Carpenter UPVC South London - 7638

Title: Maintenance Technician Carpenter UPVC

Contract Type: Permanent, Full time, 40 hours per week

Working pattern: 8 to 5 Monday to Friday (call outs per rota)

Salary: £39,707 per annum

Locations: We have roles available covering our patches in South West London & South London

Persona: Mobile Working (van provided) contractual hours to be worked from various locations such as resident homes with ad hoc office attendance as required

Reporting Office: Sidcup DA14

Closing date for applications: 26th March at 11pm

Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated.

*Previous applicants may not reapply if prior application was rejected in the last 12 weeks

Role Profile - Maintenance Technician.doc

Join our Repairs Team at L&Q:

Our Maintenance teams are growing. We are looking for a number of Carpenters with UPVC skills to work within our Reactive Maintenance Team covering the following areas in the South region Bromley, Lewisham and surrounding areas, Croydon, Sutton and South West London.

Our Carpenters deal with a wide range of jobs including internal and external door fitting, Splice repairs, General Locksmith, bathroom Sub Floors, Bath panels and framework kitchen repairs/refits.

The role will include internal/external window repairs including single and double glazing, repairs to doors, lock refits and repairs.

Our Operatives are supplied with an L&Q van (business use only), uniform and PPE equipment and tools.

You will begin the day from your home address where you will travel to jobs which are distributed to your PDA (hand-held device). It is essential to have a manual driving license to carry out this role

Our in-house maintenance team core hours are Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm in general. Our Carpenters are required to do call outs and will be paid to be part of the call out rota.

Customer satisfaction is of the utmost importance to L&Q and as a first line of contact to our residents we expect you to have outstanding customer service and ability to deliver a right first-time service. Limiting follow on and increasing satisfaction.

To be considered for this role candidates will require/be:

· Sound working trade knowledge and experience in Carpentry and UPVC

· NVQ or equivalent preferred

· Experience gained within a Maintenance, site and or Housing environment.

· Able to deliver excellent customer service and a right first-time approach

· Health and Safety conscious approach to work

· Wide range of Multi trade skills

· Manual UK Driving Licence

If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage during this process, including application stage, please email lqcareers@lqgroup.org.uk

About L&Q:

We’re one of the UK’s leading housing associations and developers. We were founded on a simple belief: high quality housing is vital for people’s health, happiness and security. Everyone deserves a quality home that gives them the chance to live a better life.

250,000 people call our properties ‘home’, and we’re proud to serve diverse communities across London, the South East and North West of England.

People are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. The foundation of everything that we are is built on our corporate Values and Strategy Behaviours.pdf, which outlines our core expectations and should be demonstrated at all times, and all levels, when representing L&Q.

At L&Q, we know that diversity and inclusion make us stronger – and they’re at the heart of everything we do.

When we recruit, we look at what really matters: your skills, experience, and potential. We’re proud to be recognised for creating an inclusive workplace. We’re a Disability Confident Leader (Level 3) and we’ve introduced our own Recruitment Advocate scheme to make sure every step of our hiring process is fair, transparent, and consistent. It’s all part of our commitment to ending discrimination and making L&Q a place where everyone feels welcome. Find out more here.

Sustainability is also at the heart of what we do. We recognise the responsibility we hold as one of the UK’s largest housing associations.

Click here to find out more about L&Q and why you should join us!