Multi Skilled Operative
$38,703–$38,703 year
On-siteLondon, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Conduct responsive repairs across occupied social housing properties, including painting, plastering, brickwork, carpentry, tiling, and minor plumbing. Execute tasks such as patch repairs, mould treatment, installing kitchen cabinets, and reseeding grass areas while ensuring all work meets high safety and quality standards. Accurately record job details and completion notes using handheld devices, maintain company tools and vehicles, and deliver excellent customer service in residents' homes. Manage daily workload efficiently to meet service targets. Full-time role with 42.5 hours per week, company van, and fuel card provided.
Required Qualifications
- Proven experience in domestic repairs and maintenance
- Core trade in Carpentry or Plumbing
- Experience in Plastering, Tiling, Decorating, Mould Wash and Ground Works
- Full UK driving licence
- Ability to work independently and manage workload effectively
- Strong fault-finding and problem-solving skills
- Excellent customer service skills, with experience working in occupied homes
- Good understanding of health and safety regulations and safe working practices
- Ability to use handheld devices or job management systems to record work
- Entitlement to work within the UK
- Age over 21
- Held licence over 3 months
- Less than 9 points on licence
- Reliable
- Skilled across multiple trades
- Passionate about getting the job done right the first time
Desired Qualifications
- Painting full rooms including ceilings, walls, doors and pipework
- Patch repairs, plasterboard installation, skimming and hole repairs
- Dot and dab for securing plasterboard
- General brick repairs, pointing and minor concrete works
- Cleaning and treating mould-affected areas
- Installing bath panels, skirting boards, kitchen cabinets, boxing in pipework, and banisters
- Wall tiling in bathrooms and kitchens
- Removal and replacement of silicone in bathrooms
- Reinstating grass areas and reseeding
- Minor plumbing repairs including drainage, unblocking sinks, and ball valve replacements
- Ensuring all repairs are completed safely, efficiently, and to a high standard
- Reporting any further works, safeguarding concerns, or property issues beyond scope
- Delivering excellent customer service while working in residents' homes
- Accurately recording job details, materials used, and completion notes using handheld devices or job sheets
- Maintaining tools, equipment, and company vehicle in good working order
- Managing daily workload efficiently to meet service level targets
- Carrying out a variety of property maintenance tasks
- High-quality repairs and installations across domestic properties
- Improving social housing standards
- Being part of a team that's making a real difference in the community
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Annual Mears Fun Day
- Volunteering Leave
- Staff perks with Mears Rewards - discounts of up to 10% weekly groceries, holidays, eye test vouchers, Share save scheme
- Family friendly policies
- Company Van, Fuel Card, and Uniform
- Background, Identity & Security checks
- Diverse and inclusive environment
- Disability Confident employer
- Equal opportunities for all
- Support for the Armed Forces Covenant
- Gold Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS)
- Endorser Award for the Career Transition Partnership
- Promoting social mobility
- Voluntarily share their background information during the application stages
- Share our vision and values - to make a positive difference to the communities we serve
- Improving homes, improving communities and improving lives
- Customers / Innovation / Teamwork / Responsibility
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