At a Glance
- Tasks: Join our team to maintain and improve over 9,600 council homes with a positive, can-do attitude.
- Company: Carmarthenshire County Council, committed to community-focused service and diverse workforce.
- Benefits: Generous holidays, pension scheme, health support, and flexible working options.
- Other info: Opportunities for personal development and career progression in a dynamic team.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in your community while developing your skills in a supportive environment.
- Qualifications: Experience in trades and basic conversational Welsh required.
The predicted salary is between 25000 - 28000 £ per year.
We adopt an ‘anonymous recruitment’ approach to shortlisting. Recruiting managers will not have access to personal information, including your name and contact details, until a shortlisting decision has been made. We are committed to recruiting, retaining, and developing a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. Sharing your equality monitoring data allows us to assess the impact our recruitment and employment policies and practices have and gives us the opportunity to improve them where possible. Equality monitoring information is not accessible by recruiting managers at any stage.
About the vacancy
- Vacancy ID: 3610
- Organisation: Carmarthenshire County Council
- Number of vacancies: 1
- Contract type: Permanent Full Time
- Location: Llanelli
- Grade: Grade D
- If part time and/or term time, the full time salary quoted (based on 37hrs) will be pro-rata'd accordingly
- Hourly Rate: £13.45 (Including Real Living Wage Supplement) - £13.69
- Contract Hours: 37
Come and join our team as a Housing Labourer Technician. As part of our commitment to maintaining and improving our 9,600+ council homes, we are seeking self-motivated, positive, flexible, and experienced tradespeople with a can-do attitude to join our customer-focused Responsive Maintenance Team within the Housing Property and Strategic Projects Division. We strive for a high performing workforce who challenge the norm and who are empowered to provide outstanding services whilst living up to our core values. Providing the best quality service is a key part of the role of our multi-skilled workforce, to ensure that jobs are efficiently completed within agreed timescales. These roles encompass our passion for teamwork and customer focused delivery across our entire trade function. 2 vacant posts are available. Our teams operate from 2 depots, based in Trostre, Llanelli or Johnstown, Carmarthen.
Carmarthenshire County Council staff work a standard 37 hour week, receive generous holidays, sick pay and pension, together with other employee benefits. Level 2 - You will need a basic level of conversational Welsh. Reasonable support can be provided on appointment to reach this level.
Closing Date: 04/08/2026, 23:55
The Rewards:
- Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Generous annual leave entitlement with the option of purchasing additional annual leave
- Access to staff health and wellbeing support
- Personal development and career progression
- Staff discount schemes and other benefits e.g., cycle-to-work scheme
- Flexible working and family friendly policies
Additional Information: We are committed to safe and fair recruitment, safeguarding, and protecting those we care for and serve. We make sure all our staff are vetted, selected, trained, and supervised fairly and to a high standard so that they can provide safe, effective, and compassionate care. Please note, we have a legal obligation to consider employees for suitable alternative employment if their posts are at risk; prior consideration will be given to existing employees who meet the essential criteria and are registered on our redeployment pool.
Eligibility: You will be asked about your nationality and if you are legally allowed to work in the United Kingdom. This is to find out if you are eligible to apply for this vacancy. This is a requirement for working within the Council or partner organisations. Please note: If you do not meet the eligibility criteria your application will not progress. If it becomes clear at a later stage in the process that you are not eligible to apply, your application may be withdrawn, or the offer retracted. Please see the ‘How we Recruit’ guidance on the Careers Page for more information on the recruitment process.
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