Maintenance Operative

Maintenance Operative, We have an exciting opportunity for a Maintenance Operative to join the team at Buxton House our residential and dementia care home, located near the historic Jurassic Coast in Weymouth, Dorset.
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 residents at Buxton House.
Key duties will include both planned and reactive maintenance covering: plumbing, heating, electrical, decoration, fire testing, care equipment and carpentry.

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