Plumber Multi

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

Job summary

Wates Group is seeking a Plumber/Multi Trader for their Responsive Maintenance division. The role involves delivering reactive maintenance within social housing contracts and ensuring an understanding of health and safety standards. Candidates should possess multi-trade experience and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• Professional Plumber with multi-trade experience.
• Excellent communicator capable of problem solving.
• Ability to work under tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Undertake repair and renewal works to plumbing installations.
• Work alongside colleagues to complete complex orders.
• Afford excellent customer service to residents and clients.

Skills

Communication

Problem Solving

Multi-tasking

Job description

Location Civic Centre Brixton Hill SW2 1EG

This is a Full Time/Flexible Working , Permanent vacancy that will close in 20 days at 23:59 BST .

The Vacancy

Wates have an opportunity fora Plumber/ Multi Traderto join our Wates teamwithin our Responsive Maintenance division. You will be workingout of our Brixton officeon one of our social housing contracts, delivering reactive maintenance to ourresidents.

Key Accountabilities will include:

• Having an understanding of, and the ability to work to, industry-accepted Health and Safety standards.
• Undertaking repair/renewal works to plumbing installations, and associated or minor maintenance tasks utilising your multi-trade experience.
• Working alongside colleagues or contractors to complete complex orders.
• Using PDA to receive instructions, and to feedback electronically details of works undertaken, or works to be undertaken.
• Liaising with Supervisors/schedulers in a timely manner when works are unable to be completed on a first visit, providing detailed information to allow works to be programmed in.
• Affording excellent customer service to residents, client and colleagues.

We are looking for a professional Plumber who has multi-trade experience gained from working in a similar industry and environment.To be successful in the role you must also be an excellent communicator with the ability to problem solve, multi task and work to tight deadlines.

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.

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

BEST PROJECT

Inside Housing Development Awards

WINNER

WINNER

2022 Construction News Awards Winner

GOLD AWARD

GOLD AWARD

Investors in People 2022

GOLD AWARD

GOLD AWARD

Considerate Constructors Schemes (CCS) National Site Awards

TOP 50 EMPLOYERS

TOP 50 EMPLOYERS

2022 Top 50 Employers for Women

WINNER