Plumber

The Vacancy

Wates have an opportunity for a Plumber to join our Wates team within our Responsive Maintenance division. You will be working out of our Brent office on one of our social housing contracts, delivering reactive maintenance to our residents.

  Key Accountabilities will include:

• Having an understanding of, and the ability to work to, industry-accepted Health and Safety standards.
• Undertaking repair/renewal works to plumbing installations, and associated or minor maintenance tasks utilising your multi-trade experience.
• Working alongside colleagues or contractors to complete complex orders.

• Using PDA to receive instructions, and to feedback electronically details of works undertaken, or works to be undertaken.
• Liaising 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.
• Affording excellent customer service to residents, client and colleagues.

We are looking for a professional Plumber who has gained their experience from working in a similar industry and environment. To be successful in the role you must also be an excellent communicator with the ability to problem solve, multi task and work to tight deadlines. You must hold a driving license and be qualified to at least NVQ Level 2

Given the nature of this position, you will need to undergo a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) at offer stage. Applicants with criminal convictions will be assessed individually, and we assure you that we do not discriminate based on an applicant’s criminal record or the details of any disclosed offenses. Additionally, certain roles may be subject to additional pre-employment checks.

To learn more about the checks included in this process, please click on the following link: National Security Vetting

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.