Multi Trader (Decorator)

ENGINEERINGUK; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Voids Decorator/Multi Trader to join their team. This role involves delivering reactive maintenance in social housing, ensuring high standards of workmanship and excellent customer service. The ideal candidate will be an excellent communicator, capable of problem-solving and working under tight deadlines. Join a family-owned business with a proud legacy, committed to creating sustainable and inclusive communities. This opportunity offers professional development and a supportive work environment where everyone is valued and included.

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate effectively and solve problems.
• High standard of workmanship and productivity levels.

Responsibilities

• Undertaking repair and renewal works as part of the maintenance team.
• Completing daily work sheets detailing tasks and materials used.

Skills

Excellent communication

Problem-solving

Multi-tasking

Customer service

Job description

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Sector: Banking and Financial Services
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time

The Vacancy

Wates have an opportunity for a Voids Decorator/ Multi Trader to join our Wates team within our Responsive Maintenance division. You will be working out of our Walton on Thames office on one of our social housing contracts, delivering reactive maintenance to our residents.

Key Accountabilities will include:

• Undertaking repair/renewal works
• Advising Supervisor in a timely manner where other trades are required
• Working solely on certain tasks
• Working in partnership with other operatives to complete certain tasks
• Completing daily work sheets detailing work undertaken and materials used after each job undertaken
• Working in a timely and productive manner to complete programme tasks

To be successful in the role you will be an excellent communicator with the ability to problem solve, multi-task, work to tight deadlines, have a high standard of workmanship, productivity levels, and ability to provide excellent customer service at all times is essential.

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK's leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies. Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, 'reimagining places for people to thrive' and our three promises:

Thriving places - working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
Thriving planet - protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
Thriving people - creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in, and treated with care.

Company

We employ almost 4,000 people, working with a range of clients and partners from across the public and private sectors.

At Wates, we are driven by our purpose of working together to inspire better ways of creating the places, communities, and businesses of tomorrow. We need the right people from whatever background to help us make this happen and we are always looking for talented people from all walks of life to reflect the diverse communities where we work.

By joining Wates, you’ll be working for an organisation which invests in your continued professional development, regardless of which stage you might be at in your career.

Our Guiding Framework

Our Guiding Framework shapes everything we do. It incorporates our driving purpose, it outlines the behaviours we work by, and the goals we are all working together to achieve. These are our values and vision.

As a family-owned business, we know it’s our people who make us successful. And just as in a family, everyone should feel welcome, included, and connected at Wates. We strive to be an organisation where everyone loves to work and to provide a safe space where everyone can be themselves.

Wates Together

Our Diversity and Inclusion plan is our long-term blueprint to create a business where everyone is welcomed, included, and connected. We call this #WatesTogether.

Inclusion and Diversity

We are committed to building an organisation which is more representative of the communities we serve, offering equality of opportunities to diverse talent and an inclusive work environment where this talent thrives.

Social Value

Our approach to social value is rooted in our belief that how we do business, is as important as what we do. Our programmes and activities are focused on creating work and training opportunities, particularly for people furthest away from the workforce, such as care leavers, ex-offenders, and ex-Services personnel; building sustainable communities through employment, skills and awareness, and advocacy of trade with the social enterprise sector.

Environmental Sustainability

The Wates Group is committed to the long-term sustainability of the built environment and we’re working to eliminate carbon from our operations by 2025.

We’re committed to having a workforce that more accurately reflects society and providing an environment that positively encourages flexible working through working arrangements and benefits.