Carpenter

Skanska UK Plc; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction company is seeking a Carpenter to join their team at Royal London Hospital. The role involves maintenance tasks, ensuring a safe environment, and executing general joinery and decoration works. Ideal candidates will have a City & Guilds Craft certificate and at least 2 years of relevant experience, especially in a hospital setting. Competitive salary and the opportunity for flexibility are offered.

Benefits

Flexibility at work

Supportive work culture

Qualifications

• Recognised fabric specific apprenticeship.
• Minimum of 2 years relevant trade experience.
• Knowledge of a range of procedures for building and repair.

Responsibilities

• Carry out reactive maintenance tasks to a high standard.
• Support the Estates Management in the provision of a 24hr maintenance Service.
• Work safely with heavy equipment and in confined spaces.

Skills

General joiner work

Building maintenance fabric

Knowledge of H&S Legislation

Experience of working in a hospital environment

Education

City & Guilds Craft certificate or equivalent

Tools

Heavy equipment

Job description

Skanska, one of the world’s largest development and construction companies, dates back 135 years and had a 2021 revenue of around £12.5 billion. We have 3,300 experts in the UK alone, could joining us be your next career move?

We are looking for a Carpenter to join our Building Services team on-site at Royal London Hospital.

The Purpose of the role will be to carry out fabric (including fixtures and fittings), maintenance reactive tasks and small works to a high standard. To ensure the fabric of the buildings provides a safe environment for patient’s, public and staff and to maintain contractual compliance.

This will include general painting, joinery, flooring and other fabric tasks to a high standard.

You’ll:

• Support the Estates Management in the provision of a 24hr maintenance Service within the LRH.
• To carry out general decoration including:-
  • To prepare all existing surfaces for decoration.
  • To carry out jointing to stud walling, erection of dry walls, to hang all types of wallpaper and apply all types of paints and varnishes to a variety of surfaces.
  • To carry out glazing works and tile bathrooms and showers, kitchens etc.
  • To carry out demolition work and site clearance.
  • To erect suspended ceilings.
  • To paint finished stud walling, including priming of surfaces
• To carry out general joiner work including:-
  • machining of timber and fabrication of new joinery
  • Carry out repairs to ironmongery, blinds, door furniture and glazing
  • Prepared to erect and dismantle own scaffolding after training
  • Varnishing new joinery where necessary
  • Key cutting
  • Cut and construct metal framing systems.
• Carry out repairs to all types of floor finishes. Vinyl sheet and tiles, carpet, ceramic tiles
• Carry out repairs to brickwork, plaster and tiles (floor)
• To work with associated building trades as required.
• To work safely with heavy equipment, work at heights and within confined spaces.
• To specify stores and equipment required for the task in hand.
• To assist with minor plumbing works on sanitary ware and foul drainage.
  
• A recognised fabric specific apprenticeship with a minimum of City & Guilds Craft certificate or equivalent ie. A base level of theoretical knowledge
• Minimum of 2 years relevant trade experience
• Knowledge of range of procedures for building and repair
• Good knowledge of H&S Legislation
• Experience of building maintenance fabric
• Experience of working in a hospital environment
• Experience of lone working
• Knowledge of hospital specifics (HTM’s)
• Knowledge of Health Building Notifications (HBN)
  

All employees will engage in and support Skanska to create a culture of customer service and care via the IFE programme for both internal and external customers and partners and to liaise with other departments regarding maintenance issues if required.

Equal opportunities

We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic – we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.

We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.

Reasonable adjustments

We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using [e-mail] if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.

More information about the role

Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska. For a full role profile, please contact us: [e-mail]

The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the business.

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