Carpenter

London and Quadrant Housing Trust; Slough; Ibrido; GBP 37.000 - 45.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Pension plan

Annual leave

Westfield Health

Life Assurance

Volunteer days

Employee Assistance Programme

Lifestyle benefits

Descrizione del lavoro

London and Quadrant Housing Trust is seeking an experienced Multi-trade Carpenter to join our Reactive repairs maintenance team across Hounslow, Brent, Ealing and Slough. You will work from home base with an L&Q van and PDA, carrying out carpentry and related trades to deliver right-first-time fixes for residents.

The role requires a full UK driving licence and NVQ or equivalent preferred, with strong health and safety awareness and excellent customer service.

Competenze

• Sound working trade knowledge within maintenance/ housing environment.
• Experience in carpentry, including floor laying and related trades.
• Commitment to health and safety standards.

Mansioni

• Deliver right-first-time service to residents.
• Travel to jobs from home using L&Q van and PDA for work orders.
• Provide carpentry and maintenance work across Hounslow, Brent, Ealing and Slough.
• Adhere to health and safety requirements.

Conoscenze

Sound trade knowledge

Maintenance experience

Right first-time service

Health and safety

Carpentry skills

Driving licence

Formazione

NVQ or equivalent (carpentry)

Descrizione del lavoro

Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time, 40 hours per week

Salary: £41,200 per annum

Location: Slough, North West London and Berkshire

Persona: Mobile Working (van provided) contractual hours to be worked from various locations such as resident homes with ad hoc office attendance as required

Reporting Office: Berwick House, Slough

Closing date for applications: 16th November at 9am

Interview date: 20th November at Berwick Avenue, Slough

Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated. L&Q reserves the right to not progress applications for candidates who have had one unsuccessful application/interview process with L&Q for the same or similar role in the previous 12 months.

Benefits include: Excellent pension plan (up to 6% double contribution), 28 days Annual Leave rising to 31 days with length of service + Bank Holidays, Westfield Health Cash Plan, non-contributory life assurance, up to 21 hours volunteering paid days, lifestyle benefits, Employee Assistance Programme and many more…

Join our Repairs Team at L&Q:

L&Q are looking for an experienced Multi trade Carpenter to work within our Reactive repairs maintenance team covering the following areas, Hounslow, Brent, Ealing and Slough.

Our Operatives are supplied with an L&Q van (business use only), uniform and PPE equipment. You will begin the day from your home address where you will travel to jobs which are distributed to your PDA (hand-held device).

We are looking for someone with a full range of carpentry skills who is confident in floor laying including cap and cove flooring.

You must have basic plumbing skills and be able to remove and replace WC if required.

Your impact in the role:

Customer satisfaction is of the utmost importance to L&Q and as a first line of contact to our residents we expect you to have outstanding customer service and ability to deliver a right first-time service. Limiting follow ons and increasing satisfaction.

Our in-house maintenance team core hours are Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm in general. There is the opportunity to earn more from call outs and out of hours service.

What you’ll bring:

A Sound working trade knowledge and experience

Experience gained within a Maintenance, site and or Housing environment.

Right first-time approach

Health and Safety consciousness

Previous experience in a similar role

Wide range of Multi trade skills

Preferred NVQ or similar plus experience and time served as a carpenter

Full Manual UK Driving Licence

If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage during this process, including application stage, please email [e-mail]

About L&Q:

We’re one of the UK’s leading housing associations and developers. We were founded on a simple belief: high quality housing is vital for people’s health, happiness and security. Our purpose is simple – to provide social homes and landlord services that everyone can be proud of.

250,000 people call our properties ‘home’, and we’re proud to serve diverse communities across London, the South East and North West of England.

People are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. The foundation of everything that we are is built on our corporate values, which outline our core expectations and should be demonstrated at all times, and all levels, when representing L&Q –

At L&Q, we know that diversity and inclusion make us stronger – and they’re at the heart of everything we do. When we recruit, we look at what really matters: your skills, experience, and potential. We’re proud to be recognised for creating an inclusive workplace. We’re a Disability Confident Leader (Level 3) and we’ve introduced our own Recruitment Advocate scheme to make sure every step of our hiring process is fair, transparent, and consistent. It’s all part of our commitment to ending discrimination and making L&Q a place where everyone feels welcome. Find out more here.

Sustainability is also at the heart of what we do. We recognise the responsibility we hold as one of the UK’s largest housing associations.

A Sound working trade knowledge and experienceExperience gained within a Maintenance, site and or Housing environment.Excellent customer serviceRight first-time approachHealth and Safety consciousnessPrevious experience in a similar roleWide range of Multi trade skillsPreferred NVQ or similar plus experience and time served as a carpenterFull Manual UK Driving Licence