Plasterer/Multitrade

Brackenberry; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A housing maintenance firm in London is seeking a Plasterer to support quality repairs in social housing. Responsibilities include carrying out plastering work, planning workloads, and communicating effectively with supervisors and customers. Candidates should have proven plastering experience, strong customer service skills, and knowledge of health & safety practices. Immediate availability is required.

Qualifications

• Proven plastering experience (domestic or social housing preferred).
• Ability to plan and prioritise workload to meet targets.
• Strong customer service and communication skills.
• Experience using PDAs or similar for job management.
• Knowledge of health & safety practices.

Responsibilities

• Carry out plastering works and relevant trade duties as per supervisor's instructions.
• Plan and organise workload to maximise productive time and service to customers.
• Inform supervisor of any problems or delays affecting appointments.
• Provide updates to supervisors and assist with planning and scheduling of work.
• Report additional repair works identified during visits.

Skills

Plastering experience

Customer service skills

Communication skills

Job management using PDAs

Knowledge of health & safety practices

Job description

Summary

To support the delivery of quality repairs to ensure decent and suitable housing working as part of a team carrying out Plastering works associated, but not limited, to maintenance works to all types of LBI managed properties and social spaces, as scheduled or directed by supervisor.

Responsibilities

• To carry out Plastering works and relevant trade duties as instructed by the Supervisor on Responsive, Planned, Empty Homes, High Value Repairs or Capital Repairs to an excellent standard upon completion.
• To plan and organise workload to maximise productive time and ensure the best service to customers. This includes dealing with urgent and emergency repairs and ensuring, as far as practicable, that all appointments and targets are met.
• To promptly inform a scheduler planner/supervisor of any unanticipated problems or delays that might impact on appointments for that day, so that work can be rescheduled.
• To provide regular updates and information to supervisors/scheduler planner team and other colleagues to assist with ordering of materials, planning and scheduling of work.
• To report any follow on or related repair works identified with the customer where these cannot be completed during the visit, providing sufficient detail to ensure an accurate further works order is raised on the system.

Requirements

• Proven plastering experience (domestic or social housing preferred).
• Ability to plan and prioritise workload to meet targets.
• Strong customer service and communication skills.
• Experience using PDAs or similar for job management.
• Knowledge of health & safety practices.

Please note

• You should be available to work immediately or at a short notice.
• You should have right to work in U.K

Disclaimer: Brackenberry Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. We are committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Unless otherwise stated all of our roles are temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.

Important

We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary. Incase the role requires an enhanced DBS, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.

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