Maintenance Officer

Project Remit

Belfast Central Mission (BCM) is an award-winning leading charity with social care projects and social enterprises across Northern Ireland, with over 300 staff and volunteers.

The Estates & Facilities team supports all services across Northern Ireland to deliver vital services to people at their point of need. The team currently looks after a portfolio of 10 properties. This includes supported accommodation, care homes, and 2 private dwellings. These are mixtures of joint and sole tenancies.

The Estates & Facilities team supports the following:

• Planned preventive and reactive maintenance

• Health and Safety requirements for the full organisation and all its sites

• Supports an external IT company to meet the organisation’s IT requirements

• Facilities management of Grosvenor House, Glengall Street, Belfast

Hours of Work

14 hours per week – 2 days

On Call Rota

Salary

£10,665.20 per annum (based on SP 25, £14.654 per hour)

Contract Type

Permanent

Probation

6 months

Pension

4% employer contribution (after 3 months of service)

Holidays

20 days per annum (pro rata), increasing by 2 days on 5 years’ service and a further 3 days on 10 years’ service.

12 Public Holidays per annum (pro rata)

Sick Scheme

SSP

Benefits

• Westfield Health Level 1 – Cash back plan and additional benefit of unlimited MRI and CT scans and 1 PET scan within a 12-month period

• Westfield Health Rewards

• Learning & Development opportunities

• Long service annual leave increments and scheme

Essential

Qualifications & Experience

Able to demonstrate a good working knowledge of Health & Safety processes with particular attention to lone working, working in live buildings, vulnerable service users, Risk Assessments, COSHH, Manual Handling, and GDPR.

Skills

Experience of delivering a maintenance service across a multisite organisation, to include:

• Planning & assessing cyclical maintenance programmes in line with health and safety & industry-specific regulations

• Coordinating response maintenance with the ability to identify key priority areas

• Experience of dealing with external contractors

• Experience of undertaking pre-project inspections and subsequent analysis of any new/existing factors/concerns relevant to project completion

• Experience of undertaking building inspections

Knowledge

• Working knowledge of using Microsoft M365, including Word and Outlook

Circumstances

• Full driving licence and access to a car insured for business purposes

• Ability to participate in the On Call Rota

Desirable

Qualifications

Relevant qualification (e.g.) Building Maintenance Multi-Trade Repair and Refurbishment Operations (Construction) (L2)

CSR

Access NI

The successful candidates will require Access NI. Belfast Central Mission complies with the Access NI Code of Practice, a copy of which can be made available upon request.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Access NI check. Having a criminal record will not necessarily debar you from working with BCM. This will depend on the nature of the position, together with the circumstances and background of your offences or other information contained on a disclosure certificate.

Essential

Scope of Responsibility

You will be responsible for all upkeep and repair duties, including maintaining green spaces, identifying need for repairs, responding to maintenance requests, and servicing equipment throughout the business.

To be an effective Maintenance Officer, you will be skilled and hard-working, with outstanding problem-solving abilities.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Perform basic tasks including painting, filling, cleaning

• Managing maintenance repairs

• Perform repairs on company machinery, equipment, and appliances

• Detect and report need for maintenance repairs

• Respond to maintenance requests in a timely and professional manner

• Repair plumbing, electrical, and safety systems within limits; refer to Support Services and Contractors if required

• Provide support and guidance on maintaining equipment in Projects/Units

The above is not an exhaustive list of duties, and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by your changing role within the organisation and the overall business objectives of the organisation.