Maintenance officer

We are looking for a caring professional and self-motivated individual with good practical maintenance experience to join our home. You will be responsible for managing health and safety, undertake remedial work, and liaise with external contractors on work beyond the scope of repair and maintenance.
What will you be doing? Here are a few key parts of the role below

- Responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of all buildings, equipment, fire safety, legionella control.
- Ensure the home and grounds are kept in good state of repair and residents have access to all appropriate areas.
- Compliance with health and safety legislation throughout the home.
- Carry out day to day repairs and some refurbishment activity to maintain standards of the home
- Actively engage with staff, relatives and families as part of the care home team and regularly engage with residents
- Working closely with management team or nominated colleagues to make sure that our residents live in a place that is safe and well maintained at all times
- Ensuring that safety regular checks and servicing are carried out on all equipment and accurate records are kept
- Clearing and cleaning general areas
- Assembling furniture, painting and decorating

We are looking for someone who is friendly, welcoming, and who ideally has experience and an understanding of the care sector.

- Able to demonstrate health and safety awareness through discussion
- Experience of maintenance role
- Can do flexible team player, problem fixer, passion for what they do, ability to manage diverse and demanding workload, think out of the box, open to things differently.
- Good computer and IT skills
- Adheres to the policies and procedures in the organisation and Care Quality Commissions CQC guidelines, Disability Confident
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Why it's great to work for Enfield Council:

- An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
- Up to 32 days annual leave depending on grade and length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year and an extra day off at Christmas.
- A blend of remote and office based working for most roles.
- Interest free season ticket loan repayable over three or ten months.
- Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods.
- Employee Assistance Programme to provide advice and counselling services. This is a free and confidential service available to staff and members of their family.
- Health and leisure discounts and tax-free bikes for work.