Multi-skill Trades - Carpenter

Platform Housing Group; Leicester; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary £36,848 + overtime potential

25 days holiday + 5 days possible

Pension contributions up to 12%

Company van & fuel card

Mobile phone, tablet & lone worker</n>

Healthcare & dental plan

Job summary

Platform Property Care, part of Platform Housing Group, seeks an experienced Multi Skill Trades Carpenter to cover Leicester and surrounding areas. You will mainly carpentry but multi-trade repair work is expected, in customers' homes, delivering high standards.

You must be friendly, with strong communication, customer service and organisational skills. DBS check and a full UK driving licence are required for this mobile role.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 2 Carpentry or equivalent.
• Experience as Carpenter in building trades.
• Experience with social landlords/housing associations/councils.
• Skills in plumbing, plaster patching, decorating, tiling.
• Experience delivering multi-trade repairs and maintenance.
• Good organisational skills and ability to keep jobs on track.

Skills

Carpentry

Multi-skill trades

PDA

Communication

IT skills

Education

NVQ Level 2 Carpentry

Job description

Have you got the right tools for the job?

Platform Property Care need an experienced Multi Skill Trades Carpenter based in Leicester and the surrounding area to join our talented Repairs & Maintenance team and help us maintain and improve our homes, ensuring our customer's homes are maintained and repaired to a great standard.

You will be a Multi Skill Trades Carpenter and carpentry will be your focus, but experience in other trades is an advantage, as you will be delivering Multi Trade repairs and maintenance.

The role is varied. No two days will be the same and you will meet a wide range of customers along the way. It's a tough task and our expectations are high. In return, you'll have the support of a great team.

We want somebody who can:

A team player, you'll be hard working and keen to learn with a can-do attitude. You'll be working in people's homes, so you'll need to be friendly and approachable with good communication and customer service skills. You'll also need to be organised and recognise the importance of delivering work right first time.

Working for Platform Property Care you will benefit from

• Basic salary of £36,848 per annum plus opportunity to earn more from out of hours and voluntary overtime
• 25 days holiday plus opportunity to buy additional 5 days leave
• Pension contribution scheme with employer contributions of up to 12% (inclusive of life assurance and dependent on employee contributions)
• PPC Van + Fuel Card
• Mobile phone, iPad & lone worker device provided
• Access to free healthcare and dental plan through Medicash

We want someone who has:

• NVQ L2 Carpentry
• Experience of working as a Carpenter in the building trade either as a Carpenter or as a multi-skilled Carpenter
• Experience of working for a Social Landlord, housing association or council
• Associated trade skills of plumbing, plaster patching, decorating and wall tiling
• Experience of delivering multi-trade work
• Good organisational skills
• Experience of keeping jobs on track
• The drive to ensure works are completed quickly and efficiently
• Good IT Skills. Experienced using a PDA. Experience of using Microsoft and Outlook email.
• Full current valid driving Licenceessential as this is a mobile role
• As you will be working within Customer's homes this role requires a DBS check.

There is also the opportunity to earn additional from being on the out of hours rota, which is required.

This role is for a team covering Leicester and the surrounding area so you would need to live in this area.

Part of Platform Housing Group, Platform Property Care is a well-established property maintenance business. Working with us is more than just a job. We value the contribution that our colleagues make to our business; our vision is clear – we are growing fast, and we aim to achieve our plan through an engaged and highly skilled team.

This role is mobile, so it is essential you have a current valid driving licence. Unfortunately, we cannot progress applications from applicants who do not hold this.

We do not require recruitment agency support at this time - all speculative CV's will be treated as a direct application.