Help create great homes for new beginnings
At Abri, we believe everyone deserves a safe, well-maintained place to call home. That's why our Empty Homes team plays such an important role, preparing vacant properties for new customers and helping communities thrive.
We're looking for two skilled Multi-Trade Operatives to join our team. If you take pride in your work, enjoy seeing a job through from start to finish, and want to make a real difference, we'd love to hear from you.
About the role
As part of our Empty Homes team, you'll work across Ascot, Windsor, Reading and Slough, and the surrounding areas, carrying out a variety of repair, maintenance and refurbishment works to prepare homes for re-let.
This is a varied, hands-on role where you'll use your multi-trade skills to bring properties back up to standard, ensuring they're ready for new customers to move in and make them home.
From carpentry and plumbing to general maintenance and finishing works, you'll take ownership of your properties, delivering quality workmanship and helping us minimise the time homes stand empty.
What you'll be doing
- Carrying out a wide range of repairs, maintenance and refurbishment works within vacant properties
- Completing carpentry, plumbing and general multi-trade tasks to bring homes up to our re-let standard
- Identifying additional repairs and proactively resolving issues to ensure properties are ready for occupation
- Working both internally and externally, including communal areas, fencing, gardens and general grounds maintenance
- Managing your workload effectively to complete works safely, efficiently and to a high standard
- Collaborating with colleagues, contractors and supervisors to help reduce void turnaround times
- Taking pride in delivering quality homes that new customers can move into with confidence
Why join us?
At Abri, we're more than just a housing provider – we're a community. Every home you prepare represents a fresh start for someone, and the work you do has a lasting impact on our customers' lives.
We'll provide the tools, training and support you need to succeed, alongside opportunities to develop your skills and grow your career within a supportive and friendly team.
If you're a skilled Multi-Trade Operative who enjoys delivering high-quality work and making a visible difference, we'd love to hear from you.
We’ll review and interview suitable candidates as they apply. If we receive enough applications, we'll close the advert early so be sure to apply today so you don’t miss out!
Who we are
Abri is a large housing provider who own and manage more than 58,000 homes and various community assets, serving around 113,000 customers across the South of England.
We believe everyone has the right to a good quality safe, warm and sustainable home in a community where they can belong, grow and thrive. What does that look like in real terms?
We’re investing £689m over the next ten years in our existing homes to improve building safety and make them more energy efficient.
- We’re delivering 10,000 homes by 2030, ensuring affordable housing is built where it’s needed most
- We’re investing in our communities, to address local issues and create opportunities for everyone
As we grow, we’re re-establishing our strong local presence to provide a really good service. Abri has adopted a regional approach to service delivery, with our operating areas split into three, each with their local governance and leadership. This will ensure our colleagues are more visible, accountable and better connected to our customers and local communities to meet their diverse needs.
More information about Abri and our strategic objectives can be found at www.abri.co.uk.
What you can expect
What you can expect
28 days holiday + the opportunity to buy and sell holiday
Generous pension scheme with contributions up to 10%
Money off tons of high street and online retailers
Life assurance of 5x your annual salary
Generous parental and family leave
Health and wellbeing packages
Flexible working
Free eye tests
Cycle to Work scheme
About you
We’ve all got different backgrounds, strengths and experiences. But we share the same values. It’s these shared values that bring us together as one team.
Our colleagues embrace these every day. Be the difference to our customers and colleagues, always curious and look for better solutions, achieve together by working in partnership with others, own it openly through working with others in an open and honest way, and finally embrace possibility and see changes and challenges as welcomed opportunities.
We also expect our colleagues to share Abri’s commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults.
If you share our values and want to make a real difference in the world, you’re on to a winner and we’d love to hear from you!
Be yourself
We’re committed to promoting an inclusive culture. We welcome and respect the individual differences, life experiences and knowledge that all our colleagues bring into the workplace, and we value their contribution to our amazing company. Everyone is different, everyone is unique.
Customer Positive
We welcome applications from Abri customers and we provide an opportunity for applicants to let us know if they are a customer as part of the application process. When customers meet the essential criteria of the role, we will commit to interview at least two customers as part of our Customer Positive scheme.
Flexible working
We recognise the benefits flexible working can bring and we aim to support colleagues who need to work flexibly wherever we can, provided the needs of both Abri and the colleague can be met. Please feel free to let us know about any flexibility you might need when applying for this role. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise to consider it fully.
To our agency friends
We already have a number of carefully selected agency partners who know our business well and who support our in-house recruitment team during exceptionally busy periods. We’re not looking to add to our preferred supplier list right now but if you’d like to be considered at a future date please don’t hesitate to register on our procurement portal.
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Multi Trade Operative (Empty Homes) x2 in Bracknell employer: Abri
At Abri, we pride ourselves on being an excellent employer dedicated to creating safer homes and fostering a supportive work environment. Our commitment to employee development is evident through our focus on mentoring and training future talent, ensuring that every team member has the opportunity to grow and thrive. With a generous benefits package, flexible working options, and a strong emphasis on community engagement, joining our Safer Homes team means making a meaningful impact while enjoying a fulfilling career.
