Fencer

Our Vacancy

We are looking for a skilled and dependable Fencing Operative to join our Responsive Repairs team. This is an important role that helps ensure our homes, estates, and communal areas remain safe, secure, and well maintained for our residents. Working across our housing stock, you will carry out a variety of fencing repairs, replacements, and installations, taking pride in delivering quality workmanship and excellent customer service. As a visible representative of our organisation, you will play a key part in improving the places where our residents live and supporting the delivery of a responsive, customer-focused repairs service.

What You'll Do

As a Fencing Operative, you will carry out a wide range of fencing repairs, replacements, and new installations, including boundary fencing, gates, and access points. You'll work efficiently and safely to complete jobs right first time, ensuring all works meet the required quality standards while minimising disruption to residents. Alongside your technical skills, you will communicate professionally with Residents, maintain accurate records using mobile technology, and work closely with colleagues and other trades to deliver an excellent repairs service. You will also support the maintenance of safe and attractive neighbourhoods by identifying hazards, following health and safety procedures, and contributing to continuous service improvement.

Why join us?

When you join Peabody, you’re joining a team guided by our values, Be Kind, Do the Right Thing, Love New Ideas, Celebrate Diversity, Keep Our Promises, and Pull Together. We believe in creating a workplace where everyone feels supported, included, and empowered.

What we offer

• We provide a company van for work and a fuel card
• 25 days, increasing to 28 days at 5-years service and 30 days at 10-years service
• Up to £3,000 colleague referral fee
• Contributory pension scheme with 4% to 10% matched contributions
• Life insurance
• 24/7 digital GP service and counselling helpline (including face-to-face sessions)
• Free annual eye test voucher and contribution towards glasses
• Free annual flu jab
• Flexible annual benefits (for dental, healthcare, shopping vouchers, technology etc.)
• Access to an extensive range of corporate discounts on shopping travel, & days out.
• Travel loan

Please read before applying:

• You must have the right to work in the UK; we are unable to provide visa sponsorship.
• We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
• A basic DBS check is required for this role
• This is a full time permanent position, working on site 8am-5pm Monday-Friday.
• You will need a full driving licence for this role

If this sounds like we are right for you and you’d love to be part of Town & Country, we’d like to hear from you. Please apply now by submitting an CV and a short statement explaining why you’re the perfect fit for this role.

As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to everyone. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies. We will make reasonable adjustments where required throughout the recruitment process. Applicants who require reasonable adjustments to the application process, assessment methods, interview arrangements or other recruitment activities are encouraged to let us know of how we can offer support to enable them to participate fully.

As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to everyone. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies. We will make reasonable adjustments where required throughout the recruitment process. Applicants who require reasonable adjustments to the application process, assessment methods, interview arrangements or other recruitment activities are encouraged to let us know of how we can offer support to enable them to participate fully.

If you have any questions about this role, please email the Talent Team on talent@tch.org.uk.

Interviews will be taking place in person Wednesday 8th and Thursday 9th July 2026