Multi Trade Operative – Band 7

Job Description

Job Category: Technical – Skilled Facilities
Location: Florfield Depot, Hackney Council
Hours Per Week: 36.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 08:00
End Time: 16:00
Salary: £20.25

Multi- Trade Operative –

PURPOSE OF JOB:
To provide throughout the London Borough of Hackney and other locations as directed, a high quality cyclical, planned and reactive repairs and maintenance service to internal and external elements of occupied and unoccupied properties, public buildings and associated external areas.

Provide outstanding customer service and excellent standards of performance to the public and residents of Hackney.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:
⦁ Carry out to the highest standard all aspects of repairs / renewal work to items in various trades such as ground works, carpentry, plumbing, glazing and finishing trades [painting & decorating, plastering / tiling,] Undertake a broad range of multi-skilled repair activities outside of the basic Multi-trade skills to provide a comprehensive repair service.

Including but not limited to –
Carpentry:
⦁ General Carpentry repairs and installations, encompassing Carcass, first / second fix.
⦁ Repair / replace doors, frames, windows, garage doors etc including resin repairs to external joinery.
⦁ Replacement ironmongery, grab rails, fixtures and fittings and the like.
⦁ Repair / replace floor boarding etc.
⦁ Installation of complete kitchen (base / floor units worktops etc), and bathrooms including  associated plumbing and finishing works.
⦁ Skirting, architrave, beads, window boards, rails, mouldings, shelving and like.
⦁ Fencing, gates and bin stores etc. Hoarding to secure premises, boundary.

Plumbing:
⦁ General plumbing repairs and maintenance works.
⦁ Clean, clear, repair or renew rainwater gutters and downpipes.
⦁ Repair or renew wastes and soil pipes
⦁ Repair / replace hot and cold water services, valves & fittings etc
⦁ Renew / repair heating pipe work, radiators / valves and fittings etc
⦁ Replace immersion element/heater. Including connect to spur
⦁ Drain down and recharge systems
⦁ Repair or renew baths, toilets, urinals Wash hand basins, kitchen sinks
⦁ Clear blocked wastes, Soil vent pipes, toilets, sinks, baths, drains, gullies etc.
⦁ Trace out water leaks and carry out rectification works
⦁ Excavation to wall or floor to access pipe work and make good.
⦁ Remove access panels as required and renew / replace following works Finishing
⦁ Plastering & rendering to wall and ceilings
⦁ Stud partitioning and dry lining works [including insulated plasterboard] mechanically fixed or dot and dab techniques. Skimmed or tape joints.
⦁ Floor screed repairs
⦁ Floor and wall tiling – Vinyl, ceramic and quarry tiling
⦁ Fit coving, ceiling rose, plaster louver  vent,  air ventilation  / bricks .
⦁ Brick / blockwork to fireplaces and make good existing finishing.
⦁ Repoint brick / blockwork.

Qualifications and Knowledge Requirements:
⦁ Hold a clean UK Drivers Licence
⦁ City and Guilds in related grades or NVQ Level 2 in Maintenance Operations & or relevant experience.

Skills and Abilities:
⦁ Able to work as a member of a team and self manage duties when working alone.
⦁ Able to prioritise and use own initiative in organising and undertaking tasks.
⦁ The ability to follow drawings and plans.
⦁ Good practical skills with a careful and methodical approach to work.
⦁ Good numeric skills for calculating quantities.
⦁ Have a reasonable level of fitness.
⦁ A polite and professional manner for dealing with customers.
⦁ Able to work from heights and follow safety instructions.
⦁ Has good communication and customer service skills both verbally, written and face to face.
⦁ Provide reasonable performance and productivity in conducting all your duties in relation to your work and all work related documentation.
⦁ The ability to erect a temporary platform to carry out work from following appropriate Health and Safety.
⦁ To work in confined spaces, with noise or dust etc. while wearing the correct PPE.