Location
Loughton, Essex | United Kingdom
Job description
This exciting opportunity will be based in Loughton within our Working Progress Repairs team. You will join us on a fixed term basis for 3 months (possibility for extension) in return for a salary between £28,000 to £35,000 per annum. Salary will reflect your skills and knowledge.
You will also receive other benefits including:
- Pension scheme contributions set at 7% of salary
- Life Insurance cover at 4 x your annual salary
- 25 days a year holiday, plus bank holidays
Your role and responsibilities:
- To undertake carpentry and a secondary trade skill
- Excellent understanding of carpentry techniques, methods of installation and construction
- Carryout works safely and where necessary at height
- Order and collect material (Working with in the manual handling safety guidelines)
- Proficient in using electrical and manual equipment and proficient at reading a specification and a technical drawing
- Maintain impress van stock of materials including recording usage on handheld device.
- Use the delivery service and “Pod” assigned to you, to replenish your impressed stock, while minimising travel and downtime
- Specify and order specialist materials where required to complete task. Minimise any wastage
- Using the handheld device accurately record required information on job orders
- Ensure standby log sheets, material orders, vehicle checks, annual leave requests are all completed through our systems and in line with our policies
- Achieve relevant productivity and performance targets set on annual basis
- Inform Supervisors of work orders requiring cancelling, follow on works or change in status
- Written – Produce short reports for Supervisors as required
- Ensure the safe, effective use of tools and plant ensuring they are regularly maintained and serviced, and your supervisor is notified of any loss or damage
- Understand and abide with the Health & Safety regulations and ensure all work practices are safe
- Carry out risk assessments, reporting bad practice and dangerous occurrences to your supervisor
- To deliver quality workmanship within your specific trades and without close supervision
- On completion of work inspect quality and be satisfied before leaving the customer
- Take responsibility for supervising apprentices if assigned and the quality of their work
- To undertake flexible working patterns as required to provide effective, customer-focussed services
- Taking part in the standby duty rota and flexible working hours outside of normal office hours
What you will bring to the team:
Knowledge and skills:
- Working knowledge of relevant Health and Safety Legislation
- Demonstrate a good understanding of safeguarding issues commensurate with the role
- Multi-skilled and able to undertake work across more than one trade.
- Self-motivated and a good team player
- Make sound judgements and choices in line with the company’s guidelines and goals
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a strong customer focus
- To maintain an effective and professional approach at all times
- Work collaboratively with colleagues, other staff, customers and partners to provide efficient and effective services
- Ability to problem solve, balancing customer needs with targets and constraints
- Ability to use ICT systems and able to accurately record information in a format
- Positively support the introduction, development and implementation of new technology and working methods to improve the service
- Keep up to date with developments and innovations in the building maintenance industry and maintain own continuous professional development
- Project management and time management
- Ability to work alone
Qualifications and experience:
- Substantial experience in the building industry to acquire the skills and techniques of your specialised trade and a secondary trade
- City and Guilds qualification up to (NVQ level 3) or relevant experience in one trade and others
- Holder of relevant current construction skills certification scheme CSCS site operative card
- Full driving licence as a work van will be provided
- A satisfactory DBS check is required as part of this role
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