Multi Trade Carpenter

L&Q

Title: Multi Trade Carpenter
Contract Type: 40 hours per week and Permanent
Location: East London and Essex
Persona: Mobile
Salary: £38,550 per year (A company vehicle for business use, PDA fuel card, Uniform and PPE and parking paid will all be provided.)

Closing date for completed applications 1st April

Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated.

Our in house maintenance team are looking for a Multi trade Carpenter with UPVC skills to work with the team

You will be assigned to a patch within the Trusts East London and Essex Neighbourhood.

Our Multi traders are supplied with an L&Q van (business use only), uniform and PPE equipment. You will begin the day from your home address where you will travel to jobs which are distributed to your PDA (hand-held device)

Our Multi trade/Carpenters are expected to carry out a range of tasks inclusive of internal and external door fitting, Splice repairs, General Locksmith, bathroom Sub Floors, Bath panels and framework kitchen repairs/refits and Other general Maintenance repairs.

Ideally you will also be able to carry out internal/external window repairs including single and double glazing, repairs to doors, lock refits and repairs.

Customer satisfaction is of the utmost importance to L&Q and as a first line of contact to our residents we expect you to have outstanding customer service and ability to deliver a right first-time service. Limiting follow on’s and increasing satisfaction.

Our in-house maintenance team core hours are Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm in general. There is the opportunity to earn more from call outs and out of hours service.

We are looking for someone with:

– Sound trade knowledge and experience
– Experience gained within a Maintenance, site and or Housing environment
– Excellent customer service
– Right first-time approach
– Good attitude to Health and Safety
– Wide range of Multi trade skills

L&Q (London & Quadrant) is a regulated charitable housing association and one of the UK’s most successful independent social businesses. The L&Q Group houses around 250,000 people in more than 108,000 homes, primarily across London and the Southeast.

As a charitable organisation, our role goes beyond providing homes and housing services. We are a long-term partner in the neighbourhoods where we work. We hope to build aspiration, opportunity, and confidence in our communities through our £250 million L&Q Foundation and our skills academy.

Our vision is that everyone has a quality home they can afford, and we combine our social purpose with commercial drive to create homes and neighbourhoods everyone can be proud of.

If you are interested in this role and have the experience required, then apply without delay!

Our commitments to employees

At L&Q, people are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. This is why we are committed to developing our people. It is only by investing in a well-trained and motivated workforce that we can continue to prosper and sustain business success.

In addition to our support and training, the successful candidate will have access to our full suite of benefits including 28 days holiday rising to 31 days with length of service, annual bonus subject to group performance, excellent Pension scheme, an employee assistance programme and non-contributory life assurance.

We are committed to supporting your work-life balance and recognise the changing demands and circumstances in life. Please let us know during the recruitment process if you are interested in part time working or job sharing. In addition, should your circumstances change once you have joined L&Q, you can also request flexible working arrangements, e.g. a change to working hours – if it is feasible then we will make it happen.

We are recognised externally for our commitment to inclusion. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident (Committed) employer and have signed the Time to Change Employer Pledge to demonstrate our commitment to end mental health discrimination in the workplace.

We expect all our employees to support our environmental policy and social responsibility work. We are an employer committed to environmental and social responsibility.