Plumber

The Role

Due to continuous success here at Fortem, we are currently recruiting for a Plumber to join our repairs and maintenance team at Orbit Housing based in Northamptonshire and surrounding areas. (Therefore travel is essential)

Core Hours are Monday to Friday 8.00am-4:30pm.

As a Plumber you will be ensuring all work is undertaken to a high standard with the minimum of supervision. The Plumber takes ownership of work, aiming for successful turnaround times, operating within the company Health and Safety guidelines, and remaining within budget and time parameters, whilst being courteous and professional on site.

The Customer

Fortem's contract with Orbit Housing covers over 17,000 properties across Stratford-upon-Avon, Leamington Spa, Coventry, Nuneaton, Northampton, Milton Keynes and Bedford. We have multiple workstreams, including Repairs & Maintenance, Voids, Capital Works and Re-Roofing. We're proud to say we're the most recent winners of branch of the year here at Fortem, one of the reasons being our excellent internal progression opportunities due to growth within the contract.

Duties and Responsibilities

Completing Plumbing works for Social Housing responsive repairs and maintenance as per the specification, working in a timely and productive manner.

Advising Supervisor in a timely manner when other trades are required.

Working in partnership with other operatives to complete projects.

Recording and submitting accurate data using relevant business systems electronic devices.

Affording excellent customer service to client representatives and tenants.

Arranging purchase of materials required to deliver the works in a planned and efficient manner.

Comply with safeguarding policy and H&S standards at all times.

Operating within the company's occupational road risk policies and procedures.

Using a PDA smart phone to correspond daily with the Repairs Planning team and colleagues to update progress and completion information for your allocated work.

What you will need

Essential criteria: NVQ/City & Guilds qualifications or equivalent / OR Qualified by experience will be considered.

Full UK driving licence (max 5 points).

Desirable criteria: Social Housing experience and Unvented G3.

Benefits

We provide a company Van and Fuel card (for work purposes).

Eligible for bonus up to 5% each year.

25 days annual leave + bank holidays & your birthday off (34 days total).

Pay review every year.

26 weeks full pay maternity leave, 8 weeks full pay paternity leave.

Discounted gym memberships at national and local gyms.

Up to 3,000 colleague referral fee.

Vast directory of training on bespoke in-house Learning Management System.

Other benefits including Sick pay, Private pension, Life Insurance, dental care, private healthcare, cycle-to-work scheme, mobile phone provider discounts & more.

Who we are

We are part of the Willmott Dixon group, established in 2002 Fortem provides specialist property solutions tailored to keep homes and buildings running smoothly. Our highly trained teams deliver a range of internal and external repairs as well as high quality voids, planned installations and gas services. Alongside our core functions, we have extensive experience in decarbonisation, specialising in making homes more energy-efficient and helping clients on their journey to become zero carbon.

Our experience, commitment to best practice and exemplary quality, together with a genuine partnered approach, ensures we achieve excellent outcomes for our partners, clients and customers.

We have an established track record of improving communities and creating better places for people to work and live.

We are Investors in People - Gold, we believe in equality, diversity and respect for all and encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please apply with your updated CV or contact us at the Recruitment team.