Mobile Support Maintenance Person

Mobile Support Maintenance Person

£39,900 per annum inclusive of car allowance

40 hours per week plus 'on call' duties.

A 24 hour seven day responsibility is required for our maintenance service, therefore an 'out of hours on call' system is in place, shared with the Facilities Managers and Support Maintenance team. On average, you will be expected to cover the 'on call' rota one week in every five.

At Colten Care we are proud to offer career development opportunities, and a range of pay enhancements across our roles. Contact us to find out more.

Introduction

We're looking for a proactive and capable Mobile Support Maintenance person to join the team at our Support Centre, Colten House, in Ringwood, with regular travel to our luxury care homes across Dorset, Hampshire, Wiltshire and West Sussex.

You'll provide essential cover for routine maintenance services and minor repair work within our care homes. This includes covering monthly tests and inspections on equipment such as fire doors, water temperature outlets, fire extinguishers, security doors, internal and external lighting, wheelchairs, window restrictors, reclining chairs and nursing beds.

There is tremendous satisfaction to be had working in elderly care, supporting the best quality of later life for people living in, or moving to, our care homes in the south of England. You'll provide practical help, support, advice and reactive repairs, helping maintain safe, reliable facilities that are essential to our residents' individual well being.

If applying your skills to the elderly care sector is for you, and you want to be part of something truly special where there is opportunity to continue developing your career, we'd love you to apply. A member of our dedicated recruitment team will then be in touch to discuss the opportunity in more detail.

About you

You'll have a genuine passion for your job, with a good general knowledge of building and mechanical services and experience of a trade such as electrical work, carpentry or plumbing. You'll have an eye for detail, keeping accurate records using our CAFM software and reporting issues or observations to the Facilities Management team.

You're adept at building lasting relationships with all stakeholders, and you'll enjoy getting to know and conversing with our residents.

You're skilled at prioritising tasks, staying calm under pressure and working efficiently using your own initiative.

Essential requirement - Business use on vehicle insurance is essential due to travel during work hours.

About Colten Care

We're an award winning, family owned, independent care home group, with an outstanding reputation in the industry. This is due to our amazing people and our focus on keeping the resident at the heart of everything we do.

We strive to be the best we can hence why all 21 of our nursing homes are rated at least good and 7 are outstanding by the CQC, our national regulator.

If a career in elderly care is for you then you want to be part of the team at Colten Care.

Benefits

• An exciting and stimulating place to work
• Friendly team and great support network of internal professionals
• Car allowance
• Reimbursed business mileage
• Excellent induction, training and 'on the job' support
• Career progression opportunities
• Annual pay review
• Choice of hot or cold meals on duty (when working in the care homes)
• Contributory pension scheme