Semi Skilled Driver

Location

Northampton, Northamptonshire | United Kingdom

Job description

Semi Skilled Driver

Working in our properties across Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire (including Peterborough, Corby, Kettering, Northampton and Milton Keynes)

Permanent, full time (37.5 hpw) Monday to Friday working

Circa £30,285 per annum plus van, and great benefits including Health Cash Plan

Home, a place where you belong

Are you an experienced Semi Skilled Driver looking for a new role with a great employer? Come and join the Home Group Repairs Partnership and be part of our fantastic repairs and maintenance team that we are building to cover the Peterborough to Milton Keynes region which includes towns like Northampton and Corby.

You’ll help us carry out high-quality, right first-time maintenance across our responsive and void properties. If you fancy working alongside a brilliant team, then read on…

Typical day as our Semi Skilled Driver

• Safely drive company vehicles, ferrying materials, tools, and equipment to various locations.
• Loading, unloading and supporting the maintenance and repair teams with general tasks like carrying and installing.
• Keep tools sharp, adhering to health and safety
• Maintaining a tidy workspace and taking on additional duties as directed.
• Supporting our various trades to achieve first time fixes and prevent multiple visits to customers’ homes. This includes repairs, maintenance and property refurbishments.
• Working in our properties across Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire (including Peterborough, March, Corby, Kettering, Northampton and Milton Keynes). All jobs are scheduled so you know exactly where you need to be.

And we really are great, a top 10 Great Place to Work in the UK employer in fact! 

You have

• A full current driving licence, as you’ll be provided with a company van for business use and commuting.
• A track record in a similar semi skilled driver or labourer role
• Confidence safely operating company vehicles and handling materials and tools.
• Physically able, you can lift heavy objects with ease.
• You have a basic familiarity with tools and equipment used in maintenance and repairs, ready to lend a hand where needed.
• A flexible approach, able to use your own initiative and judgement.

Our team

Looking for a job where you really belong? Where you can be, well you! Bring your uniqueness, brilliant skills and awesome experience to deliver amazing things for our customers. You’ll join our team, who come from different walks of life and are here to support you as you make yourself at Home!

Job details

• Working Monday to Friday.   
• Our office bas is Pavillion Drive, Northampton. Our team covers from Peterborough down to the Milton Keynes area and do jobs for our customers in towns like March, Corby, Kettering, Northampton
• You must be able to use technology for logging jobs, complete online learning and collaborating with other colleagues.
• You’ll need a Basic DBS check done and we pay for that.

A place where you belong

Great things happen when we can be ourselves at work. We want all our colleagues to be who they truly are here. Our internal diversity networks, peers and allies (Multicultural, LGBTQIA+ and Disability) support us all to be our best. Together we make Home Group a great place to work!

What’s in it for you?

• 34 days annual leave (including bank holidays and a me day to take off for whatever you fancy) increasing to 39 days. You can also buy 5 more and take time off for volunteering too!   
• Health cash plan saving you from £1140 per annum. We’ll cover your costs (and kids if you have them) towards dental, optical, prescriptions, alternative therapies and lots more.   
• Over 800 high street discounts on groceries, holidays and days out. Looking for a new phone, bike or car?  Save money with us.  
• Generous pension scheme with life insurance of 3x salary 
• We Grow Our Own colleagues (not literally of course!), when you’re ready for the next step in your career, you can grow with us!  

Explore our benefits in detail on our website. 

Find out more

Click APPLY NOW to see our Semi Skilled Construction Operative Job Description find out about us and for help to apply. Sometimes we close a job early, so don’t delay or you might miss out. Finally, do let us know if there’s anything we can do, to help you shine in our process at [email protected]

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Salary

£30.29k per annum