Trade Engineer - Plasterer

Trade Engineer - Plasterer

£31,374

Birmingham Elmdon Trading Estate

Permenant, Full Time

Work Pattern: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Our clients social purpose is to provide homes that are a foundation for life. As a trade engineer within the reactive repairs department one of the key roles for these opportunities is to engage in high levels of customer service as well as offering your trade experience and knowledge to their wide range of diverse customers.

If you feel that you can offer this type of customer focussed service, then they would love to hear from you.

In housing you can make a real difference, the role of a Trade Engineer will involve:

• Providing excellent customer service

• Carrying out repairs in a customer’s home

• Working with a Supervisor and planner to meet appointments for repairs

• Managing your van stock levels

• Always remaining professional representing our client

As a trade engineer they need you to have:

• A qualification in your trade (City & Guilds or NVQ2)

• Full driving licence

• Be a good communicator with a friendly approach

• The right attitude for excellent customer service

They would be really excited if you have:

• Other trade skills in addition to your qualification trade (multiskilling)

• Experience of using a PDA to receive and complete jobs

• Previous Health & Safety experience

• Previous experience working for a social housing provider

Their people are everything and they offer:

• Fully stocked company vehicle provided for business use only

• Fuel card and any parking costs are covered by supplied parking permits

• £30 monthly tool allowance

• Power tools provided and PAT checked regularly for safety

• Uniform and PPE supplied

• Additional bolt on to salary for OOH and late shift rotation (for multi-skilled)

• All mandatory Health & Safety training provided to include additional training as requested relevant to your role

• Annual leave starts at 25 days per year, increasing with length of service

• Enhanced family leave

• Company Pension - they match up to 10%

• If part of the pension scheme you are entitled to Life cover (three times your annual salary)

• Organisational Sick Pay (benefit increases with length of service)

• EAP - a 24/7 service which gives free, confidential advice and support on a range of issues including telephone counselling

• Medicash scheme -which includes GP Access, digital Physiotherapy app, retail vouchers and discounts, discounted gym memberships and more!

• Recognition through their Employee Excellence Awards

• Representation opportunities on their Staff Consultative Forum

• Access to their Wellbeing platform

• Employee Excellence Awards (winners receive extra days annual leave that year)

• Occupational Health

Our client adopt a proactive approach to safeguarding to ensure everyone accessing their services can do so without fear of harm, abuse or neglect.

They adopt a proactive approach to safeguarding to ensure everyone accessing their services can do so without fear of harm, abuse or neglect. As part of their recruitment process, they carry out robust safeguarding checks.

This post is subject to a Basic DBS check (Disclosure and Barring Service).

Closing date: 30 April 2024

Interview date: 5 March 2024 or TBC

Please note they will be reviewing applications throughout the campaign and may invite candidates to interview at any time. They reserve the right to close this role earlier than the published closing date should a suitable candidate be identified.