Joiner

Together Housing; Barnsley; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4-on 4-off shifts

Starting salary £38,319.89

Pension scheme

Health and wellbeing benefits

Training opportunities

Cycle to work

Vehicle leasing

Job summary

Together Housing is seeking a Joiner to join the Repairs and Maintenance team, covering the South Yorkshire area. You will repair joinery in tenanted and vacant properties, delivering a customer service oriented maintenance service with high quality workmanship.

The role operates on a 4-on, 4-off shift pattern, with a starting salary of £38,319.89. Benefits include a pension, health and wellbeing options, and staff training opportunities.

Qualifications

• Full manual UK driving licence.
• Qualified joiner with City and Guilds Advanced Craft Certificate in Carpentry & Joinery or NVQ Level 2.
• Experience in a customer service environment.
• Experience maximising number of jobs completed and repairs in one visit.

Responsibilities

• Carry out all types of joinery repairs to tenanted and vacant properties in accordance with tickets, slots and drawings.
• Aim to complete repairs in one visit with high workmanship and standards.
• Organise work to minimise lost time and re-allocate as needed.
• Work overtime when requested and participate in stand-by or call-out rota.
• Diagnose and undertake repairs; obtain approvals for more costly or time-consuming jobs.
• Maintain service standards and safety procedures as part of a team.

Skills

Full manual UK drivers licence

Joinery experience

Customer service

Efficient planning

Right First Time workmanship

Education

City and Guilds Advanced Craft Certificate In Carpentry & Joinery or NVQ Level 2

Job description

We are looking for aJoiner to join our Repairs and Maintenance team, to cover the South Yorkshire area. As aJoineryou will provide all types of joinery repairs, to tenanted and vacant properties, with a customer service quality driven repair and maintenance service.

Together Housing Group:

We are one of the largest housing associations in the North of England, managing over 38,000 homes across the North of England. We are a non-profit organisation, meaning any money we make is invested back into the company for the benefit of our residents and local communities.

Diversity & Inclusion:

As an organisation we are committed to having a Diverse and Inclusive workforce. We would therefore welcome applications from candidates with any of the nine protected characteristics. We are also proud to be a Disability Confident employer. Further information can be found at this link - Equality and diversity - Together Housing Group

Please note this role operates on a 4-on, 4-off shift pattern.

Outline of Key responsibilities of the Joiner/ Joinery Technician…

• To carry out all types of Joinery repairs to both tenanted and vacant properties in accordance with job tickets, opti-time appointment slots, specifications and contract drawings, to good practice, Building Regulations etc as appropriate and applicable.
• To carry out work with an ethos of “Right First Time” always completing a repair where practicable in one visit, with good quality workmanship and good standard of performance.
• To organise your work to minimise lost or non-productive time, highlighting pro-actively if you have too much / too little work so that work can be re-allocated, extra work allocated etc as appropriate.
• To assist in addressing the peaks and troughs in workload by working overtime and at other times when requested by prior arrangement with your manager. To participate in a stand-by or call-out rota.
• To use your initiative to diagnose and undertake a repair which may be different from the job required or where the job required was of a locate fault type nature. Obtaining approval beforehand as appropriate where the job is more expensive than anticipated, will take much longer than anticipated etc.
• To work to a consistently high standard of workmanship in line with service specification, service standards, safe working procedures and as part of a team to ensure the most efficient use of time, materials and resources etc.

We are looking for someone who has…

• Full manual UK drivers licence

• Experience of working competently in all disciplines normally expected of a qualifiedJoiner/ Joinery Technicianalong with other associated building disciplines as required and as appropriate

• Relevant qualification and experience, e.g. City and Guilds Advanced Craft Certificate In Carpentry & Joinery or equivalent (NVQ Level 2)

• Experience of working in a customer service environment

• Experience of maximising number of jobs completed and repairs completed in one visit.

In return, we are offering the successful candidate in the Joiner role:

• Covering the South Yorkshire area
• Starting salary 4 on 4 off: £38,319.89
• This role follows a 4-on, 4-off shift pattern, scheduled between 08:00 and 20:00 across seven days, Monday to Sunday. Shift lengths may vary depending on business needs, with 12-hour weekday shifts and 7.5-hour weekend shifts. Further details will be discussed during the recruitment process.
• A flexible working environment, with a range of family friendly policies
• Wide range of technical, professional, and personal development training opportunities
• Attractive pension scheme
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to GPs
• A range of financial and lifestyle benefits including cycle to work, vehicle leasing and financial advice
• We have a range of staff support networks, including menopause, culturally diverse, LGBTQ+ and disability.