Plasterer/Multitrade

The Vacancy

Here at Wates we have an opportunity for a Plasterer / Multi Trader to join our Living Space Responsive Team. Working within this existing team you will be working with one of our key clients undertaking all tasks to achieve first time fix and deliver a high standard of workmanship in a timely and productive manner always affording excellent customer service to the client.

Within the group, Wates Living Space is one of the UK’s leading providers of planned and responsive maintenance services in the social housing sector, maintaining over 500,000 homes nationwide every year. Our leading position within the maintenance sector has enabled the business to realise ambitious strategic growth.

  

Key Accountabilities will include:

• Having an understanding of, and the ability to work to industry-accepted Health and Safety standards

• Undertake patch and larger plastering works, decorating and associated or other minor maintenance tasks utilising your multi-trade experience

• Work alongside colleagues or contractors to complete complex orders

• Use PDA to receive instructions, and to feedback electronically details of works undertaken, or works to be undertaken

• Liaise with Supervisors/ schedulers in a timely manner when works are unable to be completed on a first visit, providing detailed information to allow works to be programmed in

• Provide excellent customer service to residents, client and colleagues

We are looking for a professional Plasterer who has multi-trade experience gained from working in a similar industry and environment. You must be educated to a minimum of NVQ Level 2 and have a clean driving license.

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies.  Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:

• Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
• Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
• Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer.  We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.