Electrical Installation and Condition Report Tester

Nations Recruitment; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A local council is seeking a skilled tradesperson to join their team in London. The role involves managing repairs and maintenance within housing properties, ensuring high-quality workmanship in various trades like plumbing and carpentry. Candidates should possess relevant qualifications and demonstrate effective communication skills while working within diverse communities. This position offers a standard workweek and the opportunity to make impactful contributions to community living standards.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience of customer service matters while working with customers in the community.
• Good level of literacy and numeracy.
• Ability to respond to the needs of customers politely and efficiently.

Responsibilities

• To provide skilled workmanship within the building trades.
• To manage work and liaise with customers for completion.
• To complete a range of repair & maintenance work to a professional standard.

Job description

Job Category: Trade & Operatives
Location: Council Offices, Southwark Council
Hours Per Week: 36.00
Start Date: Immediate Station
Start Time: 09:00
End Time: 17:00
Salary: £23.52

Purpose of the Job

1. Demonstrating excellent operational skills whilst providing skilled workmanship within the building trades as part of a multidisciplinary team maintaining, servicing and improving the council’s housing and property stock.

2. To self-manage work within the requirements of the delivery; liaising with customers to enable the smooth running and completion of each job, providing diagnoses and making recommendations regarding the remedial work required to defects.

Principal Accountabilities

• To provide knowledge, understanding and execution of installation, repairs and maintenance, inspection of equipment of operational buildings, features and fittings within housing managed stock and infrastructure.
• To be responsible for completing a range of Repair & Maintenance work to a professional standard and highly productive level, acting with minimum supervision and a large degree of self-management.
• Carry out to the highest standard all aspects of repair / renewal work to items in various trades such as ground works, carpentry, plumbing, glazing and finishing trades (painting & decorating, plastering / tiling). Undertake a broad range of multi-skilled repair activities to provide a comprehensive repair service.

Job Context

Southwark Repairs provides 24 hours, seven day a week repairs and maintenance services to the residents of Southwark Council housing stock. The service delivers approximately 50,000 individual repair orders and over 1000 refurbishments to void properties each year.

Organisational Objectives: The priorities for the division to which this role will be a major contributor are: - A Fit for the Future Service that puts the residents needs at the heart of the service - To deliver the service well, so our residents say they are: Proud of their home, their block and estate; Living in a safe, well maintained home and building; Listened to by their landlord

Knowledge, Qualifications & Experience

• City And Guilds plumbing NVQ 2 or equivalent, or City and Guilds Carpentry NVQ 3 or equivalent
• City and Guild Multi-skilled NVQ 3 or equivalent
• Good level of literacy and numeracy
• Demonstrate evidence of continued professional and personal development within a relevant discipline
• Understanding of issues around the delivery of maintenance and refurbishment contracts in relation to a housing repairs environment
• Understanding of relevant legislation and codes of practice including H&S, Building Regulations, Fire Regulations, etc.
• Demonstrable experience of working in the building and trades industry carrying out repairs and maintenance to void and tenanted properties
• Experience of working within diverse communities of all abilities
• Experience of working Independently making decisions required for the completion of jobs
• Experience of working within teams
• Demonstrable experience of customer service matters while working with customers in the community
• Ability to formulate practical solutions to problems given the constraints of the situation. Ability to make well reasoned decisions based on available information, within given timeframes.
• Ability to plan, prioritise and organise workload to meet required deadlines
• Ability to respond to the needs of customers politely and efficiently, and to deal with issues calmly and objectively
• Can use the available information technology effectively, and efficiently to meet work demands
• Ability to lead and motivate trainees, apprentices or staff, to act as a coach and mentor to these