Help keep buildings safe, compliant and welcoming — and make a real difference.
Maintenance Officer
Salary: £25,887 - £27,385 per annum (dependent on experience)
Hours: Full time, 37 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Location: Roving role - Sites across the North East & Cumbria
About us
Our client is a long-established environmental and community charity with over 30 years of experience creating greener, healthier and more resilient places across the region. Their mission centres on Creating Better Places, Improving People’s Prospects, and Promoting Greener Living, helping communities thrive no matter the challenges they face.
They deliver hundreds of locally-led projects each year, including initiatives that support young people into education, training and employment, helping them overcome barriers, build life skills, and reach their full potential.
About the role
As a Maintenance Officer, you’ll be at the heart of this organisation’s operations, playing a key role in maintaining their buildings and sites across the North East and Cumbria. You’ll be responsible for carrying out routine maintenance, conducting repairs, and ensuring compliance with health and safety standards.
Job Purpose
Are you a practical, hands-on professional who takes pride in keeping buildings safe, compliant and well maintained? Our client is looking for a reliable and proactive Maintenance Officer to help ensure their sites remain welcoming, functional and safe for everyone who uses them. This varied role combines day-to-day reactive repairs with planned maintenance, safety checks and contractor coordination, offering the opportunity to make a visible, positive impact through your skills every single day.
Key Responsibilities
*Regular maintenance and upkeep jobs
*Small scale emergency repairs
*Legal compliance checks
*Facilitating specialist contractor works
*Administration, using basic IT digital recording systems, Outlook Emails
Who They Are Looking For
*Relevant trade qualifications or experience in building maintenance, facilities management, or a related field
*Strong knowledge of health and safety practices
*Ability to manage multiple tasks effectively
*Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
*A proactive approach to site maintenance and compliance
*Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
Closing date: Wednesday 13th May 2026
Please note, should a high volume of applications be received, the employer may look to close the role early, therefore it is recommended to complete an early application.
Interested?
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This employer wants you to be yourself and they value everything that makes you unique. They recognise and celebrate your difference and together you will make the organisation a special and great place to work. As a Disability Confident employer they offer a guaranteed interview to applicants with a disability who meet the essential criteria for the role.
They ensures that they provide a safe environment for adults, children and young people to take part in any activity or service that they organise. They are committed to creating a culture that promotes safeguarding and the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk. Their safer recruitment practices support this by ensuring that there is a consistent and comprehensive process of obtaining, collating, analysing and evaluating information from and about candidates to ensure that all the people they appoint are suitable to work with children, young people and adults
This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship – the successful applicant will need to have a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK in order to be offered an employment contract.
No agencies please.