Maintenance Technician/Handyperson (mobile)

Viewpoint Housing Association; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A housing association in the City of Edinburgh is seeking a maintenance operative to ensure properties are maintained to high standards. Responsibilities include minor joinery, plumbing, and safety compliance. The role requires a full driving license as it's mobile across Edinburgh and Fife. The ideal candidate will have skills in maintenance tasks and a commitment to Health and Safety standards. Competitive benefits include generous holiday allowance and training opportunities.

Benefits

7 weeks holidays including public holidays

Training opportunities

Attractive pension scheme

Blue Light Card Discount

Qualifications

• Experience in maintenance tasks including joinery and plumbing.
• Understanding of Health and Safety regulations.
• Ability to document tasks and report issues effectively.

Responsibilities

• Maintain assets to agreed service delivery standards.
• Deliver building safety and caretaking services.
• Document safety tests and inspections.
• Report repair concerns to the Assets Team.

Skills

Minor joinery

Plumbing

Maintenance works

Health and Safety compliance

Documentation skills

Job description

Reporting directly to the Working Chargehand, you will be responsible for ensuring VHA’s assets are maintained to agreed standards of service delivery.

You will be responsible for the effective and efficient delivery of a range of building safety, caretaking and handyperson services. You will be allocated tasks of a varied nature according to your skill set which will include but won’t be limited to minor joinery, plumbing and maintenance works, painting and other minor works across our housing complexes, care homes and offices.

You will ensure all properties are maintained to agreed standards in relation to Health and Safety compliance with the responsibility of recording safety tests and inspections with logbooks and inspection reports.

You will be responsible for ensuring our buildings are safe, clean and clear of obstructions, documenting your tasks and inspecting and reporting repair and maintenance concerns to the Assets Team for further escalation to contractors.

More details can be found in the Job Description and Person Specification.

Please be aware there is a business requirement to work 9am to 5pm Monday to Thursday and 9am to 4.30pm on a Friday to provide the expected level of customer service. Please note this is a mobile role across Edinburgh and Fife and you will be expected to have and maintain a full driving license.

Our organisational values and behaviours expect all our staff to be able to work with colleagues from a variety of backgrounds with an approachable and solution-oriented style; keen to support and drive the development of a positive working culture across the organisation and able to represent the organisation in all that they do.

Benefits

• 7 weeks holidays including public holidays
• Training opportunities
• Attractive pension scheme
• Blue Light Card Discount

Closing date: 5pm on 26th January 2026

How to Apply

To apply for the vacancy, you must complete our online application form - we do not accept CV's.