Multi Skilled Carpenter

1. We are seeking an individual to join our team as multi skilled carpenter.
2. In this role you will work as part of a team to deliver a professional and cost-effective service, maintaining and improving the homes of NCH Customers.
3. We offer benefits package, the flexibility to maintain a great work-life balance and the opportunity to achieve your full potential.

Job Reference: REQ00546

About The Vacancy:

In this role you will work as part of a team to deliver a professional and cost-effective service, maintaining and improving the homes of NCH Customers. This includes a commitment to provide a strong community focus to improve the lives of our customers/residents. Demonstrating the Company’s Equal Opportunities, Health & Safety, and Customer Service standards in all activities. Ensuring that customer engagement and participation is at the heart of all activities. Ensuring the activities of the Company are carried out to the highest standards of integrity and professionalism in accordance with all relevant legislation.

Specifically, In The Role You Will:

• Undertake carpentry repairs and replacements to doors (inclusive of fire doors), door frames, PVC doors and locks, stairs, windows, and other associated tasks.
• The multi-skilling elements of the role will be inclusive of but not limited to.
• Basic tiling e.g., tiling a kitchen splash-back.
• Basic plumbing e.g., undertaking safe isolation of water and removing, replacing, and reconnecting sinks. This will involve working with copper pipework and plastic solvent weld waste.
• Trade related groundworks e.g., repairing and installing standard external fencing.
• Basic painting, which will be limited to touch up’s and making good.
• Basic plastering, which will be limited to touch up’s and making good.
• Renewing glass panes to windows and doors.
• Undertake locksmith related works. The role will involve gaining entry to properties by drilling/snapping locks, also use of a pick gun and letterbox tool and replacing locks/espags. Specifically, this element of the role will involve engagement with bodies such as Social Services, Police, South Wales Fire and Rescue and other local authority agencies.
• Undertake trade related roofing works e.g., soffit, fascia, and guttering works.
• Utilise trade knowledge and experience and support the surveying function when surveying works and subsequently raise Variation Order’s where and when required, ensuring that this is recorded accurately.
• Support with the association’s method of pest control e.g., placing netting on balconies and pigeon spikes.
• Record and report any faults to the works supervisor and follow up any outstanding repairs.
• Ensure all repairs and replacements are completed within the specified time to an acceptable standard and conform to the requirements of the current regulations.
• Drive an allocated works vehicle in line with the driver handbook, to pre-inspect, identify, and obtain the resources, materials and plant required to complete a repair to the required standard.
• Accurately record work time, materials and plant used to complete a repair ensuring maximisation of resources.
• Ensure the safe use and safe storage of any plant issued reporting any defects.
• Conduct daily safety checks of the allocated works vehicle and record the findings in the appropriate manner.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues and stakeholders across the business internally and externally.
• Mentor, develop and monitor apprentices within the team, provide feedback to line management on performance.
• To always work in a safe and appropriate manner to meet the duties and responsibilities within the Health and Safety policies and procedures of the association.
• Additional, reasonable duties as required

Your NCH, Our Comprehensive Benefits Package: 

We believe NCH is a great place to work and it’s important to us that our people feel the same way.

As well as offering varied and fulfilling careers, we want every colleague to feel appreciated. That means having the best possible benefits package, the flexibility to maintain a great work-life balance and the opportunity to achieve your full potential.

Enhanced Pension Scheme:

• We operate two pension schemes, one with Aviva Pensions, and one with the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). Aviva Pensions is a defined contribution pension scheme. LGPS is a defined benefit pension scheme with generous employer contribution values. You may be able to transfer in any other pension you have within your first year of service.

Enhanced Annual Leave:

• You’ll start on 25 days annual leave (+ Bank Holidays) which would increase to 30 days following 3 years’ service.
• Agile Working Policy (dependent on role):
• NCH work with the philosophy that ‘work is something you do rather than somewhere you go.’

Health and Wellbeing:

• We have many health and wellbeing policies and initiatives such as Cycle to Work, Enhanced Maternity/Paternity/Adoption and Sick leave and a sabbatical leave policy.

Development:

• We offer many professional and personal development options such as paying for professional membership, sponsored study opportunities and career progression and development.

Social Events Committee:

• Subsidized events available for colleagues and their families to attend! Examples of trips include Drayton Manor, Legoland, and buses to visit Christmas Markets in London and Birmingham! 

Sabbatical Leave Policy:

• An opportunity to apply for up to 12 months of sabbatical leave once you have worked with us for 3 years. Allowing you to finish writing that book or taking time to tick a few destinations off your bucket list! 

Recognition Awards: 

• We run a colleague led recognition award which encourages colleagues to recognize the achievements of their peers and celebrate the fantastic work we have carried out over the past 12 months. 

Closing Date: Sunday 20 October

Shortlisting Date: Tuesday 22 October

Expected Interview Date: Tuesday 29 October