Multi Trade Carpenter

As a Multi-trade Carpenter with the Lancaster West Neighbourhood Team, you'll deliver the responsive repairs that help residents feel safe and comfortable in their homes. Your workmanship and professionalism will play a vital role in maintaining the estate to a high standard.

What you'll be doing:

• You’ll carry out day-to-day repairs and maintenance across our housing stock, focusing primarily on carpentry work such as doors, windows, locks and internal fittings.
• Using your broader trade skills, you’ll also complete secondary tasks to help achieve first-time fixes wherever possible.
• You'll use a mobile PDA to manage your schedule, record completed work and ensure jobs are signed off accurately.
• Attention to detail and good planning will help you complete repairs efficiently while maintaining high standards of workmanship.
• Working directly in residents' homes, you'll represent the Council through your professionalism and respect.
• Maintaining a safe and tidy working environment will be essential.
• You'll also report any health and safety risks or safeguarding concerns you notice while working on the estate.
• While much of your work will be carried out independently, you'll work alongside a close-knit team of tradespeople, supervisors and coordinators to ensure repairs are completed quickly and to a high standard.

What you'll bring:

• You will hold a Level 3 qualification in Carpentry as your primary trade and have experience working in reactive maintenance or repairs, ideally within a social housing or local authority environment.
• Alongside your carpentry expertise, you must also have a secondary trade, such as plumbing, tiling, plastering or a similar construction skill.
• You’ll bring a practical, solution-focused mindset and take pride in completing work to a high standard.
• A strong understanding of health and safety requirements is essential.
• You’ll be comfortable using digital tools such as PDAs to manage jobs and record completed work.
• Flexibility is also important, as you may occasionally support other maintenance tasks across the estate when needed.
• You’ll bring excellent customer service skills and understand the importance of working respectfully in residents' homes.
• Reliability and a willingness to support residents when needed are key.

Why join us:

• At RBKC, we're all in - investing in our people, our communities and our future.
• You’ll join a small, friendly team dedicated to supporting residents on the Lancaster West Estate.
• We offer a competitive salary alongside ongoing training and development opportunities, particularly around health and safety and trade skills.
• This is a role where your skills genuinely make a difference to residents' everyday lives.

Position and Interview Details:

• This role will require a Standard DBS check.
• Interviews will take place W/C 14/09/26 and will involve an interview with a practical test.
• You'll be based in the Borough for 5 days a week, playing a key role in serving the local community.

We are committed to promoting equality and respecting diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We are a Disability Confident Employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.