Location: Newport, NP19 9ED
Shifts: 37.5 hours per week 8am-4pm
Salary: £23,850- £26,000 (depending on experience)
Sponsorship: We do not provide sponsorship for this role
MUST HAVE A DRIVING LICENSE AND ACCESS TO A VEHICLE
We're looking for a reliable and practical Maintenance Assistant to join our team at St Gwynllyw an Adult Day Service.
St Gwynllyw provides a welcoming and supportive environment for adults with learning disabilities, autism, and complex needs. We support men and women to develop skills, build confidence, and enjoy meaningful activities in a safe and engaging setting.
As our Maintenance Assistant, you'll play a key role in ensuring our building, grounds, and facilities remain safe, clean, and well maintained for the people we support, our staff, and visitors.
Proudly recognised by The Sunday Times Best Places to Work for three consecutive years, and winners of the 2026 Health and Social Care Industry Award, we’ve built a culture where people can thrive every day.
Your Responsibilities:
- Positive communication with service managers, meeting with them regularly to understand their priorities and to outline progress with works currently being undertaken and those planned.
- Ensure great standards and that all services are maintained to a high standard. Working independently or alongside your team complete general maintenance, decoration and grounds maintenance activities that are from time to time required, including minor electrical and plumbing works.
- Liaise and support the project team as required.
- All work is completed safely and that the process for Risk assessments is followed at all times.
- Oversee the works undertaken by both your own works and external contractors, ensuring safe working and excellent quality.
Support the statutory compliance program administered by the Property Support Hub, meeting contractors and service managers to resolve significant issues.
Seek technical or specialist support where required, to ensure that works are conducted in conjunction with statutory standards and best practice.
Support energy reduction activity.
- Be willing to provide out of hours cover through an on-call rota.
- Keep up to date with company policies and procedures.
- Make judgements and escalate when maintenance activity, or a particular situation has arisen that requires the attention of a more appropriate person.
Skills and experience:
- Previous experience of working in maintenance , or similar.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to prioritise effectively.
- Good technical knowledge and understanding of when and how to seek specialist expertise.
- Satisfactory enhanced DBS check.
What You’ll Get:
- 5.6 weeks annual leave
- Access to our exclusive ivolve extra discounts platform
- Your birthday off following a qualifying period
- Weekly lotto draws winning cash prizes
- Scratch card prizes for reward and recognition
- Development opportunities through our internally run academies
- Yearly colleague awards and recognition events
- Salary advance scheme (after a qualifying period)
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