Job Details
Salary offered: £41,580.00
Permanent
Main Purpose of the job:
- To be responsible for completing a range of Repair & Maintenance work for Tenants and voids properties within the Borough of Lewisham.
- To ensure that completed repairs are to a high standard, whilst ensuring high levels of customer care and satisfaction.
- To ensure that associated works such as removing/refitting kitchen units, wall and floor tiling, skirting, panelling and ducting etc are carried out also to a high standard.
Attend appointments between 8am-5pm Monday to Friday.
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Summary of Responsibilities and Personal Duties:
- Be competent and qualified (City and Guilds and/or equivalent e.g. NVQ) in plumbing.
- Carry out a range of specified works both as an individual craft professional and as a member of a team.
- As directed by Supervisor/Management undertake Inspection activities.
- From time to time as when required by management assist in emergency call outs (for example as a result of bad weather, vandalism, fire etc.)
- Work in a range of properties throughout the Borough, including occupied tenancies and offices and unoccupied buildings.
- Liaise with diverse range of customer and clients adopting and adhering to Lewisham Councils Customer Services and Equal Opportunities Policies.
- Be responsible for an allocated Lewisham Councils vehicle for use while on duty. The role holder is therefore required to ensure that the vehicle is safely and correctly driven and all equipment, materials safely stored.
- Be always responsible for the content of the vehicle while in their possession. The role holder is therefore required to ensure the security of all materials and tools and that no items of equipment are kept in vehicles overnight.
- Complete specified works to a high standard of excellence in terms of completion of jobs and with customers/clients
- Ensure that all tools (both hand held and powered) provided by Lewisham Council are properly and appropriately operated, cleaned and stored.
- Ensure compliance to all health and safety rules and regulations and ensure that protective clothing and equipment are appropriately and properly used.
Note to Candidates
The Person Specification is a picture of the skills, knowledge and experience needed to carry out the job. It has been used to draw up the advert and will also be used in the shortlisting and interview process for this post.
Those categories marked ‘S’ will be used especially for the purpose of shortlisting.
Please ensure that Equality and Diversity issues are addressed specifically in relation to the role for which you are applying when addressing the requirements of this person specification where appropriate.
If you are a disabled person, but are unable to meet some of the job requirements specifically because of your disability, please address this in your application. If you meet all the other criteria you will be shortlisted and we will explore jointly with you if there are ways in which the job can be changed to enable you to meet the requirements.
| Knowledge
Repairs and Maintenance (S) Health and Safety regulations (S) Must be able to drive and have a good knowledge of the local area Ability to effectively manage time, and a positive attitude Excellent time keeping and attendance Ability to work under pressure Attention to detail Qualified City and Guilds, NVQ level 3 (S) Possess an up to date unvented hot water systems certificate/license
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| Skills
Leak fault finding Locating and repairing hot and cold water bursts(S) Measuring for fittings and listings of necessary materials Installing Bathrooms and Kitchens Replacing immersion tanks and immersion heaters
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| Experience
Demonstrable experience of working in the building trade industry(S) Experience of working within diverse communities(s) Experience of working within teams
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Professional Qualification and EducationCity And Guilds and/or NVQ professional Craft level qualification(S) Good level of literacy and numeracy Good social skills.
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