Facilities Maintenance Assistant

The Extra Care Charitable Trust is recruiting a Facilities Maintenance Assistant at its Sunley Court location.

This role supports day‑to‑day maintenance and the smooth operation of the village, carrying out planned preventive maintenance, reactive repairs, and general fault‑finding across building services and facilities systems.

Key responsibilities include:

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance, reactive repairs, and statutory compliance checks across the village.
• Perform health and safety inspections, life‑critical system testing, and daily operational checks in line with legislation and company procedures.
• Ensure repair requests are prioritised, completed within target timescales, and delivered to a high standard.
• Support the management of void properties, including water safety checks, flushing routines, and general repairs.
• Work alongside contractors to ensure safe working practices, compliance with risk assessments, and quality workmanship.
• Provide general handyman support to residents, including minor repairs and furniture assembly where required.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records, raise purchase orders, and report defects using company systems.
• Assist with staff induction, fire safety training, risk assessments, and resident queries or complaints.
• Conduct regular site inspections to identify hazards and maintain a safe, clean, and compliant environment.
• Support the Maintenance Supervisor and take responsibility for maintenance operations in their absence.

Person specification:

• Facilities background in a multi‑dwelling building.
• Skills in carpentry and plumbing.
• Flexible to support the village during emergency situations and outside normal working hours as required on a rota basis.
• Ability to take responsibility for the repairs and maintenance service with a team on‑site.
• Working knowledge of MS Word and Excel to maintain a system for logging maintenance requests.
• Reliable, punctual, and able to work unsupervised.
• Strong communication skills, including empathy.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Committed to health and safety; COSHH or IOSHH desirable.

Benefits include:

• 33 days annual leave (FTE), pro‑rata for part‑time.
• Buy and sell holiday.
• Free life insurance.
• Cycle2work scheme.
• Attendance reward.
• Free use of on‑site gym.
• Up to 9% employer pension contribution (5% employee).
• Blue Light Card discounts.
• Enhanced maternity & paternity allowance.

Role details:

• Hours:
  
  37.5 hours per week (occasional out‑of‑hour cover required).
• Salary: £27,649.61 per annum.
• Location:
  
  Sunley Court, Kettering, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom, NN15 7RJ
  .

Extra Care strives to create a workplace that fully reflects society. We want our staff to feel empowered to bring their full, authentic selves to work and be part of a safe and supportive community.

Extra Care does not participate in the current “UK Visa Sponsorship” scheme, and would not be able to facilitate sponsorship.

Extra Care is committed to making our recruitment practices as fair and inclusive as possible for all, including making reasonable adjustments to support candidates throughout the recruitment process.

Extra Care reserves the right to close this advertisement early.