Skilled Maintenance/Special projects

CareTech Group; Leeds; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care organization in the UK is seeking a Facilities Manager to oversee maintenance and improvement projects in their residential facilities. The role involves ensuring safety and cleanliness, managing workloads, and liaising with regional managers for technical assistance. Benefits include a competitive salary, flexible working hours, and 25 days holiday, as well as opportunities for career progression within the organization. Candidates must comply with Enhanced DBS checks and demonstrate a commitment to equal opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Flexible working

25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays

Career progression opportunities

Wellbeing tools and advice

Refer a friend scheme with bonuses

Qualifications

• Requirements for an Enhanced DBS and reference checking.
• Ability to manage maintenance workloads effectively.
• Commitment to promoting equal opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safety and cleanliness of the environment.
• Provide high professional standards of record keeping.
• Participate in audits of quality systems.
• Liaise with the Regional Facilities Manager on projects.
• Manage the upkeep of the grounds.

Job description

Who we are

CareTech supports adults with complex needs and cares for children and young people, offering carefully designed programmes in specialist services, many of which have schools and residential services attached.

Our services include modern outward looking residential care for children, young people and adults and we operate a significant range of supported living schemes that include individual flats, houses and grouped accommodation arrangements.

The portfolio of services we offer includes an acute brain injury rehabilitation centre, specialist services hospitals, residential children’s homes and specialist education schools teaching hundreds of students.

A Crafts team carries the responsibility for the fitting of kitchens / bathrooms & maintenance upkeep of the premises, minor projects within the site complex and all compliancy needed for the running of the site.

Summary of Responsibilities

• To ensure that all parts of the environment are safe, welcoming, clean, hygienic, in good repair and sensitive to the needs of the students being looked after
• To provide high professional standards of record keeping, and reports related to the site.
• To participate in and undertake regular audits of the quality systems as necessary.
• To undertake regular inspections and address works from contractors which fall below required standard.
• To ensure compliance with all current and prevailing national regulations and inspection standards, relevant to core functions, for this type of establishment.
• To ensure compliance with all current and prevailing national regulations for Environmental Health and the standards of the regulatory body for inspections.
• To take responsibility, and manage Maintenance you work loads, to provide effective and pro-active works.
• To liaise closely with the Regional Facilities Manager on larger projects and seek the Facilities Manager’s regular assistance with technical matters on repair, maintenance or improvement projects.
• To identify projects around the facility that will improve the image, functionality, operational or educational efficiency use of the facility for staff, students or visitors.
• To ensure that projects are completed within programme, and that areas occupied by contractors / suppliers are left in good condition.
• To manage the upkeep of the grounds.

What will you benefit from

• Salary : Competitive Salary
• Monday to Friday- Flexible working
• Holiday : 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
• Progression : If career development is your thing, most of our managers have been promoted from within our group through our leadership programme
• Wellbeing : a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance
• Stunning working environments in beautiful houses and locations, with the very best facilities for our teams
• Refer a friend scheme that offers a bonus every time you refer a friend or family that joins us

Requirements for an Enhanced DBS and reference checking will be undertaken in line with government regulations and safer recruitment best practice. Whilst we endeavour to keep the recruitment process as short as possible due to the nature of these important checks it may extend the processing time. All young people are equally entitled to have their needs met in a fair and balanced way.

We will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the search and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.

Employees are responsible for promoting equal opportunities for all and for challenging any behaviour or practice which discriminates against any young person or colleague on the grounds of race, religion, disability, age, gender, sexual orientation or any other perceived difference.