Assistant Roofer in Manchester

At MSV Housing we’re committed to making sure our customers have good quality safe homes and our Roofer’s Mate’s are key to making this happen.

Responsibilities

• Assist roofers with daily roofing tasks, including basic repairs, preparing work areas, and supporting safe working at height.
• Handle materials and equipment – loading, carrying, organising supplies, and keeping vehicles, stores, and sites clean and tidy.
• Set up and dismantle access equipment such as ladders and towers, following all safety procedures and PPE requirements.
• Support minor repairs and supervised tasks, including gutters, downpipes, roofline components, and use of tools under guidance.
• Maintain professional conduct, record work when required, communicate politely with customers, safeguard materials, and support teamwork, training and apprentices.

Requirements

• City and Guilds Craft or minimum NVQ level 2 in an appropriate craft‑based trade or substantial relevant experience.
• Experience working as part of a multi‑discipline team.
• Managing and prioritising a demanding workload.
• Customer focused with a desire to provide services to a high standard.
• Experience delivering quality work on time.
• Experience working collaboratively in a busy team environment.

Benefits

• Company vehicle.
• 33 days holiday per year plus bank holidays, and a holiday buy‑up scheme.
• Company pension scheme with up to 10% matched contributions.
• Company‑funded access to a health cash plan for everyday health treatments.
• Enhanced sick pay with up to 3 months full pay and 3 months half pay.
• Health and wellbeing support including an employee assistance programme, free counselling, mental health first aiders and numerous wellbeing initiatives.
• Life assurance subject to membership of the company pension scheme.
• Learning and development to support your skill development and career progression.
• Commitment to equality and inclusion with employee network groups covering anti‑racism, LGBTQ+, disability and long‑term health conditions, carers and menopause.

We’re committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all colleagues to share this commitment. As this job is based within our property care team where you’ll be entering the homes of our customers, a basic criminal records background check (free of charge to you) is required. A criminal conviction does not necessarily stop you from working with us. All decisions regarding convictions will be made on a case‑by‑case basis. Further detail on our commitment to safeguarding young people can be found in our Safeguarding policy attached alongside this vacancy’s candidate pack. MSV are committed to Equality and Inclusion; all applications are scored against the essential criteria of the role. We encourage candidates to submit an amended CV if they can do so. MSV are also committed to supporting you to balance work and life, including with caring or parental responsibilities you might have, and have a range of flexible working options and wellbeing support available to all colleagues to facilitate this. We’re passionate about inclusion and we’d love to hear from people from diverse backgrounds for this role.