Plasterer

Wates Group; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Wates Group as a Plasterer where you will work in our Responsive Maintenance division on social housing contracts. Responsibilities include completing repair works, ensuring high standards of customer service, and working collaboratively with other trades. Ideal candidates should have strong communication skills, problem-solving abilities, and a commitment to delivering quality work.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills required.
• Ability to problem solve and multitask under tight deadlines.
• High standards of workmanship and productivity.

Responsibilities

• Undertake repair/renewal works for social housing.
• Complete daily work sheets detailing work undertaken.
• Collaborate with other trades and operatives.

Skills

Communication

Problem Solving

Multitasking

Time Management

Customer Service

Job description

Wates has an opportunity for a Plasterer to join our Wates team within our Responsive Maintenance division. You will be working out of our Lambeth 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, multitask, work to tight deadlines, and maintain high standards of workmanship and productivity. Providing excellent customer service at all times is essential.

Given the nature of this position, you will need to undergo a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) at offer stage. Applicants with criminal convictions will be assessed individually, and we assure you that we do not discriminate based on an applicant's criminal record or the details of any disclosed offenses. Additionally, certain roles may be subject to additional pre-employment checks.

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.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer. We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.

Awards

• BEST PROJECT, Inside Housing Development Awards
• WINNER, 2022 Construction News Awards
• GOLD AWARD, Investors in People 2022
• GOLD AWARD, Considerate Constructors Schemes (CCS) National Site Awards
• TOP 50 EMPLOYERS, 2022 Top 50 Employers for Women
• WINNER, 2022 Working Families Best Practice Awards