General Builder – Groundworker in Oldham

First Choice Homes Oldham (FCHO) have an exciting opportunity for a General Builder- Groundworker to join our Property Care team and help us deliver high quality repairs and maintenance across our homes and communities. This is a full-time role working across our Oldham properties, where you'll play a vital part in ensuring our customers' homes are safe, secure and maintained to a high standard.

The impact you'll make

In this role, you'll carry out a wide range of brickwork, groundworks and associated building repairs across occupied and void properties. You'll work within a pre-allocated appointment system, diagnosing issues and aiming to complete repairs right first time wherever possible. Your work will directly improve the quality of our customers' homes and neighbourhoods, supporting safe and sustainable tenancies.

Responsibilities & Deliverables

• Carry out all aspects of groundworks including excavation, drainage, landscaping, paths, driveways, kerbs, minor concreting, reinstatement and surface repairs.
• Complete brickwork and masonry tasks including bricklaying, repointing, rendering, wall repairs and boundary reinstatement.
• Install, maintain and repair property boundaries including walls, fencing, gates, gate posts, handrails, bollards and safety barriers.
• Undertake patch plastering including float and set, skim, plasterboard and skim, and cut out and re-plaster cracks to walls.
• Remove and replace thermoplastic floor tiles.
• Refit or realign gutters including plastic, cast iron and timber, and carry out minor roofline repairs where required.
• Renew flashings and soakers in lead.
• Install and maintain surface water drainage systems including gullies, channel drains and Aco drains.
• Carry out damp and mould washes and treatments in line with organisational procedures.
• Complete void property external repairs, make-safe works and estate improvement tasks including communal paving, edging and minor landscaping.
• Conduct pre- and post-works inspections, identify hazards such as trip risks or loose masonry, and report additional repairs or asbestos risks via PDA systems.
• Maintain safe systems of work and ensure compliance with health and safety legislation, risk assessments, method statements and COSHH procedures.
• Work respectfully within occupied homes, maintaining cleanliness, clear communication and excellent customer care before, during and after repairs.
• Assist other trades when required and support multi-trade responsive maintenance activities.
• Complete accurate records, job updates and photographic evidence using PDAs and electronic systems.

You'll work collaboratively with colleagues and apprentices, take pride in your workmanship and contribute to a culture of safety, quality and continuous improvement.

Our ideal candidate

You'll be an experienced and skilled builder who takes pride in delivering high quality repairs and excellent customer service.

You will bring:

• A relevant construction trade qualification such as NVQ Level 2 or 3 in Bricklaying, or equivalent proven experience.
• Strong experience in brickwork, repointing, rendering and general masonry.
• Experience in excavation, drainage and external groundworks.
• Experience laying and repairing paths, kerbs and driveways.
• Experience with fencing, gates and boundary repairs.
• Competence in patch plastering and associated minor works.
• Good knowledge of health and safety legislation and safe systems of work.
• Experience working in occupied properties and dealing directly with customers.
• A full UK driving licence.

Our Offer

• A 37-hour working week.
• 30 days annual leave per annum, plus organisation shut down days each year, as well as eight bank holidays. You can also purchase additional leave.
• Defined contribution pension scheme with an employer contribution of up to 10%. We also offer a pension salary exchange scheme for eligible colleagues, helping colleagues to take home more of the money they earn.
• Automatic enrolment into a healthcare cash plan and private health insurance plan.
• Access to our colleague benefit platform which offers discounts on hundreds of high street brands as well as providing education, support and tools to help you to live a healthier and happier life.
• Access to Doctorline, a 24/7 worldwide GP helpline for you, your partner and your children.
• Discounted gym membership.
• Access to an Employment Assistance Programme with 24-hour confidential counselling support for both personal and work-related issues.
• Professional subscriptions are paid for by the business where they are an essential requirement of your role.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and sick pay.
• Long service awards.

Interested?

Take a look at the role profile and if it looks like you'll be a good fit, send us your application before 27th February 2026. Please note if suitable candidates are found prior to this date we reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier.

We are committed to building an organisation that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills & are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. As an equal opportunities employer, FCHO is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective colleagues and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us.

We care that you have a great experience with us at FCHO and if you need us to make any reasonable adjustments to make your experience smoother, please let us know & we'll do all we can.