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Trade Operative
| Posting date: | 30 August 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £35641-37516 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 September 2024 |
| Location: | Aberdeen, AB24 2PL |
| Company: | Sanctuary Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 220381-42793862 |
Summary
One of the UK’s leading providers of housing, care and community services, Sanctuary Group employs around 13,000 people and manages more than 100,000 units of accommodation throughout England and Scotland, including general rented, retirement living, supported housing, student and key worker accommodation and care homes. Sanctuary also provides a range of other services including maintenance, care and telecare, all of which are delivered by our dedicated employees who are completely committed to customer service.
Trade Operative
Aberdeen
£35,641
- £37,516 per year
40 hours per week
We have an opportunity for a Trade Operative to join our Voids team, based in Aberdeen. The role will be responsible for carrying out emergency and routine repairs to properties. You will mainly be lone working however will include team work as and when required. We are looking for someone with previous experience in plastering and painting works. With a company van and tools included the role will cover sites across Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire.
The role of Trade Operative will include:
- Carry out construction, fault fixing and maintenance duties in line with agreed contract specifications
- Taping, filling, painting and administering damp and mould treatment
- Ensuring tools and equipment are maintained in good condition and restocking these when needed
- Responding positively to complaints and breakdowns in service delivery, by resolving problems or set into motion the means of resolution, ensuring customers are kept informed
- Providing accurate and timely information on the progress of works that is easily understood by the customer
Skills and experiences:
- To ensure full compliance with CDM 2015 legislation, candidates applying for this role must be qualified to SVQ Level 3 in a core subject, or currently undertaking the qualification. If you have a lower level qualification along with practical experience and would be prepared to undertake this qualification with the support of Sanctuary Group, we would still welcome an application
- Working knowledge of the application of Health and Safety legislation
- Good communication and customer care skills
- Recent experience of undertaking a similar role
- This role will involve driving on company business. In order to drive a company vehicle, drivers must hold a full valid UK driving licence
About us
Sanctuary Property Services provide in-house repairs and maintenance services for an extensive portfolio of properties across Sanctuary. As part of a not-for-profit organisation, we aim to achieve outstanding results for our customers based on our values
- working in an open and transparent way, creating strong partnerships with our customers and providing a first-class customer service.
Our Benefits
As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary a great place to work, where your wellbeing is of genuine importance, we have developed an attractive employment package. The package recognises your contribution, supports your physical, mental and financial health and gives you the flexibility to tailor your employee benefits by offering:
- 24 days annual leave plus public holidays
- A pension scheme with employer contributions from Sanctuary
- Life Assurance
- Employee Advice Service including counselling
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Voluntary health plans
- Employee discounts
- Wellbeing support and tools
- Employee recognition scheme
- Role salary is £32,401 with an additional policy allowance of £3,241 per annum (rising to £34,106 with an additional policy allowance of £3,410 per annum after 12 months, subject to satisfactory performance)
Closing Date: 15 September 2024
We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application.
For an insight into what it’s like to work for us, take a look at our company page on Linkedin
Inclusion is one of our core values. Our goal is to be a diverse, inclusive organisation where our people thrive and meet our customers’ needs with fairness and empathy. We know having a range of ideas and opinions makes a difference. We encourage and welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support this mission. We will make adjustments throughout your application process, in line with Sanctuary’s commitment to our Disability Confident employer status.
Trade Operative
Aberdeen
£35,641
- £37,516 per year
40 hours per week
We have an opportunity for a Trade Operative to join our Voids team, based in Aberdeen. The role will be responsible for carrying out emergency and routine repairs to properties. You will mainly be lone working however will include team work as and when required. We are looking for someone with previous experience in plastering and painting works. With a company van and tools included the role will cover sites across Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire.
The role of Trade Operative will include:
- Carry out construction, fault fixing and maintenance duties in line with agreed contract specifications
- Taping, filling, painting and administering damp and mould treatment
- Ensuring tools and equipment are maintained in good condition and restocking these when needed
- Responding positively to complaints and breakdowns in service delivery, by resolving problems or set into motion the means of resolution, ensuring customers are kept informed
- Providing accurate and timely information on the progress of works that is easily understood by the customer
Skills and experiences:
- To ensure full compliance with CDM 2015 legislation, candidates applying for this role must be qualified to SVQ Level 3 in a core subject, or currently undertaking the qualification. If you have a lower level qualification along with practical experience and would be prepared to undertake this qualification with the support of Sanctuary Group, we would still welcome an application
- Working knowledge of the application of Health and Safety legislation
- Good communication and customer care skills
- Recent experience of undertaking a similar role
- This role will involve driving on company business. In order to drive a company vehicle, drivers must hold a full valid UK driving licence
About us
Sanctuary Property Services provide in-house repairs and maintenance services for an extensive portfolio of properties across Sanctuary. As part of a not-for-profit organisation, we aim to achieve outstanding results for our customers based on our values
- working in an open and transparent way, creating strong partnerships with our customers and providing a first-class customer service.
Our Benefits
As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary a great place to work, where your wellbeing is of genuine importance, we have developed an attractive employment package. The package recognises your contribution, supports your physical, mental and financial health and gives you the flexibility to tailor your employee benefits by offering:
- 24 days annual leave plus public holidays
- A pension scheme with employer contributions from Sanctuary
- Life Assurance
- Employee Advice Service including counselling
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Voluntary health plans
- Employee discounts
- Wellbeing support and tools
- Employee recognition scheme
- Role salary is £32,401 with an additional policy allowance of £3,241 per annum (rising to £34,106 with an additional policy allowance of £3,410 per annum after 12 months, subject to satisfactory performance)
Closing Date: 15 September 2024
We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application.
For an insight into what it’s like to work for us, take a look at our company page on Linkedin
Inclusion is one of our core values. Our goal is to be a diverse, inclusive organisation where our people thrive and meet our customers’ needs with fairness and empathy. We know having a range of ideas and opinions makes a difference. We encourage and welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support this mission. We will make adjustments throughout your application process, in line with Sanctuary’s commitment to our Disability Confident employer status.
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Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.