Skilled Labourer (Multi Trade)

Novus Property Solutions Ltd; Warminster; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fleet van

Pension

Training and development

Refer a friend

Discounted healthcare

Job summary

Novus Property Solutions is seeking a Skilled Labourer to perform general maintenance on tenanted properties. The role involves basic joinery, plumbing, and plastering tasks, with site cleanliness, PDA usage, and safe working practices mandatory.

You will work on a social housing contract in a team that values quality service. The position offers long-term stability, Monday–Friday hours, and training opportunities.

Qualifications

• Experience as a handyperson or skilled labourer on construction sites.
• Full UK driving licence and DBS check.
• Willingness to work Monday to Friday, 39 hours with on-call rota.

Responsibilities

• General maintenance around tenanted sites.
• Basic joinery: doors, windows, kitchens and bathrooms.
• Basic plumbing: taps, basins, baths, showers.
• Patch plastering; painting and decorating desirable.
• Keep site clean and remove refuge from site.
• Use a PDA and work from job tickets.
• Follow health and safety procedures.
• Manage systems to stay up to date.

Skills

Handyman skills

Team player

Health and safety

Customer service

Tools

PDA usage

Job description

Location: Onsite covering Warminster and approx 60-90 minute radius - typically working Monday to Friday 39 hours

As a Skilled Labourer for Novus Property Solutions, you’ll work with a great team, who support each other and work together to deliver a great service for our customers. Possessing a background as a handyperson/skilled labourer with basic trade skills on Site, familiar with working internally and externally, at height and ideally working within Social Housing tenanted properties, although further training, including in Health and Safety will be given.

What’s in it for you?

• Stable, long-term work on an ongoing social housing contract on responsive repairs – no chasing work
  
• Work-life balance with standard Monday–Friday hours (39 per week) & organised workloads, along with on call approx 1 in every 7 weeks
• 23 days holiday + bank holidays, with the flexibility to buy or sell annual leave.
• Fleet Van/Fuel Card (business use)
  
• Pension scheme to support your future.
  
• Training and development – relevant to your role if required.
• Supportive planning team who schedule your jobs to reduce travel time and help your day run smoothly.
• Refer a friend scheme – earn up to £1000
• Additional benefits, including:
• Discounted healthcare scheme
• High street & lifestyle discounts (including Tastecard)
• One paid volunteering day per year
• Length of service awards

Most importantly, you’ll be working in a role where your work genuinely makes a difference. You’ll help people feel safe and comfortable in their own homes, while being part of a respectful, inclusive, and professional team that values doing the job properly.

An outline of your responsibilities and experience

• General maintenance around site(tenanted properties), supporting all trades across various internal responsive repair works
• Basic joinery including, repairs or replacements of doors, windows, kitchens and bathrooms
• Basic plumbing including repairing or replacing taps, basins, baths, shower trays/heads, sanitary ware
• Basic patch plastering experience
• Painting and Decorating experience desirable not essential
• Ensure all site is kept clean and in order, including removing refuge from site
• Using a PDA and working from job tickets
• Follow and enforce company health and safety procedures
• Always delivering an outstanding service to customers with the understanding that you are working in their homes
• Manage Systems so they are up to date and accurate
• This role will require a Full UK Driving Licence
• The role will require a DBS check to be taken

A little bit about us

Novus Property Solutions is a dynamic, award-winning property maintenance, refurbishment, compliance, and decarbonisation specialist with more than 700 colleagues in 19 locations across Great Britain, providing a combination of local knowledge and national strength. We are a social and environmentally responsible family-owned business with a rich 129-year heritage, delivering a range of bespoke services and solutions to a wide variety of clients. Our vision is to be the leader in building and maintenance solutions, delivered with compassion and care for the communities in which we operate

At Novus Property Solutions we value people, and we are committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace that enables our people to bring their full selves to work. We understand for many reasons, that people very rarely meet all the criteria laid out in the job advert, so, we encourage you to apply to the role even if you do not meet all the criteria or hold all the qualifications. You may be just who we are looking for to join our award-winning Property Maintenance company in this, or another role.