Senior Maintenance Worker

Homeless Link; Eastbourne; On-site; GBP 30,000 - GBP 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A community support organization in Eastbourne is seeking a Senior Maintenance Worker to supervise a team across East Sussex. The role involves hands-on maintenance tasks, supervising staff, and ensuring safe and welcoming accommodations for young residents. Ideal candidates should possess supervisory experience, strong maintenance skills, and a commitment to high standards of safety and wellbeing. This is a full-time position requiring 37.5 hours per week with a focus on creating a positive environment for young people.

Qualifications

• Previous supervisory or team-leading experience to effectively direct a small team.
• Strong maintenance experience with high-quality maintenance and decorating work.
• Experience in supported housing or community settings.

Responsibilities

• Supervise maintenance staff, providing feedback and support.
• Ensure safe and welcoming accommodation through maintenance.
• Delegate tasks for maintenance, cleaning, and caretaking duties.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Maintenance experience

Knowledge of health & safety

Organisational skills

Education

City & Guilds or equivalent in maintenance

Job description

We are recruiting for a Senior Maintenance Worker to supervise a small team of Maintenance Workers across East Sussex.

This is a hands‑on role, combining practical maintenance tasks with day‑to‑day staff supervision.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervising maintenance staff, offering constructive feedback, coaching, and support
• Providing a comprehensive maintenance, caretaking, and cleaning service to ensure safe, welcoming, psychologically informed accommodation
• Carrying out day‑to‑day maintenance across our sites in East Sussex, and occasionally supporting other housing schemes
• Completing maintenance, cleaning, repair, and redecoration works within agreed timescales, and delegating tasks where appropriate
• Performing or delegating general caretaking and cleaning duties, including cleaning communal areas, litter‑picking, and waste removal

If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t match every single requirement, we still encourage you to apply. We know that skills and potential come in many forms, and your background may offer valuable transferable strengths.

We’re looking for a someone with a positive, flexible attitude and a genuine desire to contribute to young people’s wellbeing.

Experience and Knowledge

We are searching for someone with:

• Previous supervisory or team‑leading experience, with the ability to organise and direct a small team effectively
• Strong maintenance experience across a range of trade or repair tasks, including delivering high‑quality maintenance and decorating work
• Experience working in supported housing, residential, or community‑based settings
• Commitment to maintaining high standards of safety, quality, and resident wellbeing
• Good understanding of health & safety requirements and compliance processes
• A proactive, organised approach to workload and prioritisation

Qualifications and Training (Desirable)

It would be beneficial, though not essential, if you have:

• City & Guilds or equivalent qualification in one or more maintenance skill areas
• Manual handling training
• Training in handling bodily fluids
• Boundaries training
• First Aid training

37.5 hours per week / permanent /working Monday to Friday 9am‑5pm.

At YMCA DownsLink Group, our mission is to help children and young people have a fair chance to be who they want to be. We do this by providing a safe home, building life skills and self-confidence, and supporting emotional wellbeing and mental health.

Our Values -we do what’s right, we work with heart, and we build real connections- guide and shape how we show up for children and young people we support and for each other.

Are you an experienced maintenance professional looking to step into a senior role? Do you take pride in creating safe, welcoming homes that make a real difference in young people’s lives?

Our Maintenance team works across multiple properties to ensure our residents have safe, good‑quality homes. We work closely with project staff to identify and complete repairs, carry out ad hoc cleaning and decoration, ensure compliance with health and safety regulations, and prepare empty homes for new residents.

We operate across East Sussex, centred around our Foyers in Eastbourne and Hastings, which provide 24‑hour supported housing for young people aged 16–25. We also manage several larger shared houses (typically 4–8 residents) through our Transitional Housing teams, supporting young people on their journey to independence.
In total, the team helps maintain safe homes for approximately 180 residents across the county.

Closing Date: 22 February 2026