Plumber

Join our team: We are looking for a multi-skilled Plumber.

As part of our team, you will carry out all repairs, maintenance, and installation tasks, both internal and external, relating to your trade. You will ensure we deliver our right first-time approach while complying with all our health and safety, customer, and quality standards. As part of these roles, you may also need to mentor an apprentice, volunteer, or work experience placement.

You will carry out work on domestic properties, which will include showers, sanitary wear, kitchen sinks, toilet cisterns, drainage, mains water, and more. You'll also need to carry out minor building works as required, such as plastering, brickwork, painting, joinery, roofing, and tiling jobs.

This is not an exhaustive list of all your duties, so please refer to the relevant job description attached to this advert for more details.

In order to be successful in this role, you:

• Will have in-depth knowledge of both relevant legislation and repairs and maintenance of buildings in relation to your specific trade.
• Will need an NVQ Level 2 qualification or equivalent in the relevant trade.
• Will have proven experience in your relevant trade.
• Must have a full UK driving license (if you have a disability, we will explore reasonable adjustments with you).

As part of this role, you may be eligible for allowances including an enhanced tool allowance, multiskilling allowance, and callout payments, which will be discussed if you are invited to an interview.

Tools ready? Let's build something great together - Apply now!

Lynsey Simmons is our Repairs Team Leader, so if you fancy an informal chat about the role, give her a call on 07811592593.

Closing date for applications is Friday 25 April 2025. Applications will be reviewed throughout the duration of the advert, and we may close it early should enough applications be received. We are not working with recruitment agencies on this vacancy.

Beyond Housing’s Employability team is here to support your application. If you need any assistance, please call 0345 065 5656 or email employmentsupport@beyondhousing.co.uk.

Who is Beyond Housing?

We are proud to be an ethical organisation, deeply embedded in our local communities. With over 15,000 homes, 30,000 customers, and 750 colleagues, we're changing lives every day. Our mission is simple: to provide homes customers want, services they value, delivered by people who care. We want to help our customers and communities to succeed and thrive. Considerate, collaborative, ambitious, and accountable – that’s just our way of life.

Our offices are more than just the space we work in. We encourage inspiration, creativity, and productivity in a relaxed and comfortable environment. We’re looking for people who are travelling in the same direction when it comes to the way we work, live our values, and deliver our services. Our reward and recognition offer is pretty impressive too!

We have ambitious plans for further impact, and we need the right people to take this leap with us. It may be challenging at times, but you can be assured that it is going to be rewarding and inspiring. After all, we are changing lives every day in all that we do.

Our values are extremely important to us, and we want all our colleagues to really live our values every day. We are looking for candidates who show they have the skills to do the role and are aligned with our values.

At Beyond Housing, we are committed to ensuring that all applicants are treated fairly throughout our recruitment and selection processes and are not discriminated against on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

Why choose us?

The team here at Beyond Housing genuinely cares about the work we do to transform the lives of our customers. We think this is a pretty big reason to love your career at Beyond Housing, and that’s why our benefits package shows Beyond Housing genuinely cares about its teams too.

Here are some details of our employment package:

• Agile working – to give you that positive work-life balance. This enables you to work up to two days from home (if your role is suitable for that) after you have settled in and learned the ropes.
• Generous holiday entitlement (up to 39 days including bank holidays after 5 years’ service) with the ability to purchase more if you wish.
• Impressive salaries that match the market rate, with a commitment to an annual cost of living rise.
• Commitment to paying the Real Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.
• Competitive pension scheme with generous employer contributions to help you plan financially for your retirement.
• Life assurance to look after your loved ones should the worst happen to you, and generous time off for bereavement if the worst happens to your loved ones.
• Health cash plan to claim back basic medical expenses such as optical, dental, and complementary therapies, along with free flu jabs to keep you tip-top.
• A much-needed caffeine boost with free tea and coffee (and cordial for when you’re feeling parched).
• Recognition schemes such as weekly ‘Cheers For Peers’, ‘Star of the Quarter’, and our prestigious annual Star Awards event.
• Long service awards every 5 years.
• Cycle to work scheme and cycle parking (if you’ve got the legs for it).
• Cashback and discounts scheme covering a range of well-known retailers and leisure providers to help your money go further.
• Salary sacrifice electric vehicle lease scheme to support cost-effective green travel.