Multi Skilled Operative

Livin Housing Limited; North East, Darlington; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job description

Annual salary: up to £37,931.25

Multi Skilled Operative

Darlington

Full Time, Permanent, 42.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 8am – 5pm

Salary up to £35,700 per annum, plus company van & fuel card

Mears provides temporary accommodation to asylum seekers whilst their claim is being assessed in three regions: Northeast, Yorkshire and Humber, Northern Ireland, and Scotland. At the end of May 2021, Mears had over 19,000 service users across the three regions. Mears works in partnership with central and local Government, registered providers, tenants, landlords, and investors to find solutions to homelessness, provide more social and affordable housing, and create specialist housing for people with care needs.

About the Role:

We are looking for a passionate Multi Skilled Operative to join our rapidly expanding team in the Northeast of England to work within a busy responsive repairs environment. Reporting individual job actions from site to ensure our clients receive high levels of service and satisfaction. As a Multi Skilled Operative, your main duties will include repairs and refurbishment activities to our tenanted accommodation properties, delivering best-in-class customer service and satisfying all safety, quality, and cost control standards. The main role will be to complete general repairs on homes including changing doors, taps, baths, fixing radiators, fixing kitchen units, fire doors, carpets, as well as plastering any ceiling and walls where required.

Role Criteria:

• NVQ level 2 in either Plastering, Plumbing, or Joinery

• Trade knowledge and experience in 2 other trades

• Must hold a full UK driving License

• Ability to work on your own initiative

• Flexible and willing to travel

• Excellent communication and customer service skills

• All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK; Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship.

Benefits we can offer you

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

• Annual Mears Fun Day - Our annual Fun Day is organised as a massive thank you from the Executive team for all the hard work!

• Volunteering Leave - Mears supports employees to undertake paid volunteering in the community, in support of our social value commitment.

• Staff perks with Mears Rewards - discounts of up to 10% on weekly groceries, holidays, eye test vouchers, Share save scheme, plus much more

• Family friendly policies

• Company Van, Fuel Card, and Uniform

As part of the recruitment process for this role, we will carry out a DBS & BPSS check, as well as Security Clearance. For these checks to be completed, we will require from you the relevant identification, including Proof of Address, References, a valid passport, and proof that you have lived in the UK for the last 5 years.

Apply below or to discuss your application further; contact:

Beth Dunford ([e-mail])

Mears Group is a disability confident employer and recognizes our people as our greatest asset; we Hire Individuality, recognizing and valuing everyone as individual and ensuring equal access to opportunities for all regardless of social economic background or individual makeup.

To drive a Mears vehicle, you must be aged over 21, have held your license for over 3 months, and have less than 9 points.

Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant DBS/Security checks before commencement of employment.