Maintenance Person

Colten Care; Brockenhurst; On-site; Full time

Job summary

A leading care home group seeks a Maintenance Person to ensure their facilities are kept safe and reliable. This role involves performing routine maintenance, conducting inspections, and responding to various maintenance needs across two care homes. The ideal candidate will have a keen eye for detail, own a car, and have business insurance due to work-related travel.

Benefits

Annual pay review

Additional hours / overtime opportunities

Choice of hot or cold meals and drinks on duty

Excellent one to one induction, mentoring and support

Friendly team and support network

Real career progression opportunities

Free uniforms

Contributory pension scheme

Background checks at no cost

Qualifications

• Must be a car driver and own a car due to travel between homes.
• Business insurance is required for work travel.

Responsibilities

• Perform routine maintenance services and minor repairs within care homes.
• Conduct monthly tests and inspections on various equipment.
• Maintain accurate records via maintenance software and report issues.

Skills

Attention to detail

Problem-solving

Job description

Maintenance Person

Based at Woodpeckers (SO42 7RX) and Kingfishers (BH25 7FJ)

40 hours per week

Pay rate: £15.20 per hour

Summary:

• Perform routine maintenance services and minor repairs within care homes
• Conduct monthly tests and inspections on various equipment (fire doors, water temperature outlets, fire extinguishers, etc.)
• Report issues or observations to the Facilities Management team
• Perform both planned maintenance tasks and reactive repairs (e.g., checking profile beds, fitting shelves, changing light bulbs)
• Maintain a responsive approach to maintenance requests from the care home

Key Benefits:

• Annual pay review
• Additional hours / overtime opportunities
• Choice of hot or cold meals and drinks on duty

About the Role:

Working across our Bournemouth and Ferndown footprint, you will be working in our care home, ensuring facilities are kept safe and reliable for our residents’. You will agree priorities with your line manager and carry out monthly tests and inspections on equipment such as fire doors, water temperature outlets, fire extinguishers, security doors, internal and external lighting, wheelchair, window restrictors, reclining chairs and nursing beds. A central part of the maintenance role is administrative, keeping accurate records via our maintenance software system and reporting issues or observations to the Facilities Management team to ensure the home is safe and meets both Colten Care and Regulatory standards.

In addition to the planned maintenance tasks, you will also provide a wide range and number of reactive repairs and requests including the checking and repair of profile beds, fitting shelves and picture hooks, changing light bulbs, securing door handles or helping to move furniture. You'll have a keen eye for detail, reviewing your reactive requests raised on the maintenance software system for matters requiring attention and providing a responsive approach to the various maintenance needs of the care home. You’ll be a car driver and own your own car, as you will be covering two homes during the working week.

**Essential requirement- Business insurance is essential due to travel during work hours**

Additional Benefits:

• Excellent one to one induction, mentoring and ‘on the job’ support
• Friendly team and great support network of internal professionals
• Real career progression opportunities
• Free uniforms
• Contributory pension scheme
• Background checks at no cost to you

About Colten Care

We’re an award-winning, family-owned, independent care home group, with an outstanding reputation within the industry thanks to our amazing people and our focus on keeping the resident at the heart of everything we do.

We challenge the stereotype of a care home, that’s why all 21 of our nursing homes are rated at least good and 7 are outstanding by the CQC, our national regulator.

For the 8th year running, we’ve been named as one of carehome.co.uk Top 20 Care Home Groups in the UK, by the residents and their families who have first-hand experience of the care and support being given at our care homes.