Multi Trade Operative
Smethwick 23 - 23 per hour Contract
Job Reference: TR/100634
A well-established property services contractor is looking for a skilled Multi-Trade Operative to join their social housing maintenance team covering areas including Basingstoke and Newbury. This temp-to-perm opportunity offers a company van, fuel card, paid travel time and long-term career stability with a growing contractor.
The successful Multi-Trade Operative will carry out responsive repairs and occasional void works within occupied social housing properties across the South of England. This role would suit an experienced operative with a strong carpentry background and excellent customer service skills.
Multi-Trade Operative duties:
The successful Multi-Trade Operative will carry out responsive repairs and occasional void works within occupied social housing properties across the South of England. This role would suit an experienced operative with a strong carpentry background and excellent customer service skills.
Multi-Trade Operative duties:
- Complete responsive repairs within occupied social housing properties
- Carry out carpentry repairs alongside basic plumbing, tiling and decorating works
- Support void property works when required
- Use PDA systems to manage and update jobs accurately
- Travel across the regional patch to support service delivery
- Liaise with supervisors and area management to ensure targets are achieved
- Participate in the out-of-hours call-out rota once permanent
- Proven experience working as a Multi-Trade Operative
- Strong carpentry experience within domestic properties
- Experience completing basic plumbing, tiling and painting works
- Previous social housing or responsive repairs experience preferred
- Comfortable working in occupied properties
- Full UK driving licence
- Confident using PDA or job management systems
- Reliable, organised and customer-focused approach
- Temp-to-perm opportunity
- Permanent salary starting from approximately £23 per hour depending on experience
- Company van provided
- Fuel card provided
- Paid travel time from leaving home to returning home
- Enhanced overtime rates including time and a half and double time
- Additional overtime opportunities available subject to workload
- 39-hour working week with early Friday finish
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