Plumber

North Yorkshire Council; England; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A local council in England is seeking a Housing Repairs Plumber to carry out essential repairs and maintenance in social housing. This mobile role ensures properties meet Decent Housing Standards. Candidates must have relevant plumbing qualifications and a strong understanding of Health and Safety regulations. The position includes vehicle use and the opportunity for on-call duties.

Benefits

Local government pension scheme

Salary sacrifice schemes

Employee discount benefits

Travel loans

Confidential wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Experience in domestic plumbing operations required.
• Familiarity with materials, tools, and machinery necessary.
• Knowledge of Health and Safety regulations needed.

Responsibilities

• Carry out domestic plumbing and installation repairs.
• Monitor supplied materials and equipment.
• Ensure compliance with Health & Safety standards.

Skills

Domestic plumbing operations

Communication skills

Health and Safety knowledge

Education

Relevant plumbing qualifications

Tools

Plumbing tools and machinery

Job description

What can we offer you?

In addition to your salary, we offer a range of great benefits to help you financially and make life a bit easier.

These include:

• a local government pension scheme with 18.1% employer contribution
• salary sacrifice schemes
• employee discount benefits including shopping, supermarkets, gym discounts and more!
• travel loans
• Health Assured – confidential help and support for your wellbeing

Click on our Total Rewards Brochure at the bottom of this advert to see the full range of benefits.

Our Service

The Housing Standards Maintenance team is responsible for ensuring the Council's social housing portfolio of circa 8,400 dwellings is maintained to meet all current statutory, regulatory, and legislative standards.

The role

The core focus of this role is to carry out essential repairs and maintenance works on social housing stock to ensure they meet the Decent Housing Standards, complying with current regulatory standards and timescales.

This is a customer focused mobile role completing day to day repairs/ maintenance in our tenanted properties. All our trades operate autonomously using mobile technology to receive all their works.

As a Housing Repairs Plumber, you will:

• Carry out domestic plumbing and installation repairs.
• Record and monitor any supplied materials and equipment as necessary.
• Work to expected Health & Safety standards and safe systems of work.
• Undertake professional, mandatory and skills-based training.
• Carry out maintenance and repair plumbing work, and repairs in associated trades.

The role will come with a Vehicle, and you will be responsible for carrying out routine and daily vehicle safety checks as required and must ensure compliance relating to the vehicle use and its maintenance.

What you will bring

You must have the relevant qualificationsand experience in domestic plumbing operations. You will be familiar with materials, tools and machinery used in the repair and maintenance to carry out your duties. You must always be able to communicate efficiently and courteously at appropriate levels.

You must have knowledge and understanding of Health and Safety and of Building Regulations.

You will bring a good working knowledge of other trades associated with the primary area of experience, such as, but not exclusive to plumbing.

You will be required to participate as part of an on-call team, providing an Out of Hours Emergency Service on a rota basis.

Please refer to full Job Description attached.

Contact and Apply

If you would like to learn more about our opportunity, we recommend contacting Kate Baker or James Woodhead on [e-mail] / [e-mail] for applications or questions relating to this post in Selby, prior to applying.

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Key dates

Closing date: 17th November 2025

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