Assistant Maintenance Officer

Want to support people who support others? We’ve got the role for you.

About the Role

You’ll support the residents, staff, and Facilities Manager to deliver a comfortable, safe, and stimulating environment for all. Ensure the smooth running of the facility by planned and reactive maintenance to provide the best possible standard for our buildings, services, and grounds across the Capability Scotland Estate.

Please note this role may require manual handling and heavy lifting.

We are currently looking for 2 Assistant Maintenance Officers both for 37 hours. 1 of these roles is for Monday - Friday and the other role is for Thursday- Monday.

The ideal Maintenance Officer will have:

Excellent communications skills with a passion for helping disabled people live full and inclusive lives. Proven work experience of having worked within the building services or engineering sector including basic electrical, plumbing & joinery within either commercial, social care or domestic settings. Problem solving skills, with a strong understanding of the requirements of fire safety, health & safety, chemical handling and equipment storage and care. IT literacy/experience using the Microsoft suite of programs.

What you need to know

No two days will be the same in this role, you could be decorating a room or having to think outside the box to solve a technical issue for our customers that may jeopardise their safety. As part of our maintenance team your actions really make a difference to our service users.

Working with Capability Scotland brings you lots of benefits:

Competitive salary - £22 .82 (£11.44 per hour). We offer a fully funded SVQ – a qualification which is yours for life. 32 days holidays per year, increasing to 37 with service. Free PVG checks throughout your employment. Up to 8% company contribution pension scheme. Up to 3 x annual salary death in service. Perks at Work – shopping discount scheme. Cycle to work scheme. 24/7 employee assistance Working for us means you would qualify for Blue Light & Concert for Carer discounts

We are One Voice, One Charity, One Spirit, #OneCapability.

Applying to Capability Scotland

Applying to join Capability Scotland is easy. At the bottom of this advert, you can submit your CV and a covering letter directly to the hiring manager. You’ll then hear from us within three weeks of the noted closing date. We’ll invite successful candidates to an interview so we can learn more about what makes each other tick, in a safe and secure way.

You can keep a track of your application in your profile management settings.

A full job description of this role is available by clicking here: Assistant Maintenance Officer

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