Engineering Skilled Operative – Plumber
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 12 Awst 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £44,967 bob blwyddyn |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 11 Medi 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | PE30 1DZ |
| Gweithio o bell: | Yn gyfan gwbl o bell |
| Cwmni: | Freebridge Community Housing |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | RPO03567 |
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Deliver safe, reliable plumbing services that make a real difference.
We’re looking for an Engineering Skilled Operative – Plumber to join our Home and Community Maintenance team at Freebridge Community Housing.
In this hands-on role, you’ll play a key part in delivering high-quality plumbing repairs and maintenance across our housing stock. You’ll work as part of our in-house team to ensure our homes are safe, compliant, and maintained to the highest standards—providing a reliable and customer-focused service that makes a real difference to our residents.
This is a great opportunity to use your technical skills in a role that values teamwork, quality workmanship, and putting customers at the heart of everything we do.
About Freebridge Community Housing:
Our Freebridge Community Housing goal is to provide affordable, safe, and quality homes for current and future generations, for those who need a place to call home. Freebridge was set up in 2006, to receive the transfer of the Borough Council of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk’s housing stock. We now have over 7500 properties across west and north Norfolk, in addition to building new homes for social and affordable rent, and to support those who want to move into shared home ownership. We’ve had numerous achievements, including delivering our tenants' promises and bringing homes to the Decent Homes Standard, affording our customers a much better quality of living. At Freebridge, we live by our values: Belong, Own It, Think Customer, One Team One Purpose, and Be the Change.
What you’ll be doing:
• Maintenance and/or construction tasks: Undertake maintenance and/or construction tasks as appropriate to your specific engineering skill in accordance with the Freebridge Standard and industry best practice to achieve great customer satisfaction.
• Diagnose and resolve complex issues: Undertake complex engineering tasks using own initiative based upon engineering skills and experience, diagnose complex problems and solve these utilising skills and experience and evidence from diagnostic investigations, ensuring that works are carried out in compliance with legislation and regulatory requirements.
• Communicate technical tasks: Explain complex engineering tasks to non-skilled colleagues and customers including the compliance with regulation and influencing others by persuasion and negotiation.
• Prioritise safety in every task: Work in a manner to ensure your own and other colleague’s safety, our customers safety and the safety of the public, following all internal guidance and requirements and industry best practice.
• Collaborate across the team: Work as part of the Property Services team to ensure the efficient and effective delivery of the whole service. This will include working as part of any of the delivery teams and working alone or with other colleagues to undertake and complete maintenance and/or building works as required.
• Maintain tools and equipment: Be responsible for the inspection, checking and as appropriate maintenance of Freebridge and hired equipment, including but not limited to, vehicles, hand tools, power tools, ICT equipment, phones, uniforms, access equipment, PPE etc. This will include the regular cleaning, tidying and recorded keeping of such in accordance with Freebridge requirements.
• Manage materials effectively: Be responsible for ordering, using, storing and the record keeping of materials supplied via the stores, collected from merchants or delivered to site, ensuring that these are utilised effectively and efficient and that waste is minimised and that all materials can be always accounted for accurately.
• Keep accurate records: Ensure the complete and accurate record of all activities is always maintained in accordance Freebridge requirements.
What we’re looking for:
• City & Guilds (or other recognised awarding body) trade qualification in an engineering trade
• 3 yrs. experience of engineering trade in a maintenance environment
• Current registration with engineering skill professional body
• Current certification to carry out the engineering skill as required by Freebridge
• Experience of and current training in health & safety and ladders
• Ability to use ICT mobile systems
• Commitment to excellent customer service.
• Full UK Driving License.
What’s in it for you?
At Freebridge, we’re appreciative of our team and you can enjoy the following benefits from joining us, among many more:
• Generous Holiday Leave: Enjoy 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, increasing to 30 days after 5 years of service.
• Exclusive Employee Discounts: Access amazing deals through our Reward Gateway.
• Comprehensive Leave Policies: Enjoy 6 months full pay for maternity leave and 2 weeks full pay for paternity leave.
• Health and Wellbeing Support: Access physio and counselling services, along with an employee assistance programme.
• Charitable Leave: One day per year to volunteer for a cause you care about.
• Discounted Gym Membership: Stay fit with discounted membership at Alive Leisure.
• Pension Scheme: A company contributory pension scheme with generous employer contributions
Diversity & Inclusion:
Diversity is key to our values and culture. We create a workplace where every voice is heard and respected, embracing diverse perspectives to drive innovation. Our inclusive environment empowers colleagues, ensuring equal opportunities for all. We don’t discriminate against employees or potential employees based on protected characteristics. We’re happy to accommodate reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process to enable you to perform your best. As part of this commitment, we also offer accessibility tours for candidates to help ensure an inclusive and welcoming experience from the outset.
Closing Date: 26th August 2025.
We’re looking for an Engineering Skilled Operative – Plumber to join our Home and Community Maintenance team at Freebridge Community Housing.
In this hands-on role, you’ll play a key part in delivering high-quality plumbing repairs and maintenance across our housing stock. You’ll work as part of our in-house team to ensure our homes are safe, compliant, and maintained to the highest standards—providing a reliable and customer-focused service that makes a real difference to our residents.
This is a great opportunity to use your technical skills in a role that values teamwork, quality workmanship, and putting customers at the heart of everything we do.
About Freebridge Community Housing:
Our Freebridge Community Housing goal is to provide affordable, safe, and quality homes for current and future generations, for those who need a place to call home. Freebridge was set up in 2006, to receive the transfer of the Borough Council of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk’s housing stock. We now have over 7500 properties across west and north Norfolk, in addition to building new homes for social and affordable rent, and to support those who want to move into shared home ownership. We’ve had numerous achievements, including delivering our tenants' promises and bringing homes to the Decent Homes Standard, affording our customers a much better quality of living. At Freebridge, we live by our values: Belong, Own It, Think Customer, One Team One Purpose, and Be the Change.
What you’ll be doing:
• Maintenance and/or construction tasks: Undertake maintenance and/or construction tasks as appropriate to your specific engineering skill in accordance with the Freebridge Standard and industry best practice to achieve great customer satisfaction.
• Diagnose and resolve complex issues: Undertake complex engineering tasks using own initiative based upon engineering skills and experience, diagnose complex problems and solve these utilising skills and experience and evidence from diagnostic investigations, ensuring that works are carried out in compliance with legislation and regulatory requirements.
• Communicate technical tasks: Explain complex engineering tasks to non-skilled colleagues and customers including the compliance with regulation and influencing others by persuasion and negotiation.
• Prioritise safety in every task: Work in a manner to ensure your own and other colleague’s safety, our customers safety and the safety of the public, following all internal guidance and requirements and industry best practice.
• Collaborate across the team: Work as part of the Property Services team to ensure the efficient and effective delivery of the whole service. This will include working as part of any of the delivery teams and working alone or with other colleagues to undertake and complete maintenance and/or building works as required.
• Maintain tools and equipment: Be responsible for the inspection, checking and as appropriate maintenance of Freebridge and hired equipment, including but not limited to, vehicles, hand tools, power tools, ICT equipment, phones, uniforms, access equipment, PPE etc. This will include the regular cleaning, tidying and recorded keeping of such in accordance with Freebridge requirements.
• Manage materials effectively: Be responsible for ordering, using, storing and the record keeping of materials supplied via the stores, collected from merchants or delivered to site, ensuring that these are utilised effectively and efficient and that waste is minimised and that all materials can be always accounted for accurately.
• Keep accurate records: Ensure the complete and accurate record of all activities is always maintained in accordance Freebridge requirements.
What we’re looking for:
• City & Guilds (or other recognised awarding body) trade qualification in an engineering trade
• 3 yrs. experience of engineering trade in a maintenance environment
• Current registration with engineering skill professional body
• Current certification to carry out the engineering skill as required by Freebridge
• Experience of and current training in health & safety and ladders
• Ability to use ICT mobile systems
• Commitment to excellent customer service.
• Full UK Driving License.
What’s in it for you?
At Freebridge, we’re appreciative of our team and you can enjoy the following benefits from joining us, among many more:
• Generous Holiday Leave: Enjoy 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, increasing to 30 days after 5 years of service.
• Exclusive Employee Discounts: Access amazing deals through our Reward Gateway.
• Comprehensive Leave Policies: Enjoy 6 months full pay for maternity leave and 2 weeks full pay for paternity leave.
• Health and Wellbeing Support: Access physio and counselling services, along with an employee assistance programme.
• Charitable Leave: One day per year to volunteer for a cause you care about.
• Discounted Gym Membership: Stay fit with discounted membership at Alive Leisure.
• Pension Scheme: A company contributory pension scheme with generous employer contributions
Diversity & Inclusion:
Diversity is key to our values and culture. We create a workplace where every voice is heard and respected, embracing diverse perspectives to drive innovation. Our inclusive environment empowers colleagues, ensuring equal opportunities for all. We don’t discriminate against employees or potential employees based on protected characteristics. We’re happy to accommodate reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process to enable you to perform your best. As part of this commitment, we also offer accessibility tours for candidates to help ensure an inclusive and welcoming experience from the outset.
Closing Date: 26th August 2025.