Labourer

Places for People; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company van with fuel card

35 days annual leave

Overtime opportunities

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

Tools, uniform, iPad, mobile phone and

PPE provided

Pension with matched contributions up

Permanent, secure employment

Consistent workload in your dedicated

Bonus scheme up to 2%

Death in Service benefit

Sick pay

Job summary

Places for People is hiring a Labourer to carry out repairs across domestic properties and support trades across our local area. You’ll work in a permanent role with a company van, tools, PPE and a structured schedule, helping to improve customers’ homes and neighbourhoods.

You will need a full UK driving licence and be based within the advertised postcode. The role offers stable employment, pension benefits, and opportunities for overtime and career progression.

Qualifications

• Experience working as a Labourer, ideally within social housing or domestic properties.
• Full UK driving licence.
• Must be based within the advertised postcode.

Responsibilities

• Carrying out a range of general repair tasks across domestic properties both internally and externally.
• Supporting multiple trades including joinery, tiling, painting, and basic plumbing.
• 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.
• Supporting team performance and maintaining strong customer service standards.

Education

Full UK driving licence

Job description

We're hiring a Labourer, 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 vanwith fuel card
• 35 days annual leave (including bank holidays)with options to buy and sell leave
• Overtimeopportunities available
• Coreworking hours of 08:00-16:30 Monday-Friday
• Tools, uniform, iPad, mobile phone and PPE provided
• Pensionwith matched contributions up to 7%
• Permanent, secure employment
• Consistent workloadwithin your dedicated area
• A bonus scheme for all Colleagues at up to 2%
• Death in Service benefit
• Sick pay

What you'll be doing

• Carrying out a range of general repair tasks across domestic properties bothinternally and externally
• Supporting multiple trades including joinery, tiling, painting, and basic plumbing
• Working to specifications and ensuring compliance with health and safety requirements
• Collaborating with supervisors, schedulers, and wider teams to meet deadlines
• Recordingwork activity and completing required documentation
• Supporting team performance and maintaining strong customer service standards

What your day looks like

• A structured schedule covering repairs and maintenancework
• Travelling between jobs inyour company van
• Working independently or with a team of other tradespeople
• Engaging directlywith Customers in their homes
• Completingwork efficiently while maintaining quality and compliance standards

Where you'll work

You will beworking across:

• Occupied homes
• Empty (void) properties
• A range of domestic propertieswithin your local area
• Environments involvingvulnerable Customers

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

• Experienceworking as a Labourer, ideally within social housing or domestic properties
• Full UK driving licence
• Due to the area this patch covers, you will need to be basedwithin the advertised postcode

Nice to have (not essential)

• Experienceworking across multiple trades such as joinery, tiling, or plumbing
• Additional tradequalifications

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

Safeguarding

At Places for People, safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. We are committed to creating safe communities for our customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect.

We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment.

By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communities.