Hourly rate: £13.48 per hour
Location: Sovereign Lodge care home
Shift: Days
Contract: Permanent (37.5 hours) 
Experience Required: Experience working in a maintenance or general trade role

Our great benefits include:

• Competitive pay rates and enhanced overtime (+£2 p/h extra!) and bank holiday pay
• Recognition of service payments, receiving a total of £500 in your first year
• UNLIMITED £1,000 ‘Refer a Friend’ payments (that’s potentially £1,000 every time you link us up with another great new person to join the team!)
• Training and qualifications funded by us
• Annual pay reviews recognising your contribution to making our homes a great place to live and work
• Private health care options helping reduce the cost of essential bills, such as dental and optical treatment 
• An organisation with an impressive internal promotion record and creating great opportunities for people

About the role 

As our Maintenance Operative, you will be joining a friendly team at Sovereign Lodge, working to ensure the condition of our building is maintained to a high standard. You will liaise with the Home Manager and Estates Manager regarding internal maintenance work and external contractor works (planned, reactive and emergency). You will complete basic fire, electrical and appliance checks, reporting all faults and carrying out any small-scale decoration of bedrooms and some common areas when required. 

Who we are looking for 

We are looking for an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual who can demonstrate a range of skills to ensure our home is maintained to the highest standards in a safe and efficient, practical manner. A Level 2 Diploma in Property Maintenance would be an advantage but if you don’t have this yet (or are working towards it) we are happy to support you with your qualifications. What we're really looking for is an ability to multi-task and work well under pressure - someone who is able to use their own initiative to solve problems and who takes pride in their work.

Our recruitment process 

If you’re offered a role with us, it will be conditional on some standard checks, like references and a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. We also need you to have good English and numeracy skills, plus a passion for caring and helping our residents to thrive.

We want every candidate to feel supported and able to perform at their best during the recruitment process. If you need any assistance or would like to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage, just drop us an email at recruitment@mariposacare.com - we’ll be happy to help.

At Mariposa Care, we’re committed to building a fair and inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from everyone, no matter your age, gender, gender identity or expression, religion, belief, disability, ethnicity, or sexual orientation.

Job titles can vary – this role is also known as maintenance technician, maintenance person, maintenance operative, maintenance assistant, handyman, social care.