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SalarySalary: £32,966 with effect from 1st April 2024 to reflect the annual pay award
Would you like to work for a company that can offer 28 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, a healthcare cash plan, matched pension contribution scheme and cashback on purchases from some of the country’s biggest retailers? A company that can also offer you full uniform and all required PPE, the latest handheld technology, Company van (Manual Gearbox) and fuel card plus access to regular employee forums and feedback groups? Then please read on…
About Us
Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing has a vision that “everyone has a home and the opportunity to live well” and has been providing affordable housing and care support in the UK for over 65 years. Metworks is the in-house repairs and maintenance team involved in delivering repairs and planned improvements where needed, to over 26,000 homes. This is your opportunity to join our team and make a difference!
This role
We are recruiting for an experienced multi-skilled Builder who will ideally have experience of working within a social housing or local authority environment. Generally, you will be working in a two person team on an appointment system being responsible to complete a set number of repairs per day, in an area covering the East Midlands and South Yorkshire.
You will undertake a proportion of General Building works, and this will have a high number of roofing repairs & replacements, that could include Facia & Soffit replacements, works to chimneys and leadwork.
Ideally you could have other skills in Basic Plumbing & Plastering, these repairs should be completed to a high standard, delivered, ‘right first time’, to deliver a cost effective building solution to the business and its customers.
To be considered for this position it is essential that you have the ability to undertake associated trade tasks within competency, NVQ2 qualification or equivalent and long term relevant trade experience.
It is preferable for you to also have a valid Asbestos Awareness certificate.
You will conduct work in accordance with current legislation, British Standards, Codes of Practice, safe systems of work and recognised industrial standards for such work, minimizing damage to the fabric of the property.
Please refer to the full job description before applying.
You will need a full driving licence and will be provided with your own Metworks van for working hours.
To meet our commitment to providing safe, high quality services to our customers we will complete a standard background check with the Disclosure and Barring service, once an offer of employment is made. As standard you will be added to the DBS updating service with a new check being carried out on a 3 yearly basis. The cost of a DBS will be paid for by the organisation.Please note :- we do not currently offer visa sponsorship.
What’s in it for you?
Our benefits include:-
- 28 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata for part time) per year
- 2 volunteering days per year for things like helping out in local communities
- An additional ‘Beliefs day’ once a year to have an extra a day off
- Enhanced pension with matched contributions of up to 9%
- Life assurance cover 3 x your salary
- Health cash plan scheme for your everyday healthcare needs which you can add your family members too
- Tenancy deposit – interest free loan to help with rental deposits
- Access to extensive learning and training opportunities with Wisebox platform
- Colleague virtual social platform with our workplace pages where you can keep up to date with the organisational activity and link in with colleagues
- Career progression across the organisation with our mentoring programme and apprenticeships
- We are committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues and support this as an organisation
About us
Learn more about our benefits and organisation by viewing our attached document
Our promise
Here at Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTVH) we want to capture the value that difference brings and are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We work collaboratively ‘Serving people better every day’ to educate, support and develop all of our diverse employees and the communities that we serve.
We want every employee and every customer to feel comfortable enough to be their true self and are working tirelessly in the background to create an environment that encourages our employees to challenge non-inclusive behaviours and to be mindful of their own and other’s wellbeing.
Our core values of Dare, Care and Collaborate demonstrate that we are a people focused business, solving social issues by working together!
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found so we do encourage you to complete the application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
