Plumber

Wates Group; Croydon; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Plumber to join their Responsive Maintenance division. This role involves delivering essential reactive maintenance services to social housing residents, ensuring compliance with health and safety standards. The ideal candidate will have multi-trade experience, excellent communication skills, and a problem-solving mindset. Join a company that values sustainable communities and offers a supportive work environment, where your contributions will help reimagine places for people to thrive. If you're looking for a fulfilling role in a family-owned company with a rich legacy, this opportunity is for you.

Qualifications

• Professional Plumber with multi-trade experience in similar environments.
• Excellent communicator, capable of problem-solving and multitasking.

Responsibilities

• Deliver reactive maintenance to residents in social housing contracts.
• Collaborate with colleagues and contractors to complete complex orders.

Skills

Plumbing

Customer Service

Problem-Solving

Multitasking

Health and Safety Standards

Education

Full UK Driving Licence

Tools

PDA

Job description

This is a Full Time/Flexible Working, Permanent vacancy that will close 10 hours ago at 23:59 BST.

The Vacancy

Wates has an opportunity for a Plumber to join our team within the Responsive Maintenance division. You will be working out of our Croydon office on one of our social housing contracts, delivering reactive maintenance to residents.

Key Accountabilities will include:

• Understanding and working to industry-accepted Health and Safety standards.
• Undertaking repair/renewal works to plumbing installations and associated or minor maintenance tasks utilizing your multi-trade experience.
• Collaborating with colleagues or contractors to complete complex orders.
• Using PDA to receive instructions and feedback electronically on works undertaken or to be undertaken.
• Liaising with Supervisors/schedulers promptly when works cannot be completed on the first visit, providing detailed information for scheduling.
• Providing excellent customer service to residents, clients, and colleagues.

You must have a full UK driving licence.

We are seeking a professional Plumber with multi-trade experience gained from similar industry environments. To succeed, you should be an excellent communicator, capable of problem-solving, multitasking, and working to tight deadlines.

Due to the nature of this role, you will need to undergo a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) at the offer stage. We assess applicants with criminal convictions on an individual basis and do not discriminate based on criminal records. Additional pre-employment checks may apply.

Wates is a leading UK family-owned development, building, and property maintenance company with over 125 years of legacy in the built environment.

Our purpose is ‘reimagining places for people to thrive,’ supported by our three promises:

• Thriving places: Creating sustainable, inclusive communities with our customers, partners, and communities.
• Thriving planet: Protecting nature and addressing climate change through collaboration and innovation.
• Thriving people: Providing opportunities and fostering inclusive, caring relationships with our employees and partners.

We are proud to be recognized as a Gold Investors in People employer and as a Disability Confident employer. Our recruitment processes are inclusive and non-discriminatory, including for applicants with criminal backgrounds.

Awards

• Inside Housing Development Awards - Best Project
• 2022 Construction News Awards - Winner
• Investors in People 2022 - Gold Award
• Considerate Constructors Schemes (CCS) National Site Awards - Gold Award
• 2022 Top 50 Employers for Women - Top 50 Employers

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