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SalaryWe have an great new opportunity for a Maintenance Operative to join our team at Dorset House - our residential care home in Hamworthy, Poole.
The successful candidate will be responsible for carrying out a varied range of building maintenance and repairs to ensure a safe and comfortable environment for our elderly residents at our home.
Permanent position working Monday - Friday (with no weekend working).
Key duties will include both planned and reactive maintenance work covering: plumbing, heating, electrical, decoration, fire testing, care equipment and carpentry.
We are looking for the following skills/experience:
- Basic Electrical Safety Certificate
- Knowledge of Plumbing and Legionella
- Experience using heating, electrical and fire systems
- Can confidently use own initiative and work with minimum supervision
- MEWPS experience - desirable but not essential
- Heating and/or Plumbing qualifications – ideal but not essential
Ideally you will have experience of working in a care home or similar environment, dealing with a number of maintenance tasks on a daily basis.
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
