Maintenance Operative Mill View (6 month fixed term)

We are seeking a dedicated Maintenance Operative to ensure our home remains safe and well-maintained for residents, team members, and visitors. The ideal candidate will ensure all facilities comply with internal standards, external regulations, and Health & Safety requirements.

The working hours will be Monday - Friday 8am - 16:00pm

This is a fixed term of 6 months with potential for extension of a further 6 months

Main duties will include:

• Ensuring that the home is kept secure
• Ensure that all minor repairs are fixed in a timely manner
• Maintaining the decoration of the home to the highest standard, and any snagging items dealt with in a timely manner
• Assuring that all electrical equipment is PAT test checked on an annual basis, and that residents’ appliances are visually checked and recorded appropriately
• Securing the plant room, tool stores, and sheds, and ensuring that they are regularly maintained and kept clean, tidy and organized
• Ensure that the refuse area is clean and well maintained and that clinical waste is removed appropriately
• Maintaining all external areas keeping them clean, tidy and well maintained
• Responsible for working within legislator frameworks such as: Health and Safety, COSHH, Health and Social Care Act and Environmental Health, thus ensuring that residents and the team have a safe environment
• Ensure that the requirements from audits and remedial action plans are dealt with within the timescales required
• Support with emergencies as appropriate in the home, including out of hours and call outs.
• Develop good relationships with residents
• Investigate and act with integrity upon shortfalls in service, to ensure we are open, honest and transparent at all times
• Oversee external work and contractors, and manage accordingly
• Practice safe systems of work across a range of tasks and in particularly moving and handling of loads, by assessing risk and having due regard for personal safety and the safety of the residents, visitors and staff
• Carry out all appropriate checks and record them as per Silvercrest standards
• Carry out quality assurance reporting and budget management documents

Qualifications/Education

• Relevant building maintenance experience
• A basic understanding of the main Health and safety Regulations

Experience

• Ideally worked within a healthcare environment
• Minimum of one years in a maintenance role
• Liaising with and managing external contractors

Skills / Knowledge

• Strong teamwork skills
• Knowledge and competence in building/DIY maintenance
• Experience in the use of Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel

Personal Qualities

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Motivated with a positive can-do attitude
• Flexible and adaptable
• Problem solver

• Bereavement leave
• Company events
• Company pension
• Free parking
• Health & wellbeing programme
• On-site parking
• Referral programme