Maintenance Operative

Care South


Date: 6 hours ago
City: Gillingham
Contract type: Full time
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 Operativeto join the team at Castle Dene, our specialist, elderly and dementia residential care home located in Bournemouth.

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 .

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PEOPLE | PASSION | PURPOSE

As a not-for-profit charity, our HEART values are key to us providing outstanding care. For more information about us, our values and benefits, please visit our website: http://www.care-south.co.uk/about-us.

For any questions please contact the recruitment team on 01202 712448.

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