Damp & Mould Operative

Places for People; Northampton; In loco; GBP 21.000 - 29.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Company van

Fuel card

35 days annual leave (including bank)

Overtime opportunities

Core working hours 08:00-16:30 Mon-Fri

Tools and PPE provided

Pension with matched contributions up

Permanent, secure employment

Consistent workload in your area

Bonus scheme up to 2%

Death in Service

Sick pay

Descrizione del lavoro

Places for People, one of the UK's largest housing providers, is hiring a Damp and Mould Operative (Healthy Homes Operative) to help improve customers' homes in your local area, with a company van and fuel card provided.

You will identify and treat damp and mould in occupied and void properties, give practical prevention advice, and work to health and safety standards, with a structured schedule and opportunities for overtime.

Competenze

• Experience in property maintenance or a relevant trade background.
• Full UK driving licence is required.

Mansioni

• Attending properties to identify and treat damp and mould issues.
• Assessing severity and applying appropriate treatment methods.
• Providing advice to Customers on prevention and maintenance.
• Working to specifications and ensuring compliance with health and safety requirements.
• Collaborating with supervisors, schedulers and wider teams to meet deadlines.
• Recording work activity and completing required documentation.

Conoscenze

Property maintenance

Driving licence

Descrizione del lavoro

We're hiring a Damp and Mould Operative (internally known as a Healthy Homes Operative), offering a company van and consistent work within your Community. Places for People is one of the UK's largest housing providers and is proud to be recognised as one of the UK's Top 50 Best Workplaces. We are committed to creating inclusive Communities and improving Customers' lives. You'll be working locally, making a real difference to People's homes and the neighbourhoods we operate in.

What You'll Get

• Use of a company van with fuel card
• 35 days annual leave (including bank holidays) with options to buy and sell leave
• Overtime opportunities available
• Core working hours of 08:00-16:30 Monday-Friday
• Tools, uniform, iPad, mobile phone and PPE provided
• Pension with matched contributions up to 7%
• Permanent, secure employment
• Consistent workload within your dedicated area
• A bonus scheme for all Colleagues at up to 2%
• Death in Service benefit
• Sick pay

What You'll Be Doing

• Attending properties to identify and treat damp and mould issues
• Assessing severity and applying appropriate treatment methods
• Providing advice to Customers on prevention and maintenance
• Working to specifications and ensuring compliance with health and safety requirements
• Collaborating with supervisors, schedulers and wider teams to meet deadlines
• Recording work activity and completing required documentation

What Your Day Looks Like

• A structured schedule visiting multiple properties
• Travelling between jobs in your company van
• Working independently or with a team of other tradespeople
• Engaging directly with Customers in their homes
• Completing work efficiently while maintaining quality and compliance standards

Where you'll work

You will be working across:

• Occupied homes
• Empty (void) properties
• A range of domestic properties within your local area
• Environments involving vulnerable Customers

Essential Criteria (you need to meet all of these to be shortlisted)

• Experience in property maintenance or a relevant trade background
• Full UK driving licence
• Due to the area this patch covers, you will need to be based within the advertised postcode

Nice To Have (not Essential)

• Experience in damp and mould treatment

Our hiring process

We're moving quickly and aim to interview as soon as possible for suitable candidates. If successful, when you join us you'll start an induction programme, which covers our systems, how we do things here and anything else you'll need to know.

Important information

• This role will require a Basic DBS check
• You may be required to work across surrounding areas

Armed Forces

We are proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant. Places for People will guarantee an interview for any candidate who is serving or has formerly served in the Armed Forces, as a reservist, armed forces veteran (including the wounded, injured and sick), cadet instructor and military spouse/partner and who meets the essential criteria for the vacancy.

Disability Confident

We are proud to be a member of the Disability Confident scheme certified as Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This helps us to successfully employ and retain people with disabilities and health conditions. Disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for a vacancy will be guaranteed an interview. The Equality Act 2010 (Disability Discrimination Act 1995 for NI) defines a disabled person as someone who has a physical or mental impairment that has sa substantial and long-term negative effect on their ability to do daily activities.

Neurodivergent

Neurodiverse individuals have highly valuable skills, and we recognise that a traditional interview process sometimes works against them and doesn’t allow them to self-advocate. Neurodiverse applicants who meet the criteria for a vacancy will be guaranteed an interview.