Multi Trader

We have an exciting new opportunity for two full-time permanent Multi skilled Technicians. My client is an award-winning housing association with a strong track record and ambitious plans. They exists to provide good quality affordable homes and services enabling the development of communities where people enjoy living. We currently manage over 5,000 properties across the Home Counties, but our new strategic ambition and vision is to grow our existing portfolio to 10,000 homes for the local communities. The Opportunity: As a Multi trade Technician, you will be responsible for completing repairs within our customers homes. This role requires a high quality of work and excellent customer care that will help exceed our customers expectations. Requirements As a Multi Skilled Technician, you will be required to carry out a wide range of maintenance works in our occupied and unoccupied properties including carpentry, basic plumbing, tiling, groundworks. You will receive work orders through your PDA and be given appointment times to attend. You will need to identify the right, cost effective solution to problems that you attend and complete those repairs to a good standard and with the minimum inconvenience to the customer. * As part of our Repairs Field Team you will be customer facing, knowledgeable and capable with high standards of workmanship. You will also have exceptional organisational skills, be self-motivated, reliable and prompt. * You must be able to work without supervision and have experience of identifying the most cost-effective way to repair a fault, including estimating how long it will take to complete, ordering of materials through to job completion. The skills you will need: Ideally you will hold a Carpentry qualification. You must have multi skilled trades experience in other areas such as basic plumbing, tiling, plastering, fencing and groundworks. You must have a full clean UK driving licence as we will provide you with a fully stocked van, PPE and power tools. You will be expected to participate in an out of hours rota, typically one week in seven, for which there is additional payment. In addition to your technical skills you will be fluent in English and able to easily engage with a variety of people at all levels. Benefits Competitive Salary up to £34,300 per annum. A fully stocked company van, fuel card, PPE and power tools will be provided. An additional payment for being on the out-of-hours rota. Annual Leave - 25 days per year increasing by one day per completed holiday year to 30 days maximum. Pension - Thrive Homes will pay double your amount subject to a maximum of 10%. (If you choose to pay 5% the company will pay 10%. The minimum amount you will need to contribute is 3%). Life assurance - a payment of X3 your salary. HealthShield - facility to claim cashback for dental, optical and physiotherapy costs, alongside wellness services. Enhanced Flexible Reward Pot - £900 each year in April (after completing your 6-month probation and it will be on a pro rata basis). A range of engagement activities aimed at building team morale, supporting both physical and mental health and celebrating all things that make us different