Labourer (response)

Job Summary

Labourer (response)

Permanent: Full time (40 hrs)

Salary: £ 24,500

Location: Trowbridge, Melksham and surrounding areas

Flexible working opportunities

Closing date: midnight, Sunday 5 May 2024

The role

The purpose of this role is to carry out day to day repairs and maintenance to our occupied and void housing stock.   

Assisting main trades in various tasks, such as:

• Removing and renewing brickwork / Breaking out and renewing concrete paths and assisting various trades on other workstreams where required
• Installing and topping up loft insulation and conducting mould washes and removal
• Removing/clearing items from properties for disposal or storage
• Collecting and transporting materials from suppliers
• Delivering high-quality work according to training, experience, and industry best practices
• Ensuring maximum productivity while maintaining quality and efficiency
• Following work instructions accurately and meeting deadlines as well as working alone and using own initiative
• Assisting Contract Managers/Supervisors in ensuring a safe working environment compliant with Health & Safety policies and legislation
• Maintaining compliance with company policies, standards, procedures, and initiatives as well as adhering to Risk Assessments and Method Statements
• Utilizing PDA and IT systems to enhance performance

What we need

• A full UK driving licence.
• Demonstrating approachability, self-motivation, and the ability to motivate others as well as taking a dynamic approach to unexpected incidents
• Fostering a collaborative, positive team environment and prioritizing a customer-first approach
• Focusing on performance, strong work ethic and delivering results and quality work, managing workload and time effectively
• Please note due to health and safety reasons, all operatives wear RPE and so we operate under a clean-shaven policy

What we offer

Our main benefits include;

• 27 holiday plus bank holidays
• 2 paid gifted days; one for your birthday and one over Christmas
• Buy/sell up to 1 week's holiday
• Life assurance
• Flexible working opportunities – giving you flexibility on how long, where and when you work to support better customer service and promote a work/life balance.
• Competitive pension (you pay 4%, we pay 4% or choose to opt into our enhanced pension scheme, where you pay 4%, we pay 9%)
• Cycle to work scheme

The closing date of this advert is subject to change based on the volume of applications or the hiring timeline.