Joiner in Barnsley

We are looking for a Joiner to join our Repairs and Maintenance team, to cover the South Yorkshire 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.

Together Housing Group is one of the largest housing associations in the North of England, managing over 38,000 homes across the North of England. We are a non-profit organisation, meaning any money we make is invested back into the company for the benefit of our residents and local communities.

Diversity & Inclusion: As an organisation, we are committed to having a Diverse and Inclusive workforce. We would therefore welcome applications from candidates with any of the nine protected characteristics. We are also proud to be a Disability Confident employer.

Please note this role operates on a 4-on, 4-off shift pattern.

Outline of Key Responsibilities:

• 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.

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

• Covering the South Yorkshire area.
• Starting salary: £38,319.89.
• This role follows a 4-on, 4-off shift pattern, scheduled between 08:00 and 20:00 across seven days, Monday to Sunday. Shift lengths may vary depending on business needs, with 12-hour weekday shifts and 7.5-hour weekend shifts. Further details will be discussed during the recruitment process.
• A flexible working environment, with a range of family friendly policies.
• Wide range of technical, professional, and personal development training opportunities.
• Attractive pension scheme.
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to GPs.
• A range of financial and lifestyle benefits including cycle to work, vehicle leasing and financial advice.
• We have a range of staff support networks, including menopause, culturally diverse, LGBTQ+ and disability.

To view the full range of our award winning benefits click on the Employee Benefits Link.