Multi Trader

Golding Homes; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A local housing organization is seeking a Multi Trader to join their team in Maidstone. You will be responsible for maintaining properties, ensuring repairs are completed to a high standard while providing excellent customer service. The ideal candidate will possess skills in plumbing, carpentry, and decorating, with experience in social housing being essential. The role offers a competitive salary around £35,700 and comes with diverse benefits including a company vehicle, annual leave, and training opportunities.

Benefits

Company vehicle and fuel card

Mobile device

Uniform

Personal protective equipment

28 days annual leave

Regular training opportunities

Pension contribution and life assurance

Flexible benefits

Annual wellbeing fund

Qualifications

• Experience working in social housing is required.
• Good understanding of health and safety requirements.
• Familiarity with working on a PDA needed.

Responsibilities

• Ensure properties remain at a high standard.
• Complete repairs on time and to standard.
• Travel around properties in Maidstone.

Skills

Plumbing

Carpentry

Decorating

Customer service orientation

Good IT skills

Education

Qualification in a primary trade or equivalent experience

Job description

Are you a Multi Trader ready to take on your next challenge and make an impact? Then you’ve come to the right place.

It’s a great time to join Golding with a real focus on our in‑house Repairs and Maintenance team and driving quality customer service. With an established track record for building quality homes and investing in our local communities we are excited to recruit a Multi Trader who is ready to make a difference to our customers’ lives.

You’ll be part of our Golding Response team and play a key role in shaping our future as well as forging a great career.

We’re looking for an exceptional Multi Trade Operative to assume responsibility for ensuring our current properties remain at a high standard; providing our customers with great quality homes.

You’ll ideally have experience within social housing, good IT skills and experience of working with a PDA on a daily basis.

You’ll be working alongside other skilled operatives to ensure all repairs are completed on time and to standard.

You’ll have a wide range of skills including plumbing, carpentry and decorating.

More about you – What can you bring?

We’re looking for highly motivated customer‑oriented people from all walks of life to bring the right skills to our team – Multi Traders who can provide the best service and value for money to our customers. We’re looking for a qualification in a primary trade or qualified by experience.

Experience gained working in social housing is required.

Good IT skills and experience of working with a PDA required.

A good understanding of health and safety requirements is required which includes working at heights, asbestos awareness, manual handling and COSH although further training will be provided.

We welcome and embrace diverse talent. We are committed to building a healthy vibrant and inclusive organisation that treats people with respect and creates opportunities for all.

When and where you’ll be doing it

You will enjoy a 40‑hour working week and earn an annual salary of circa £35,700 dependent upon your knowledge, skills and experience.

Golding Homes have properties throughout Maidstone and the surrounding area. This role will allow you to travel around our properties, meaning no two weeks will be the same! What’s more you’ll become a permanent member of the Golding family offering you real job security.

What will you get in return

Creating an environment which enables our people to thrive is crucial for us and our Total Reward package goes beyond your salary designed to support you throughout your working life here.

You’ll get

• Company vehicle and fuel card
• Mobile device
• Uniform
• Personal protective equipment
• 28 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays)
• Regular opportunities for training (upskilling and cross‑skilling)
• Company pension contribution and life assurance
• Flexible benefits including health cash plan, additional holiday purchase cycle to work scheme, onsite gym, retail discounts and more.
• An annual wellbeing fund

A full driving licence and a basic DBS is required for this role.

Closing date

Tuesday 23 December at midnight.

Please note we will be shortlisting throughout and reserve the right to close this role early.

The company

The Company has experienced unprecedented growth over the past few years. We have a vast number of employees and provide support to clients from all over the country.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

We’re committed to building diverse talent at Golding and believe our strengths as a team come from having many unique perspectives. We have opportunities for colleagues to work flexibly allowing us to build a healthy vibrant and inclusive organisation which encourages everyone to be themselves at work.

No matter what your ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age or disability status you’ll get all the opportunities, support and respect you’d expect from Golding Homes. We’re committed to valuing diversity and promoting equal opportunities for all and welcome applicants from all communities.