Maintenance Operative
Fern Brook Lodge Residential Home, Gillingham Dorset - SP8 4QD
Salary: Up to £30,000 per annum
Hours: 40 hours per week - Monday to Friday
We have an exciting opportunity for a Maintenance Operative to join the team at Fern Brook Lodge, our specialist, elderly and dementia residential care home located in Gillingham.
Join Our Team
As a Maintenance Operative, you will be a crucial part of the TEAM, ensuring the care home always remains functional.
In this role you'll be responsible for carrying out a varied range of building maintenance and repairs throughout the property to ensure a safe and comfortable environment for our elderly residents at our home.
We are keen to meet someone who is pro-active in their approach ,ensuring all repairs are completed safely and to a high standard.
Strong general repair skills are required, as key duties will include both planned and reactive maintenance across all areas of the home covering, plumbing, heating, electrical, decoration, fire testing, care equipment and carpentry.
Should you require Fire Safety or Legionella training or updates to your current certification, Care South are happy to support your career progress.
About You
Ideally you will have experience of working in a care home or similar environment which involves dealing with several maintenance tasks daily.
You will need to be confident to use your own initiative, and work with minimum supervision throughout the day.
You will have excellent time management & flexibility for possible evening or weekend call outs for emergencies.
On occasion you'll also support with the maintenance / handyperson needs at other local Care South residential homes.
Skills & Experience.
- Basic Electrical Safety certificate
- Knowledge of Plumbing and Legionella
- Experience using heating, electrical and fire systems
- Heating and/or Plumbing qualifications – ideal but not essential
As a not-for-profit charity within Social Care, we focus on the reward and recognition of all our people, our benefits include:
- Blue Light Shopping Discount Card
- Reward and Recognition Schemes
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Industry Based Qualifications
You need to be 18 years of age or over to join the Care South team.
Please note: We are unable to offer Visa Sponsorship or Visa Switch .