We are looking for a Joiner/ Joinery Technician to join the Repairs and Maintenance team in Halifax covering the Calderdale area . As a Joiner you will provide all types of joinery repairs, to tenanted and vacant properties, with a customer service quality driven repair and maintenance service.

Requirements

Outline of Key responsibilities of the Joiner/ Joinery Technician…

• To carry out all types of Joinery repairs to both tenanted and vacant properties in accordance with job tickets, opti-time appointment slots, specifications and contract drawings, to good practice, Building Regulations etc as appropriate and applicable.
• To carry out work with an ethos of “Right First Time” always completing a repair where practicable in one visit, with good quality workmanship and good standard of performance.
• To organise your work to minimise lost or non-productive time, highlighting pro-actively if you have too much / too little work so that work can be re-allocated, extra work allocated etc as appropriate.
• To assist in addressing the peaks and troughs in workload by working overtime and at other times when requested by prior arrangement with your manager. To participate in a stand-by or call-out rota.
• To use your initiative to diagnose and undertake a repair which may be different from the job required or where the job required was of a locate fault type nature. Obtaining approval beforehand as appropriate where the job is more expensive than anticipated, will take much longer than anticipated etc.
• To work to a consistently high standard of workmanship in line with service specification, service standards, safe working procedures and as part of a team to ensure the most efficient use of time, materials and resources etc.

We are looking for someone who has…

• Full manual UK drivers licence
• Experience of working competently in all disciplines normally expected of a qualified Joiner/ Joinery Technician along with other associated building disciplines as required and as appropriate
• Relevant qualification and experience, e.g. City and Guilds Advanced Craft Certificate In Carpentry & Joinery or equivalent (NVQ Level 2)
• Experience of working in a customer service environment
• Experience of maximising number of jobs completed and repairs completed in one visit.

Benefits

In return, we are offering the successful candidate in the Joiner role:

• Covering the Calderdale area.
• Salary: £29,582 per annum
• Annual pay scale increase
• Use of company van
• 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 over 5 years’ service) + bank holidays
• A flexible working environment, with a range of family friendly policies
• You will be working, 37 hours per week between the hours of 08.00-19.30 any 5 days from 6 (Monday-Saturday) with a minimum of 30 minutes unpaid break
• Wide range of professional, and personal development training opportunities
• Attractive pension scheme
• A range of financial, health and lifestyle benefits including cycle to work, vehicle leasing and financial advice
• To view the full range of our benefits click on the Employee Benefits Link

Please ensure you fully answer the questions on the application form.

Due to the nature of the role involving work with vulnerable members of society, this post is subject to a Basic Criminal Disclosure, which will be carried out when a conditional offer is made.

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