Multi Trade Operative - Carpentry Essential

RGB Recruitment; East Hampshire; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Multi Trade Operative for a role in East Hampshire. The position involves delivering efficient carpentry, plumbing, and maintenance services to ensure high customer satisfaction. Ideal candidates will have experience in various trades, including carpentry and plumbing, and hold at least an NVQ Level 2 qualification. This is a full-time position with a temp to perm potential.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role or trade background with carpentry and plumbing.
• Competent in completing a variety of trade tasks.
• Physically able to perform demanding work.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a high standard of repairs service and ensure customer satisfaction.
• Complete carpentry, plumbing, and maintenance tasks.
• Liaise with customers about progress and actions taken.

Skills

Carpentry

Plumbing

Masonry/Plastering

General Maintenance

Education

NVQ Level 2 or equivalent

Job description

Overview

JOB TITLE: Multi Trade Operative - Carpentry essential

LOCATION: Horndean

SALARY: Up to £37,425 DOE+ van

DURATION: 12 week Temporary to go to Perm

The Employer: We are looking to fill the role of a Multi Trade Operative within a housing environment. Our client is ambitious with a 5 year plan to create a sustainable future for social housing, building new homes and investing in existing ones, creating vibrant, thriving communities.

The Role

• To deliver an efficient, compliant, and consistently high standard of repairs service, ensuring that customer satisfaction is at the heart of every job you complete.
• Fault fixing, maintenance and repair to customer properties.
• Completing a wide variety of carpentry, plumbing and other trade tasks at multi-skilled level in accordance with the Skills Awards L2/3 NVQ Diploma in Maintenance Operations or equivalent. Tasks include plumbing, carpentry and masonry both internally and externally.
• To liaise with customers and other colleagues, as appropriate, to ensure all relevant individuals are aware of progress and action taken.
• Assess and carry out works needed for tenants.
• Ensure all works comply with relevant health and safety legislation, policies and procedures. Include understanding of risk assessments and method statements with appropriate use of equipment, PPE, and safe working practice.
• Deliver works on time and first time wherever possible.
• To use and apply a Schedule of Rates for job costing repairs and ensuring repair orders are varied to correct value.
• Be available to cover out of hours emergency call out in accordance with the rota.
• Complete and maintain paperwork and records accurately.
• Use a laptop/smartphone to record repairs and organise workload.
• Procure job-related materials through main partnering suppliers.
• Maintain a comprehensive van stock of materials, completing works in the most cost-effective manner.
• Maintain the works vehicle in good condition, keep it clean and carry out regular vehicle safety checks reporting any defects to the Fleet Manager & support team.
• Assist all other trades as required to ensure residents receive the best possible quality service.
• Operate multi-task working where required and where skilled/trained to do so.
• Undertake any training needed to widen your skill level if required.

Candidate needs to have

• Experience in a similar role or trade background, preferably with experience of Carpentry, Plumbing, Masonry/Plastering and General Maintenance.
• Competent approach to complete a wide variety carpentry, plumbing and other trade tasks at multi-skilled level.
• Demonstrable experience with a variety of carpentry and plumbing works across a variety of properties.
• Minimum NVQ Level 2, or time served experience in either carpentry, masonry and/or plumbing with proven competency in non-core trades.
• Experience of working as part of a trade team delivering to tight timescales.
• Full driving licence (clean).
• Ability to undertake physically demanding work.

Summary

This is a Temp to Perm, full-time role, working a 40 hour week over 5 days. The role requires a satisfactory Basic DBS check.

Interview

The client is keen to fill this role quickly; if it is of interest, please send your CV so we can put your name forward for interview stage.

Contact: Carol at RGB Recruitment