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Maintenance Assistant Level 1 (Apprentice)

Job details
Posting date: 24 May 2024
Salary: £23,114 to £23,114 per year
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 13 June 2024
Location: Caerphilly County, Wales
Remote working: On-site only
Company: Caerphilly County Borough Council
Job type: Apprenticeship
Job reference: REQ0009530

Summary

We are recruiting a number of Apprentice Maintenance Assistants at Caerphilly County Borough Council.

Positions Available: 1x Plumber, 2x Carpenters

Working hours: 37 hours
Contract Type: Fixed Term until 31/08/2028 (Plumber) and 31/08/2027 (Carpenter)
Location: Site based

This is an exciting opportunity to join Team Caerphilly and provide support across the wider Housing Repair Operations Team.

We pay an attractive salary of £23,114 and offer access to training and development opportunities.

Caerphilly Homes maintain over 10,700 homes within the Caerphilly Borough providing a customer focused reactive and planned service and are now looking to expand the team by recruiting 1 apprentice plumber & 2 apprentice carpenters.

An apprenticeship is a developmental role whereby the post holder will be required to undertake a training programme which will include attendance at college on day release to complete appropriate qualifications in a relevant trade. The post holder will undertake duties during the course of the apprenticeship to provide support and assistance to Maintenance Technicians. The duties undertaken will be dependent on the level of competence attained over the course of the apprenticeship in the repair, maintenance and refurbishment to domestic properties.

You will become part of a dynamic team delivering reactive repairs/planned maintenance works to our homes.

The successful candidate must have an excellent work ethic, good communication skills, a dynamic approach to the role and be able to lead by example.

For the role, we ask that you have:

1. A relevant craft or trade Level 1 qualification on the Credit and Qualifications Framework for Wales.
2. Knowledge of associated building trade practices relevant to the level of training received.
3. Relevant experience within a repairs and maintenance environment.

We have excellent benefits including the Local Government Pension Scheme, and staff discount schemes.

After reading the Job Description and Person Specification on our website, if you would like to have an informal discussion about the role, please contact Jason Owen on 01443 866457 or email owenj@caerphilly.gov.uk or Steve Dobbins on 01443 873752 or email: dobbis@caerphilly.gov.uk

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