Level 2 Plumber - Planned Works

Looking for a rewarding trade career as a General Trade Operative with Plumbing ? Use your skills to help Fairhive repair, maintain and improve affordable housing in Buckinghamshire.

Fairhive is a non-profit affordable housing provider with ambition. We already provide affordable housing to more than 20,000 people in our community but we want to do more. That's why we are striving to provide 1,000 additional homes by 2025.

Our trades team play a vital role in the provision of our services from repairing and maintaining existing housing stock to managing environmental improvements to provide more families in our community with a home.

About the role

We are looking for two experienced General Trade Operatives with Plumbing to join our team and to help us achieve our social mission.

On the Job you will:

• Carry out inspections to determine the extent of the repair, maintenance or installation required.
• Carry out repairs or installations of new kitchens and bathrooms as necessary
• Participate in the Out of hours emergency call out cover.

About You

We're looking for someone who understands how important it is to have a safe place we can call home and who is motivated to support the local community.

For this role you will need:

• Be able to carry out a range of plumbing repairs and installations in occupied and empty properties including but not limited to the installation and/or repair of any domestic hot and cold water plumbing, including sanitary ware and wet-room components and drainage, radiators, hot water cylinders, cold water storage tanks, water supply and waste. All the above to current legislative standards and to prevailing performance standards.
• Be able to carry out a range of general trade repairs and installations in occupied and empty properties including but not limited to: full decoration of a house, full tiling of a bathroom/shower room, installation of ?Multipanel', patch plastering 1sqm, basic plumbing and basic carpentry.

You will ideally have skills and attributes that include:

• good communication skills,
• the ability to work as a part of a multi-disciplined team,
• good time management skills
• practical problem solving skills

If you're conscientious, compassionate and want to learn more about a career in our Trades team, we'd love to hear from you!

Benefits include

• 28 days holiday plus Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time)
• Discretionary performance related payment
• Contributory pension scheme
• Flexible working
• Health Cash Plan
• Workplace Options Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee discount scheme

E&D Commitment

Our Vision and Values express our commitment to becoming a leader in our field, providing quality affordable homes and investing in Aylesbury and our surrounding areas' diverse communities. As part of our continued commitment to our workforce accurately reflecting the community we represent, we welcome applicants from ethnic minority backgrounds, and applicants who have status as an individual with a physical or mental disability, as part of our ongoing commitment to Equality and Diversity. We are a Disability Confident Leader.

Closing date : 23rd December 2024 - 1pm
Interview date : TBC

All applications for this role will be reviewed on a continuous basis. As such, should a suitable candidate apply before the closing date, interviews and offers may take place before this date.

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