Clearance and Clean Operative

Platform Housing Group; Boston; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Platform Property Care, part of Platform Housing Group, seeks a Clearance and Cleaning Operative to support its Voids team across Lincolnshire (Boston, Skegness, Spalding, King's Lynn and surroundings). The role is mobile, requiring you to travel within the area and live locally.

You will pre-clean empties, remove hazards and rubbish, perform gardening tasks, help trades with basic duties, and carry out the final high-standard clean before customers move in. DBS check is required.

Qualifications

• Full, valid driving licence is essential.
• Be a team player with hands-on approach and able to work independently.
• Good understanding of health and safety practices in repair/refurbishment work.
• Knowledge of environmental cleaning and handling cleaning chemicals.
• Basic gardening maintenance knowledge would be desirable; training provided if required.
• DBS check is required due to customer-facing role.
• If you have a trailer licence (B&E) highlight it on your application.

Responsibilities

• Conduct pre-clean of empty properties and remove hazards, report issues.
• Remove unwanted items to local recycling sites where possible.
• Perform gardening maintenance: mowing, strimming, pruning, rubbish removal.
• Prepare garden and property for customer move-in.
• Assist trades operatives with manual handling and basic tasks during refurbishment.
• Complete final clean to a high standard before customer move-in.

Skills

Driving licence

Team player

Independent worker

Health & safety

Cleaning knowledge

Gardening basics

DBS check

Trailer licence

Job description

Have you got the right tools for the job?

Platform Property Care has an exciting opportunity for a Clearance and Cleaning Operative to join our busy Voids team. The role is based in Lincolnshire and covers Boston, Skegness, Spalding, King's Lynn and the surrounding areas.

This is a mobile role, so you'll need to live within the locality and be able to travel across the area as required.

What could you be doing?

You'll play an important part of a busy team returning empty properties (Voids) to our required lettable standard ready for our customers. You'll work alongside our multi-skill trades operatives and support them by

• Conducting a pre-clean of the empty property and removing any hazards, (reporting and escalating as required) and any rubbish or graffiti
• Removing and taking any previous customer's unwanted items including furniture or appliances to local recycling sites where possible
• Completing any gardening maintenance works including lawn mowing, strimming, tree and hedge pruning, and removal of any rubbish or garden sheds or similar non- permanent structures
• Completing gardening tasks as needed to get the garden ready for the customer to move into the attached home
• Helping the multi-skill trades with any manual handling and some basic trades tasks as needed during the refurbishment
• Conducting the last clean to a high standard, ready for the customer to move their home

This is a full-time role, working 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday, from 08:00 to 16:30.

Why join us?

If you enjoy a physical, hands-on role where no two days are the same, you'll enjoy being part of our busy, hardworking team. From clearing and cleaning properties to getting gardens ready, you'll be involved in a variety of practical tasks that make a real difference. You'll play an important role in ensuring our properties are ready for our customers to move into.

Your main focus will be supporting our Voids service, with occasional opportunities to assist our Responsive Repairs teams too. It's a role where you can get stuck in, work as part of a great team and see the difference your work makes every day.

We Want Somebody Who Can

You'll be a team player who likes being hands on, you'll be hard working and keen to learn with a can-do attitude. You'll need to be organised and recognise the importance of delivering work right first time. You will have a passion for detail and the ability to work on your own initiative.

Some Things We Need From You

• Full, current validdriving Licenceessential as this is a mobile role
• Some understanding of construction site safety rules
• Basic Health & Safety knowledge in a repair's environment with awareness of Risk Assessments
• Knowledge of Environmental cleaning and working with chemicals
• Basic garden maintenance knowledge would be desirable, but training of equipment is provided if required
• Team skills but can work independently at times too
• If you have a trailer licence (B&E) please highlight this on your application as this would be advantageous
• As you will be working in customers' homes a DBS check is needed

Part of Platform Housing Group, Platform Property Care is a well-established property maintenance business. Working with us is more than just a job. We value the contribution that our colleagues make to our business; our vision is clear – we are growing fast, and we aim to achieve our plan through an engaged and highly skilled team.

If this sounds like the place for you then we'd love to hear from you! Interested and would like to find out more? Please contact Tamara Curry, Localities Area Manager,[e-mail]