Maintenance Assistant

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Job description

Maintenance Assistant
£12.00 per hour plus benefits
Full-time hours, inc some weekends

Eden Court is a deluxe Retirement Village, located in Battersea SW11, boasting 28 luxury independent apartments and 71 bedded nursing, residential and dementia care home.

We are looking for a full-time Maintenance Assistant to join the team.

The main function of this role is to support and assist the Maintenance Manager in maintaining all areas within the home on a daily basis. The Maintenance Assistant's primary responsibility is to maintain a safe and comfortable environment for the residents. This person is a hands-on team player with sound organisational skills. You will need to be compassionate and kind as you will be interacting with our Apartment owners and our residents.

The Maintenance Assistant interacts with all team members, supporting the sales team by immediately preparing vacant rooms for new residents, and by responding to and resolving concerns promptly as required.

You will need to reliable and hard working in this role - flexibility in required working hours is necessary as may include some occasional weekend working.
A clean driving licence is essential for this role.

Main Responsibilities

1. Assist in the day-to-day maintenance of the home including any faults or repairs which may need to be corrected within your capability and company guidelines.

2. Give support to all heads of departments in looking at areas that may need altering or improving and perform all preventative maintenance tasks to the best of your ability.

3. Ensure that the home is kept to the agreed maintenance standards.

4. Respond in a timely manner to all maintenance requests and concerns raised by residents, family members and team members according to the homes reporting maintenance request log or system.

5. Take receipt of deliveries and store items or good pertaining to maintenance.

Person Specification:
1. Physically and medically able to carry out duties and responsibilities with or without assistive aids
2. Knowledge of PAT testing an advantage, although can be trained
3. Ability to work alone or as part of a team
4. Knowledge of Health and Safety in the workplace
5. Good problem solving skills
6. Fire training or Fire Marshall in previous role advantageous