Multi-Trade Operative
Location:
Skelmersdale
Job Type:
Trades and Labour
Contract:
Full Time/Flexible Working
Application Deadline:
31 Aug 2024
Location: Skelmersdale
Job Type: Trades and Labour
Contract: Full Time/Flexible Working
Application Deadline: 31 Aug 2024
The Vacancy
Here at Wates we have an opportunity for a Multi Trader to join our Living Space team in the West Lancashire area. As a Multi Trader you will be working on our responsive maintenance contracts for one of our existing social housing providers.
The primary focus of this role will be to undertake 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.
Key Accountabilities will include:
- Undertaking repair/renewal works across several trades identifying the need for other trades to undertake the repair/renewal
- Advising Supervisor in a timely manner where other trades are required
- Working in partnership with other operatives to complete projects
- Completing daily work sheets detailing work undertaken and materials used after each job undertaken
- Working in a timely and productive manner to complete project
- Affording excellent customer service to client representatives
- At all times, work to Wates Health & Safety Professional Standards, including commitment to and understanding of the company’s safeguarding policy towards children and vulnerable adults
We are looking for a qualified Multi Trader who has multi-trade experience gained from working in a similar industry and environment providing them with the skills to fulfil the above role requirements.
To be successful in the role you will be an excellent communicator with the ability to problem solve, multi task and work to tight deadlines.
A bit about us:
Wates Group is one of the largest and most successful family-owned private construction, development and property services companies in the UK.
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, offering our clients a truly integrated national service for all of their maintenance requirements.
As a progressive and rewarding business we offer our people the opportunity to grow their careers whilst working together to deliver the promises we make to our customers.
Our company values of integrity, intelligence, performance, teamwork and respect for people, communities and the environment run through our business at every level and are at the heart of everything we do.
The wellbeing and safety of our people is our priority, therefore creating a zero harm culture and encouraging a healthy work-life balance is important to us. Wates Group are a responsible and inclusive employer and are proud to have been recognized for this through accolades including C2E (Committed to Equality) and Investors in People (Gold).
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.