Multi Skilled Operative
Apleona UK • Maidstone
A249 102, ME15 6LU Maidstone
Mobile Multi-Skilled Engineer / Handyperson
Location: Maidstone, Kent
Salary: Up to £34,753.95 per annum, plus company vehicle and fuel card
Contract: Full-time, Permanent
Hours: 42.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday
About Apleona UK
Apleona delivers high-quality facilities services across a wide range of sites and communities. We are committed to service excellence, safety, and continuous improvement, supporting some of the UK’s most critical environments.
About Our Clients
Kent and Medway Mental Health Trust (including CYPMHS) (KMMH)
Providing inpatient and outpatient mental health services across Kent and Medway, including services for children, young people, older adults, forensic and specialist care. The Trust operates across approximately 68 sites, delivering 24/7, 365-day patient services.
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust (KCHFT)
One of the largest community health providers in England, employing approximately 5,700 staff and serving a population of 1.4 million people across Kent, East Sussex, and parts of London. This contract includes 33 sites, made up of local GPs, sexual health clinics, dentists, and community-based care centres.
About the Role:
We are looking for a Mobile Multi-Skilled Engineer to join our team in Kent, providing reliable, hands-on maintenance support across a range of NHS properties, including mental health units and community healthcare facilities.
This is a varied and practical role where you will use your multi-skilled maintenance experience to keep buildings safe, secure, functional and well maintained.
Your responsibilities will include carrying out planned and reactive maintenance, painting and decorating, general building tasks and repairs. You will also support the wider team by identifying and reporting potential safety, security and maintenance issues, providing an additional pair of eyes across the sites.
You will be required to travel between NHS properties across Kent, working professionally and respectfully within sensitive healthcare environments.
Key Responsibilities:
- Carry out painting and decorating works to a high standard.
- Undertake general maintenance tasks and repairs.
- Complete planned and reactive maintenance activities.
- Carry out carpentry, plumbing and locksmithing works where required.
- Identify and report potential safety, security and maintenance issues.
- Work safely and professionally within NHS and mental health environments.
- Provide excellent customer service to clients, colleagues and site users.
- Complete maintenance records and update digital job management systems.
- Work independently while also supporting the wider facilities management team.
- Travel between multiple NHS sites across Kent as required.
- Maintain a high standard of workmanship and ensure all work is completed in accordance with relevant health and safety procedures.
Key Criteria:
The successful candidate will have:
- Experience in painting and decorating to a high standard.
- Good knowledge and practical experience of carpentry.
- Good knowledge and practical experience of plumbing.
- Knowledge and experience of locksmithing.
- Their own suitable hand tools.
- The ability to work comfortably and professionally within mental health units and challenging-behaviour environments.
- Excellent communication skills and a customer-focused approach.
- The ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Confidence using handheld devices and digital job management systems.
- Strong attention to detail and a commitment to safe working practices.
- A flexible approach and willingness to travel across Kent.
- A full UK driving licence.
- DBS check will be a requirement of role application.
Why Join Us?
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced multi-skilled engineer to join a professional facilities management team and play an important role in maintaining essential NHS environments.
You will work across a diverse range of healthcare properties, with every day bringing new challenges and opportunities to use your practical skills.
Background, Identity & Security Checks:
Candidates should be aware that all roles are subject to relevant Background, Identity & Security checks before commencement of employment.
This role working on behalf of Morrisons Facilities Services which is part of the Apleona Group.
Working at Apleona: It’s worth it!
Together for a Better Tomorrow
We don’t just talk about sustainability — we help businesses make it happen. With our Green Real Estate approach, we’re modernising and decarbonising buildings to meet the demands of tomorrow.
One for the future
Facilities management isn’t just a ‘job’, there are carrying careers and opportunities for development across a wide range of industries.
Innovation Meets Creative Freedom
Facility management is full of fresh ideas and smart solutions — and we want yours. Whether you're hands-on or strategic, there’s space here to shape your role and make a real impact. We’re growing fast, backed by strong partners and bold ambitions.
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Apleona's 19-year success story
Dominique has been part of Apleona for 19 years and has built an impressive career during that time. He has progressed from project manager to deputy head of department and now heads the facilities management division at the Cologne site. His journey has been shaped by mergers, changes and new challenges. The last four years in particular have been an exciting and dynamic period for him. "Why am I here? Because Apleona combines enormous potential, dynamism and passion." What makes Apleona special for Dominique: Innovation & Sustainability: Modern technologies, optimised processes and a clear vision for the future; Teamwork & Appreciation: A culture of collaboration, recognition and professional development; and Future-Orientation: Sustainable solutions, for our clients and for society. His day-to-day work is anything but routine: between operational management, strategic planning and team leadership, he faces a new challenge every day. "My aim is not only to ensure smooth operations, but also to develop my team and achieve success together." For him, the focus is clearly on creating sustainable value for our customers.
Even as a child, he knew one thing for sure: his future would be in engineering!
You could almost say he was born with a toolbox in his hand. He has now been working as an in-house technician at Apleona for seven years and, with great dedication, ensures that the systems run smoothly. Whether it's maintenance, repairs or solving unexpected problems, Patrick is always on hand to keep everything running. What does he particularly like about Apleona? The strong team spirit. "We're a well-oiled team. When it matters, everyone can rely on one another." For him, spontaneity is part of the job, just like the regular exchanges with colleagues from other departments, which constantly give him fresh inspiration. Patrick stays active in his spare time too, though not with tools, but with a green thumb. His garden is his personal oasis, where he enjoys every spare minute in the fresh air. His property in Berlin and his work at Apleona? Highly recommended!
Passion meets success!
Since June 2023, he has been supporting one of our largest client sites in Berlin as a project coordinator. Tim originally joined us through a temporary employment agency as a plant mechanic. But it soon became clear: he was a permanent fixture in the team! "The friendly atmosphere and professional camaraderie won me over straight away," he says. Today, he is taking on more and more responsibility and is also working towards his master craftsman's qualification. Tim embodies what Apleona is all about: team spirit, commitment and the desire to develop further.
