Joiner

Together Housing Group; Virginia; On-site; USD 40,000 - 49,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company van

37 hours per week

27 days annual leave (rising to 32) +

LGPS pension

Flexible working environment

Employee benefits

Job summary

Together Housing Group in Calderdale is seeking a Joiner to join our team. You will provide all types of joinery repairs in tenanted and vacant properties, delivering a quality customer service as part of our maintenance service.

You will work to a 'Right First Time' ethos, manage your schedule to minimise downtime, and participate in the on-call rota. The role includes a company van, 37 hours per week, and access to LGPS pension and generous annual leave.

Qualifications

• Joinery experience across repairs and maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Carry out all types of Joinery repairs in tenanted and vacant properties following job tickets and specifications.
• Operate to a Right First Time ethos, aiming to complete repairs in one visit with quality workmanship.
• Organise workload efficiently, highlight over- or under-allocation, and adapt as needed.
• Participate in stand-by or call-out rota and occasional overtime.

Skills

Joiner

Job description

We are looking for aJoiner to join our team, to cover the Calderdale area. As aJoineryou will provide all types of joinery repairs, to tenanted and vacant properties, with a customer service quality driven repair and maintenance service.

Together Housing Group:We are one of the largest housing associations in the North of England, managing over 38,000 homes across the North of England. We are a non-profit organisation, meaning any money we make is invested back into the company for the benefit of our residents and local communities.

Diversity & Inclusion: As an organisation we are committed to having a Diverse and Inclusive workforce. We would therefore welcome applications from candidates with any of the nine protected characteristics. We are also proud to be a Disability Confident employer. Further information can be found at this link - Equality and diversity - Together Housing Group

Outline of Key responsibilities of the Joiner/ Joinery Technician…

• To carry out all types of Joinery repairs to both tenanted and vacant properties in accordance with job tickets, opti-time appointment slots, specifications and contract drawings, to good practice, Building Regulations etc as appropriate and applicable.
• To carry out work with an ethos of “Right First Time” always completing a repair where practicable in one visit, with good quality workmanship and good standard of performance.
• To organise your work to minimise lost or non-productive time, highlighting pro-actively if you have too much / too little work so that work can be re-allocated, extra work allocated etc as appropriate.
• To assist in addressing the peaks and troughs in workload by working overtime and at other times when requested by prior arrangement with your manager. To participate in a stand-by or call-out rota.
• To use your initiative to diagnose and undertake a repair which may be different from the job required or where the job required was of a locate fault type nature. Obtaining approval beforehand as appropriate where the job is more expensive than anticipated, will take much longer than anticipated etc.
• To work to a consistently high standard of workmanship in line with service specification, service standards, safe working procedures and as part of a team to ensure the most efficient use of time, materials and resources etc.

In return, we are offering the successful candidate in the Joiner role…

• Covering the Calderdale area
• Starting salary £33,758
• Company van
• 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 over 5 years’ service) + bank holidays
• You will work a total of 37 hours per week, scheduled between 08:00 and 19:30 across any five days from Monday to Saturday. The exact schedule will depend on business needs at the time. However, to give an idea, atypical working weekmay be Monday to Thursday from 08:00 to 16:00 and Friday from 08:00 to 15:30. Please note that this is subject to change based on business requirements.
• Required to participate in the call-out rota for one week once every eight weeks.
• A flexible working environment, with a range of family friendly policies
• Attractive pension schemes - including Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• To view the full range of our award winning benefits click on Employee Benefits Link

Due to the nature of the role involving work with vulnerable members of society, this post is subject to a Full Criminal Disclosure, which will be carried out when a conditional offer is made.