Head of Maintenance

As the Head of Maintenance, you will enjoy being part of an exceptionally supportive team, welcoming you into providing outstanding support to the Home Manager and leading a maintenance team by allocating, checking, and reviewing the home improvement plan to ensure our residents living at Princess Christian Care Centre are living in their best environment. The perfect role for you Being a natural leader, you will enjoy working independently and leading the maintenance team within the Care Home. This role will require you to action both planned and reactive maintenance issues and prioritise in terms of urgency, ensuring all areas are free from hazards and all equipment and systems are in full working order. Nellsar is committed to developing and training our staff to ensure high quality care is provided to our residents and the successful candidate will receive on-going training and development with opportunities for progression within the Company, including apprenticeships for new and existing staff. You will have the opportunity to excel whilst: The Head of Maintenance responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Providing maintenance services in accordance with current best practices, according to policy and procedures, agreed standards, legislative requirements and relevant regulations under the direction of the Manager.
• Maintaining the service and the grounds, ensuring all areas are free from hazards and all equipment and systems are in full working order.
• Actioning both planned and reactive maintenance issues and prioritise in terms of urgency.
• Working independently and leading the maintenance team.
• · Supporting the General Manager with annual budget planning.
• · Liaising with contractors on jobs that fall outside the expertise of the maintenance team.
  
  Nellsar has been a family-run Company since 1988 and we provide exceptional care for residents across our group of 13 Care Homes in Kent, Surrey, and Essex. We consistently strive to achieve the highest standards of professional and person-centred care, and we achieve this by promoting the wellbeing and development of our team members. Our values focus on the individual, creating an inclusive environment with both residents and our teams at the heart of what we do every day.
It's our mission at Nellsar to ensure that people live life to the full
• We are passionate about making every day count and bringing colour and laughter to the people living in our home, their visitors and the team supporting them.
• You will be an important member of the Princess Christian family, who will support you to reach your goals and feel accomplished by enhancing other people's quality of life.
Nellsar is an Equal Opportunity employer. We value diversity and inclusion, and we are committed to creating a work environment that embraces and celebrates individual differences.


• Competitive pay and paid training hours
• Enhanced pay rate for Bank Holidays
• Flexibility of work according to your personal availability
• Workplace pension
• 'Refer a Friend' payments of up to £1000
• Enhanced DBS paid for by the company
• Comprehensive induction programme
• Access to funded qualifications via the apprenticeship programme
• Working in a supportive team
• The opportunity to help your team develop
• Free 24-hour access to confidential employee support helpline