Multi trade operative - carpentry bias

Two Rivers Housing

  • Newent, Gloucestershire
  • £34,226 per year
  • Permanent
  • Part-time
  • 5 days ago
We’re looking for a Multi Trade Operative who wants to make a difference and help deliver our purpose for warm, safe and affordable homes for our tenants.We recognise that no candidate will meet every desired requirement, so if your experience looks a little different and you think you can bring your great skills and can-do-attitude to the role, we’d love to hear from you.You'll become a valued member of the repairs and maintenance team, providing a first-class property service delivery to our tenants.You can expect the following:
  • Uniform and power tools to get the job done
  • Monthly pay
  • 26 days holiday per year rising to a maximum of 30 days for each year of service completed (plus bank holidays)
  • Van & Fuel card provided (work use only)
  • Work mobile phone provided
  • Generous pension scheme arrangements
  • Life cover
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Ability to buy up to 5 days extra annual leave
What you’ll have
  • A proven track record of working in Housing/Maintenance/Construction industry
  • A relevant trade qualification and/or experience in relation to building maintenance and repairs
  • A proven ability to diagnose/problem solve, undertake and complete work to high levels of quality and customer satisfaction
  • A thorough understanding and commitment to health and safety
  • A strong work ethic, knows what good looks like and the drive to complete work to an excellent standard without close supervision
  • Is a people person with excellent customer service skills
  • A valid UK driving licence
We are keen to invite the best people to join us as soon as possible so we will be interviewing and hiring on an ongoing basis. We might close the advert early if we find the right candidates.People lie at the heart of Two Rivers Housing’s success and we offer great rewards in return for great contributions from our staff.We have always been deeply committed to training, motivating and developing our staff in a variety of ways, and our continuing focus on this has been recognised by several . We are particularly proud to have earned our place in the Sunday Times ‘Top 100 Best Not for Profit Organisations to Work For’ and we have held the Investors in People ‘Gold’ accreditation for several years now. We’ve also won awards for our apprenticeship training programme.Here are just a few of the many reasons why we – and others – think Two Rivers Housing is an excellent organisation to work for.
  • We’re a
that makes a real difference to the lives of thousands of people. * We work in a
, which has been nationally-accredited for energy-efficiency, sustainability and workplace safety. * We offer a flexible approach to working styles and work-life balance, including options to use our flexi-time scheme, agile working policies and our job-share and part-time contracts.
  • We run employee engagement initiatives and a reward scheme to recognise individual and team contributions.
  • We believe in having fun at work too! We run social events, summer barbecues, morning briefings with breakfast thrown in, an annual all-staff awayday and there’s always a plentiful supply of cake to raise money for charity and celebrate special occasions!
  • We support every member of staff to provide one day each year to support community projects that are really valued by the organisations and charities we help through activities such as gardening, litter-picking and painting.

Two Rivers Housing