Builder (Grade 12)

Job Description

Job Category : rade & Operatives
Location : The Deane Depot, Somerset Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 08:00
End Time :16:00
Salary: £13.69
To provide a repairs and maintenance service to over 5,600 communal areas, tenanted properties and empty homes to the council’s standards, statutory requirements, and relevant building regulations.

This role is critical to ensure our housing stock in maintained to statutory legislation and repairs are completed to prescribed timescales, such as resolving defects causing damp and mould as detailed in the Social Housing Regulation Act 2023.

PLEASE NOTE THIS ROLE WILL PART OF SMALL TEAM WHO WILL FOCUS ON DAMP AND MOULD CASES.

**Full Time Role**
Role purpose
• To provide a repairs and maintenance service to over 5,600 communal areas, tenanted properties and empty homes to the council’s standards, statutory requirements, and relevant building regulations.

• This role is critical to ensure our housing stock in maintained to statutory legislation and repairs are completed to prescribed timescales, such as resolving defects causing damp and mould as detailed in the Social Housing Regulation Act 2023.
Corporate Responsibilities
• Understand, uphold, and promote the aims of the council’s equality, diversity, and inclusion policies; health, safety and wellbeing of self and others; and Organisational values in everything you do. Equality and Diversity practice covers both interaction with staff, service users and communities and includes challenging discrimination and promoting equality of opportunity for all.
Key results area Accountability
Operational Service Delivery • Carry out masonry / stonework repairs to walls, chimney stacks, flues, and pots, proficient with face brickwork & blockwork. Patch plastering and re-plastering of entire walls / rooms. Repairs to and installation of concrete slab floors, paths, paved areas, manholes, gulleys and drains. Removal of fireplaces and blocking up / making good.

• Responsible for fencing repairs, installation of replacement and new fencing.

• Fitting of aids and adaptions for tenants with disabilities, i.e. handrails, ramps, and railings.

• Carry out repairs to properties affected with damp and mould, such as Dryrod damp -proofing, tanking systems and chemical treatments incorporating complete replastering areas and DPC injection.

• Undertake other trade repairs such as minor plumbing / carpentry repairs, tiling, and painting.
• Ensure all works are planned and managed in line with timelines and ensuring that follow up visits are avoided.
• Ensure repairs are carried out to the letting standard and signpost tenants to their tenancy agreement or Somerset Council website for landlord / tenant repair responsibilities.
Strategic Delivery / implementation /Coordination • Carry out repairs using materials that are consistent with products used within repairs and planned maintenance teams.
• Report concerns and any disrepair in properties to limit further disrepair ensuring well maintained assets for the council.
Performance Framework • Carry out works in order of appointment time, measured by the SMV (standard minute vales) per repair on the SOR’s (schedule of rates) system used to ensure effective productivity and value for money.
• Ensure ideas for future improvement is relayed to the supervisor.
Project/Contract Management • Provide support on contracts or project work that relate to the relevant trade area. Oversee works carried out by contractors, raising concerns regarding any poor performance.

Qualification/Knowledge/Experience/Skills
Qualifications

Essential
• Good general standard of education (minimum to GCSE standard or equivalent, including English and Mathematics Grades C/4 or above)
• Evidence of continuing development of professional and management skills, e.g. through training, qualification and/or experience.
• Relevant qualifications in the built environment / construction for example: BTEC or equivalent Level 2 building or multi skilled maintenance operatives’ level 3, HNC, HND or equivalent experience.

Desirable
• Site Supervisor Safety Training Scheme (SSSTS)
• City and Guilds maintenance operations NVQ2 (plastering, tiling, carpentry, painting, and decorating. Kitchen fitting, flooring, screeding etc). Membership of a professional body, where such a relevant body exists.
• Apprenticeship served.
• Health and Safety Qualification

Knowledge

Essential
• Competent in the use of Microsoft Office
• Demonstrates a range of management skills – able to deploy resources and staff, manage change and respond flexibly.
• Organised, conscientious, energy, drive, confident and assertive.
• Knowledge and understanding of Health & Safety legislation such as Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 and Management of Health and Safety Regulations.
• Working knowledge of relevant regulations e.g. building regulations, decent homes and Landlord and Tenant Act 1987
• Compliance requirements in relation to housing and communal areas.

Desirable
• A demonstrable track record and consistent achievement at professional level within an organisation of comparable scope and complexity.
• Able to demonstrate understanding, experience and knowledge of policy and activities within your area of expertise.
• Relevant Local Government experience and understanding of the whole Local Government sector and its current challenges.
• Facilitates organisational, individual, and personal learning and development.
• Political sensitivity and commitment to public service ethos.
• Experience with working with elected members, or in a political environment.

Skills

Essential
• Excellent communication skills both written and oral, with a good telephone manner.
• Use of electronic systems for workload, completion of repairs and reporting of concerns.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Flexibility and ability to multi-task.
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Problem solving & decision making.