Painter / Decorator

Southampton City Council; Southampton; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Southampton City Council as a Painter Decorator in the Voids team, responsible for maintaining over 16,500 properties. This role demands expertise in painting, exceptional customer service skills, and a flexible approach to meet varying needs. Enjoy competitive pay, career progression, and numerous employee benefits.

Benefits

Generous local government pension scheme.

Flexible working and up to 13 days of Flexi Leave.

Hybrid working arrangements.

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.

Employee assistance programme.

Qualifications

• Experience and knowledge in painting and decorating is essential.
• Full clean driving licence required.
• Ability to work under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Perform all aspects of painting and decorating on over 16,500 properties.
• Carry out fire safety work within properties.
• Manage small works in other areas as required.

Skills

Customer Service

Time Management

Organizational Skills

Job description

Are you looking to develop an interesting and rewarding career in an ambitious city? Are you, highly motivated, professional and friendly? We are looking for and experienced Painter Decorator within our Voids (Empty Property) team.

Southampton is a city of opportunity. Can you help us deliver the vision for the entire city, ensuring we leave a positive legacy for future generations?

About You

You will be part of the busy Void Team undertaking Painting and Decorating work to over 16,500 council owned properties including the repairs and maintenance to approximately 1,000 empty properties per year throughout our estates across the city. Your duties will include;

• All aspects of general painting & decorating
• Fire safety work within our properties
• Working on housing stock and communal areas
• Carry out small works in other trade disciplines
• Tiling, Artexing, patch plastering would be an advantage
  
  

Experience and knowledge in this field is a must.

You will need a full clean driving licence in order to drive our vehicles and will also be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check as part of the pre-employment checks.

As the work is varied a flexible approach is required to meet changing needs and tight deadlines. Excellent customer service skills, enthusiasm, and a ‘can do’ attitude is essential as you’ll be our ambassador when speaking to customers and suppliers. You will liaise with residents, peers and colleagues on a daily basis so communication and customer focus will be essential to the role. Organisational, customer service, time management and high level of competency in using IT systems are key to this role. You will need to be able to remain calm and unflustered when working under pressure and/or faced with confrontation.

About Us

We are committed to being a Child and Resident Friendly City where people are proud to live and work and where you can make a significant difference to our local communities. We want Southampton to be a modern city, amongst the best places to grow up, live and work in and we are committed to tackling inequality and to creating a city that is greener, fairer and healthier.

About Southampton

• Our city is easy to travel around on foot, bike and public transport
• We have a fantastic range of retail outlets, restaurants, bars, cinemas and theatres.
• Our City has award-winning parks and open spaces with the New Forest National Park and beautiful beaches on our doorstep
• We have one of the major ports in the UK operating 364 days a year.
  
  

Why work for us?

You can be confident of a rewarding career, with a competitive salary, job security and a wide range of employee benefits including generous annual leave and career progression opportunities in return for your dedication to bettering the lives of Southampton’s residents.

You will work a 39-hour week and your basic leave entitlement is 26 days annual leave per year (not including bank holidays), with an additional 12 days TOIL [Time Off in Lieu] giving a total balance of 38 days leave. The basic leave level of 25 days leave increases to 29 days after you have completed 5 years of continuous service. Other employee benefits range from childcare vouchers and discounted travel to money off at selected restaurants, shops and salons.

If you’d like to be part of our team and our City, apply today!

What We Can Offer You

Here at SCC we have a range of different perks and benefits, a few examples can be found below.

• A generous local government pension scheme.
• Flexible working (role dependant). Up to 13 days of Flexi Leave.
• Hybrid working arrangements (role dependant).
• 25 days annual leave (pro rata), plus bank holidays.
• Online Benefits – salary sacrifice schemes, benefits and discounts.
• Great local transport links.
• Employee assistance programme with access to our health wellbeing and support.
  
  

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Contact details for informal discussion:

If you need more information or wish to discuss this position, please contact Mark Chandler at

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Recruitment contact details:

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