Annual salary: up to £34,500.00

Carpenter

Gillingham

Full time, Permanent

£34,500 per annum + company van and fuel card

With 30 years of delivering market-leading repairs, refurbishment, fire safety and building maintenance services, Mears is trusted to deliver in excess of 6,000 housing repairs daily to a portfolio of more than 1,000,000 homes nationwide.

About the role:

As a Void Carpenter you are expected to have extensive knowledge of all aspects of property renovations.

• You need to have a keen eye for detail, have excellent standards and be willing to work hard to complete each project on time and within budget.
• You need to have a professional approach to the tenants and Client.
• Skills required are as follows:-
• Must be able to plaster to a good standard including whole walls/ceilings
• All aspects of plumbing are essential
• Carpentry to a high standard
• Tiling to a high standard
• Polysafe Vinyl flooring to a good standard
• Decorating to an acceptable standard
• NHF SOR's

Are you looking to make a positive difference to a community? Is working for an organisation that can provide you with fantastic support and benefits attractive to you? Look no further, as an exciting position for a Carpenter has arisen!

We are looking for a passionate Carpenter to join our rapidly expanding team to work within a busy repairs / voids team environment. Reporting individual job actions from site to ensure our clients receive high levels of service and high satisfaction levels as well.

Our housing teams provide rapid response and planned maintenance services for local authorities and registered providers and deliver in excess of 5,000 repairs every day to a growing portfolio of around 1,000,000 homes across the UK. We also provide a range of services to cover all areas of the housing sector, including regeneration, contact centre solutions, housing management, home improvement, facilities management, estate services, grounds maintenance, student accommodation and new build.

Role Criteria:

• NVQ level 2/3 in Carpentry
• Building experience with additional multi skills including; joinery, plumbing, tiling, plastering and decorating
• Tiling experience.
• Wet room experience
• On the job experience.
• Excellent communication skills
• UK Full driving licence

All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK, Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship.

Benefits we can offer you:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Annual Mears Fun Day - Our annual Fun Day is organised as a massive thank you from the Executive team for all the hard work!
• Volunteering Leave - Mears supports employees to undertake paid volunteering in the community, in support of our social value commitment.
• Staff perks with Mears Rewards - discounts of up to 10% weekly groceries, holidays, eye test vouchers, Share save scheme, plus much more
• Family friendly policies
• Company Van, Fuel Card and Uniform 

To apply, follow the link below or to discuss your application further please contact Francesca at [email protected]

To drive a Mears vehicle, you must be aged over 21 have held your licence over 3 months and have less than 9 points.

Mears Group is a Disability Confident employer and recognises our people as our greatest asset, we hire individuality, recognising and valuing everyone is individual and ensuring equal access to opportunities for all regardless of social economic background or individual make up.

Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant DBS/Security checks either before or upon commencement of employment.