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London and Quadrant Housing Trust; Essex; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension plan

28 days annual leave rising to 31 days

Westfield Health Cash Plan

Life assurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

London and Quadrant Housing Trust is seeking a Mobile Multi-trader Plumber to join our East London and Essex repairs team. The role covers our East London and Essex areas, with a van provided and contract hours to be worked across multiple sites.

Essential qualifications include a manual driving license, unvented qualification, and a strong focus on safety and customer service. You will perform plumbing, carpentry, tiling, painting and patch plastering tasks in housing environments.

Qualifications

• Sound working trade knowledge and experience.
• Experience gained within a Maintenance, site and or Housing environment.
• Able to deliver excellent customer service.
• Unvented qualification.
• Health and Safety Conscious.
• Previous experience in a similar role.
• Wide range of Multi trade skills.

Responsibilities

• Plumbing repairs and replacements of sinks, water tanks, and bathrooms.
• Carpentry, tiling, painting/decorating and patch plastering repairs.
• Maintain high standards of customer service and right-first-time problem resolution.
• Work across East London and Essex with a mobile working pattern.

Skills

Trade knowledge

Maintenance experience

Customer service

Unvented qualification

Health & safety

Multi-trade skills

Driving licence

Job description

Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time, 40 hours per week

Salary: £41,207 per annum

Location: East London and Essex

Persona: Mobile Working (van provided) contractual hours to be worked from various locations such as resident homes with ad hoc office attendance as required

Work Pattern: 8 to 5 Monday to Friday and call outs per rota

Reporting Office: Stratford, London

Closing date for applications: 20th October 2026 at 11pm

Interview date: 27th October at our Depot in Dagenham

Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated.

Previous applicants need not reapply. L&Q reserves the right to not progress applications for candidates who have had one unsuccessful application/interview process with L&Q for the same or similar role in the previous 12 months.

Benefits include: Excellent pension plan (up to 6% double contribution), 28 days Annual Leave rising to 31 days with length of service + Bank Holidays, Westfield Health Cash Plan, non-contributory life assurance, up to 21 hours volunteering paid days, lifestyle benefits, Employee Assistance Programme and many more…

Join our Repairs Team at L&Q:

Our East London repairs team are looking for a Multi trader Plumber to join the team. The role will cover the following areas East London and Essex.

It is essential to have a manual driving license to carry out this role and you must have your own hand tools (larger tools and specialist equipment will be arranged when needed).

Our plumbers deal with all aspects of Plumbing repairs and replacements of sinks water tanks, and bathrooms. In addition to plumbing you will have associated skills and experience in basic carpentry, tiling, painting/decorating and patch plastering repairs.

We will expect you to have effective communication skills, have experience of working in a building and/or housing maintenance environment including a knowledge of a varied housing stock.

Customer satisfaction is of the utmost importance to L&Q and as a first line of contact to our residents we expect you to have outstanding customer service and ability to deliver a right first-time service. Limiting follow ons and increasing satisfaction.

Our in-house maintenance team core hours are Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm in general. There is the opportunity to earn more from call outs and out of hours service.

To be considered for this role candidates will require/be:

• Sound working trade knowledge and experience
• Experience gained within a Maintenance, site and or Housing environment.
• Able to deliver excellent customer service
• . Unvented qualification
• Health and Safety Conscious
• Previous experience in a similar role
• Wide range of Multi trade skills

If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage during this process, including application stage, please email [e-mail]

About L&Q:

We’re one of the UK’s leading housing associations and developers. We were founded on a simple belief: high quality housing is vital for people’s health, happiness and security. Our purpose is simple – to provide social homes and landlord services that everyone can be proud of.

250,000 people call our properties ‘home’, and we’re proud to serve diverse communities across London, the South East and North West of England.

People are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. The foundation of everything that we are is built on our corporate values, which outline our core expectations and should be demonstrated at all times, and all levels, when representing L&Q – click here to read more.

At L&Q, we know that diversity and inclusion make us stronger – and they’re at the heart of everything we do.

When we recruit, we look at what really matters: your skills, experience, and potential. We’re proud to be recognised for creating an inclusive workplace. We’re a Disability Confident Leader (Level 3) and we’ve introduced our own Recruitment Advocate scheme to make sure every step of our hiring process is fair, transparent, and consistent. It’s all part of our commitment to ending discrimination and making L&Q a place where everyone feels welcome. Find out more here.

Sustainability is also at the heart of what we do. We recognise the responsibility we hold as one of the UK’s largest housing associations.

Click here to find out more about L&Q and why you should join us!