Maintenance Operative
Maintenance Operative
We’re looking for highly motivated, detail orientated individuals to join our dynamic and friendly team of care professionals at our beautifully renovated care home. £250 welcome bonus included too!
You can earn up to £12.00 per hour as the Maintenance Operative. We’re excited to grow our team further and would love to welcome you.
Reports to: Admin, Home Manager and Deputy Manager
Rochcare is a family-run business providing quality residential care homes and support services to older people and those living with dementia.
We believe exceptional care homes don't stay special on their own. Our dedicated teams make sure every one of the people in our care has a great experience, every time. Our success relies on the professionalism, commitment and caring nature of each and every team member and we’re always looking for similar-minded people to join us.
As the Maintenance Operative in our care home setting, you should contribute to the smooth running of the home by organising caretaking maintenance, Health & Safety checks and security of the home. Your primary role is to ensure all commercial spaces are fantastically maintained and in great condition for our staff, residents, and visitors.
About the role
Principle Roles and Responsibilities
• Identify and prioritise maintenance requirements throughout the home and exterior spaces. Prepare and organise appropriate work programmes where needed, liaising with external contractors, and the Rochcare management team at each stage.
• Carry out first line repairs and maintenance:
• Carry out weekly fire alarm tests, checking each emergency fire point in the service on an agreed planned schedule. Ensure fire doors meet regulations and that fire drills and evacuations are carried out as per the company schedule.
• Basic plumbing work – e.g. repairing a leaking pipe, simple installation work, such as plumbing in a new tap, or replacing washer etc.
• Redecoration as appropriate.
• Plastering work such as repairing cracked or broken plaster, making good damaged walls, for example, following the removal of say, shelving or similar fittings.
• Fencing and boundary repairs, e.g. mending broken fencing panels or stakes, repairing holes in chain link fences etc.
• Glazing work, such as replacing smaller, ground floor, windows, re-beading or re-puttying glass panes, internal and external.
• To carry out regular checks, inspections, PAT tests and service logs ensuring all equipment and areas of the home are adequately maintained to meet the needs of the service.
• Accurately keep a maintenance log book, keeping record of all work undertaken by yourself, and contractors, alongside any required risk assessments; ensuring records are available for inspection upon request.
• Be responsible for stock control of all consumables, making arrangements for the delivery of stores, materials and other goods ensuring that all required equipment is in a safe and working condition and arranging for their repair as appropriate.
• Ensure that all areas of the home are free from litter, all drains and gullies are free flowing and refuge areas are clean and supportive of people’s health and safety.
• Act as a keyholder, carrying out security procedures for the building and grounds. Be responsible for the routine and non-routine opening of premises and grounds, responding to calls outside normal working hours as a result of break-ins etc.
• Operating the heating plant so that the required temperatures are maintained in the premises and an adequate supply of hot water is available at all times. Carrying out frost precaution procedures whenever required.
• To comply with all relevant internal rules, policies and procedures, including those relating to Health and Safety, Data Protection and all those contained within the issued Team Handbook.
The ideal candidate should be trustworthy and have an exceptional eye for detail. They will be expected to use their initiative, work alone or as part of a team to and have a positive attitude to ensure a smooth-running care home.
The post holder will need to show respect, understanding the rights for privacy and demonstrate high professional standards of propriety in their day-to-day work. The ideal candidate should also show a keen interest in learning and growing their skills through additional required training, peer mentoring and frequent performance reviews.
Schedule: Full-time and Permanent role.
Wage rate: £9.70 per hour.
Benefits: Company pension. Access to Blue Light Card Discount. Company funded further studies and professional development opportunities. £250 welcome bonus. Free onsite parking. Access to free and confidential welfare counselling. Competitive rates of pay and holiday allowance.
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It is an expectation of all staff to have vaccines or other essential health treatments, in line with Public Health guidelines and in relation to health and safety in an effort to protect yourself as well as others.
What you will need
Required criteria
- Right to live and work in the UK
- Proven working experience as a Maintenance Operative or a similar role
- Integrity and ability to work independently
- Ability to follow all health and safety regulations
Desired criteria
- Ability to handle heavy equipment and machinery
- Working knowledge of cleaning chemicals, supplied and equipment
- Prior experience in documenting routine inspections and maintenance activities
Professional skills you’ll need for this job opportunity
Ability to Identify and Anticipate needs
Responding to Customer Needs
Organisational skills
Rochcare
We are a family-run business providing quality residential care homes and support services to older people and those living with dementia. We built our first residential care home in the early 1980s when we noticed that many care homes were set up in old converted buildings that didn’t always lend themselves to meeting the wide-ranging needs of those with age-related difficulties or dementia. We built the home brick by brick to create first-rate, safe and homely accommodation in a community setting. Since those early days, we have grown our business in order to meet the need for first-class, quality care and support for our ageing population. We now have four residential care homes for older people, Pendle Brook, Coniston House, Royley House and Bank Hall. We specialise in catering for the needs of those with dementia as well as offering a fantastic daycare service, flexible respite care facilities and a home care service providing support to people living independently in their own homes.
Exceptional care homes don’t stay special on their own. Our dedicated teams make sure every one of the people in our care has a great experience, every time. Our success relies on the professionalism, commitment and caring nature of each and every team member and we’re always looking for similar-minded people to join us. We welcome applications from qualified and experienced professionals, as well as from those who are just starting out. We’re keen to open up new routes into jobs in the care sector, that’s why we’re continually growing the number and range of training opportunities we offer, helping individuals earn while they learn and contribute to the excellent care we provide. Do great things for us and we’ll do great things for you and your career. Rochcare is an encouraging and supportive company, we provide a comprehensive induction and training programme for both those with experience and those who are just starting out.
Our benefits
Rochcare offers a competitive salary and values the continuous hard work of our employees. As a family-owned and managed company, we believe our employees should be generously rewarded for their dedication to providing exceptional care. That is why we offer the following benefits and rewards.