Maintenance Operative

Package Description: Shift Details: 3 x 7.5-hour shifts per week between Monday and Friday

We’re now looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our award-winning team as a Maintenance Operative at Westbourne Tower Care Home in Dorset.

About the Role

Your focus as a Maintenance Operative will be to ensure the building and grounds are well maintained, undertaking a variety of routine maintenance tasks, checks to services and applying basic fixes to equipment and systems while ensuring facilities are fully functional.

• Carry out all general maintenance tasks and basic repairs including electrical, plumbing, joinery and building tasks inside and outside the Home.
• Support new residents to arrange their rooms as they wish.
• Ensure routine re-decoration is undertaken as required to maintain the standards in the home.
• Advise on the supply and quality of items used to carry out tasks, ensuring timely and appropriate ordering of replacement goods.
• Provide out of hours emergency service and participate in the on‑call rota.

About You

• Have a minimum of one year’s experience in a general maintenance or handy person role and/or hold a professional qualification in a trade.
• Hold a full driving licence.
• Have knowledge of Health and Safety, particularly Moving and Handling techniques, Fire Safety and COSHH assessments.
• Be able to be adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.

Required Documentation

ADBS Disclosure check (cost met by Avery Healthcare) and proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

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