Fixed-Term Facilities and Maintenance Operative

Regional Facilities and Maintenance Operative

Location: Across Lancashire – covering all six Active Pathways services and Evermore Care Homes sites in Chorley, Bamber Bridge, Fulwood, and Lancaster
Contract Type: Full-Time, 37.5 hours per week – Fixed-Term Contract (6 months)
Salary:£28,000 per annum / £14.36 per hour 
Overtime: Enhanced to £15.86 per hour once full-time hours have been met

Are you a skilled and experienced handy person with a background in maintenance, carpentry, and joinery, as well as facilities management? Do you take pride in ensuring the buildings and homes you look after are maintained to a high standard? Are you committed to providing the best environment for our residents and colleagues, understanding that their home is your workplace? If so, this busy, varied role could be perfect for you.

Key Benefits

• Extra paid day off every year for your birthday
• 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, equating to 33 days per year.
• Additional annual leave awarded at 2 and 5 years’ service
• Refer a Friend scheme – earn up to £500 per referral
• Company Sick Pay – 5 days per year after 2 years’ service
• Health Cash Plan – covers dental, optical, virtual GP, counselling, and includes discounted gym membership

About the Role
As the site lead for operational property management, you will work across our four mental health services and two care homes, ensuring all buildings and grounds are safe, well-maintained, and compliant with regulations. Your responsibilities will include:

• Carrying out day-to-day maintenance of communal areas, residential rooms, and grounds
• Conducting operational Health & Safety and Fire Regulation checks
• Managing external contractors when needed
• Maintaining equipment such as heating, plumbing, security systems, laundry machines, and water systems

You will have multi-skilled maintenance experience, including minor electrical, plumbing, and joinery work. Experience with central heating systems and similar environments is ideal. You’ll work independently and as part of a small Facilities and Maintenance team and occasionally travel to support our Yorkshire sites with prior agreement.

Key Requirements

• Multi-skilled maintenance and facilities management experience, specifically carpentry and joinery
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle suitable for work purposes
• Flexible, can-do attitude with excellent customer service skills
• Ability to prioritise and multitask effectively

Why Join Active Pathways?

With over 20 years of experience operating in Lancashire and Yorkshire, Active Pathways is committed to delivering recovery-focused mental health and rehabilitation services for adults aged 18+. Guided by our values of Passion, Safety, and Quality, we offer excellent career development opportunities and a people-first culture.

About The Services:

• Brookhaven (Bamber Bridge) – Residential mental health rehabilitation for adults with enduring mental health needs.
• The Hamptons (Bamber Bridge)  – Inpatient rehabilitation for men with complex and long-term mental health conditions.
• Brook House (Chorley) – Supported living for adults with mental health needs, learning disabilities, and/or Autism.
• South Grove House (Fulwood) – Specialist residential care for men with Autism and co-existing mental health or substance misuse needs.
• Ashton Manor (Lancaster) – Residential, dementia, and respite care for older adults.
• Astley View (Chorley)  – Residential, dementia, and respite care for older adults.

Our Core Benefits

• Supportive and friendly team environment with ongoing training and development
• Funded Professional Membership – where relevant to your role
• Career Development – structured support through our Your Pathway, Your Future development programme
• Workplace pension scheme
• Free Blue Light Card membership
• Free enhanced DBS checks, on-site parking, and lunch (for site-based roles)

If you can help make a difference to the day-to-day lives of our residents, using your multitude of property maintenance skills and experience, please apply now – we look forward to hearing from you. If you’d like to find out more about the role and how we help make a difference to people’s lives, let us know – we would be happy to chat to you.

Active Pathways Ltd is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We respect and empower each individual and support diverse cultures, perspectives, skills, and experiences within our workforce. We welcome applications from diverse candidates and provide support during our recruitment processes to enable all applicants to perform at their best.

*While this day may not always fall on your exact birthday due to service needs or non-working days, you can take it anytime within three months of your birthday.