requirements of Health & Safety and Fire Safety and able to learn how they apply to a Residential Care setting, coupled with awareness and understanding of Fire Risk Assessments & Water Hygiene Service Risk Assessments.
• You will have experience of lone working and ability to work on allocated tasks without or with minimal supervision, supported by good Outlook, Excel and Microsoft Word skills.
• Able to undertake general gardening duties including mowing grassed areas, tending to plant areas, and cutting back shrubbery & bushes/hedges.

What we can offer

• Refer a friend scheme – we know that you will know fantastic people who will make a great contribution, you will receive £400 each time a successful referral is made *
• Above and beyond – we recognise that our staff teams do amazing things for the people we support and their teams. We award contributions for those who go the extra mile and for good inspection feedback with vouchers for high street shops and other surprises!
• Long service awards – we recognize your contribution to the team and celebrate long service
• Employee benefits app – stay connected to our community, receive discounts across everyday and luxury shops, access information about learning & development opportunities.
• Cycle to work – you can save money and get fit with our salary sacrifice scheme
• Pension – we will auto enrol you into our salary sacrifice pension scheme
• Life cover – you will be entitled to the death in service benefit.
• Funded qualifications – earn whilst you learn! we aim to develop our own talent, giving you the opportunity to develop your career with Swanton *
• Career pathways – we invest in our people and offer apprenticeships in Health and Social Care (Level 3). Earn whilst you learn has never been easier!
• Swanton Educates – we have our own training qualification centre which can further support your development
• Trained mental health first aiders – available to support you when you need someone to talk to
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) – free confidential access to 24hr assistance program for counselling, advice and support
• Employee Voice – we hold regular events throughout the year to listen to your feedback about working with us
• *subject to eligibility & criteria

We are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and require pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check before commencement.

About The Service

We provide person centred support to people 24 hours a day. This may be within a community based residential home or the individual's own home