Job Description

Hourly rate: £17.56

Multi Skilled Operative

Location: Thanet

Contract: Permanent, Full Time, 42.5 Hours Per Week

Salary: £17.56 per hour, Company Van and fuel card provided.

Mears is seeking a Multi Skilled Operative to join our team in Thanet, carrying out a range of repairs and maintenance tasks across residential properties. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced operative with strong multi-trade skills who takes pride in delivering high quality workmanship and excellent customer service.

About the role:

As a Multi Skilled Operative, you will carry out a range of maintenance, repair and refurbishment works within domestic properties. The role will primarily focus on void properties, with some responsive repair work as required. You will be expected to work independently and as part of a wider team, ensuring work is completed safely, efficiently and to a high standard.

Working across void and responsive maintenance works, you will be responsible for completing a variety of repairs to ensure homes are safe, functional and maintained to a high standard. The role offers autonomy, variety and the opportunity to make a real difference to our customers and communities.

Duties:

• Carpentry works
• Floor laying
• Wall and floor tiling
• Painting and decorating
• Basic plumbing repairs and installations
• Completing void property refurbishments
• Undertaking responsive maintenance tasks
• Ensuring all work complies with health and safety requirements

Key Criteria:

• Experience working on void properties
• Multi-trade experience including carpentry, plumbing, tiling, decorating and floor laying
• Full UK manual driving licence
• Ability to work independently and manage workload effectively
• Experience carrying out responsive maintenance works
• Ability to supply own trade tools including drills, tiling cutter and hand tools

Desirable:

• Plumbing and carpentry qualifications desirable

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Family friendly policies including enhanced maternity (14 weeks full pay, 12 weeks half pay and 13 weeks statutory pay), paternity (2 weeks full pay) and adoption leave
• Employee Assistance Programme - free confidential support and counselling available
• Mears Rewards offering discounts and cashback at leading retailers including travel, household items and shopping
• Annual Mears Fun Day - Our annual Fun Day is organised as a massive thank you from the Executive team for all the hard work!
• Volunteering leave – up to two days per year to support community initiatives
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Share save scheme
• Recognition and long service awards
• Buy up to 5 days holiday each year depending on length of service
• Learning and development opportunities
• Career progression opportunities across Mears Group
• Occupational health support
• Green car scheme with Tusker after successful probation period
• Be part of an inclusive workplace with access to a range of colleague networks and support groups focused on diversity, wellbeing and career development. From Disability, Pride (LGBTQ+) and Ethnic Diversity networks to Women in Leadership, the Women Operative Support Group, Women's Health, Men's Mental Health and Armed Forces communities, these groups provide opportunities for support, connection and professional development across our diverse workforce.
• Company Sick Pay
• Life Assurance (1x annual salary)
• Company pension scheme with Peoples Pension, 5% employee and 3% employer pension contribution

All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK, Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship.

To drive a Mears vehicle, you must be aged over 21 have held your licence over 3 months and have less than 9 points.

Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant Background, Identity & Security checks before commencement of employment.

Apply below or to discuss your application further; contact:

Grace Harris (grace.harris@mearsgroup.co.uk)

If you need any help with your application process, we are here to support you. We will be accessible every step of the way.

At Mears Group, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive, we are a Disability Confident employer, valuing individuality and ensuring equal opportunities for all.

We proudly support the Armed Forces Covenant and are honoured to have achieved the Gold Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) to coincide with this, we hold an Endorser Award for the Career Transition Partnership, recognising our commitment to veterans transitioning into civilian careers.

In our continued effort to promote social mobility, we invite applicants to voluntarily share their background information during the application stages to help us better understand the diverse experiences of our candidates. This is to ensure we are committed to improving social mobility. We use the Social Mobility Index to assess and enhance opportunities for individuals from diverse backgrounds. These questions are optional and will not impact your ability to apply.