Plumber Multiskilled

Job Description

Job Category : Trades and Operatives
Location :Nottingham Community Housing Association
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 08:00
End Time : 16:30
Salary: £18.50

We require a qualified plumber multi – skilled operative with experience in the social housing sector to join or responsive repairs team.

The role is very busy and varied, the majority of repairs work you will be required to do will be completed in 4 hours and will be to make safe and functional.

Main responsibilities
Carry out the design, installation, maintenance, servicing and repair work for the Association’s housing stock and external customers in accordance with agreed targets and procedures.

Service, maintain, repair and fault- find hot and cold water systems and carryout minor heating works such as alterations to gas pipework and connections; ensuring services are compliant with relevant legislation and regulations.

Co-ordinate the services of other trades and work with colleagues, contractors and partners to ensure a seamless and excellent service to customers.

Manage stock/supplies to ensure works are not delayed.

Work in an efficient manner that delivers value for money, identify efficiencies, gaps in service delivery, and communicate them to line management

Use information available to identify customer needs and ensure services are tailored to meet those needs
Complete and return documentation within agreed timescales; updating and maintaining manual and computerised records.

Understand your responsibilities under Health & Safety legislation; ensuring that all activities are discharged in a safe manner, minimizing risk at all times.

Keep your line manager informed of any issues or barriers to the effective delivery of your service area /maintenance services at the earliest opportunity and contribute to the development and effective operation of the Team.

Provide relief cover for colleagues and participate in the standby/call-out rota to cover emergency breakdowns.

Understand performance standards for your role to deliver on objectives and targets agreed at performance management meetings.

Unvented hot water system

Skills and experience Extensive, demonstrable post qualification experience in the relevant trade

Demonstrable success in the delivery of a variable workload in a customer focused environment and working in a target driven service

Demonstrable recent experience of undertaking multi-trade works e.g. joinery, plastering, tiling, painting

Understanding and experience of working to current Health and Safety requirements

Demonstrable excellent communication skills

Ability to use computerised data recording equipment

Personal qualities, values and behaviours An understanding of the needs of people from diverse social, cultural and racial backgrounds

Willingness to promote and adhere to the CLEAR values of NCHA