The role
Were looking for a proactiveMaintenance Officer to deliver high-quality repairs and maintenance services across our residential estates. Youll carry out a range of tasks including inspections, reactive and planned maintenance, and ensuring properties remain safe, compliant and well-presented for residents. Working both independently and with contractors, youll play a key role in maintaining standards, responding to issues quickly, and ensuring a positive living environment through a customer-focused, hands-on approach.
This role can be based atChertsey, Surrey.The role is required to be on site 5 days in the office, 08:30am 16:30pm.
Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
- Conduct health and safety inspections in accordance with our service standards and contractual obligations.
- Comply with our vetting and contractor management procedure when instructing external contractors to complete repairs and maintenance works on our behalf.
- Carry out repairs and maintenance duties in accordance with Southern Housings safe operating procedures and relevant health & safety policies.
- Maximise site occupancy by ensuring the void repairs/maintenance schedule is completed within target including any fixtures and fittings associated work.
- Provide high quality painting and decorating service including preparation of surfaces, filling cracks/holes, efficient use of materials, matching paint shades with existing and maintaining safe areas of work including signage.
- Keep all windows, doors, kitchen units and furniture are in working order by repairing, replacing or easing and adjusting.
What youll need
- Basic carpentry, electrical, plumbing, tiling, painting and decorating skills as well as knowledge of fire, health and safety regulations in a residential setting.
- Experience in contract management.
- Ability to manage demanding workloads and prioritise effectively.
- Confidence to work independently, with a proactive can-do approach to problem solving.
- Strong customer focus, with a commitment to delivering excellent service.
- Proven ability to collaborate with others to achieve shared objectives.
In your supporting statement, it is important that you address how you meet each of theabovecriteriaprovidingreal examples.
Closing Date:Tuesday 23rd June2026 at 23:59
Shortlisting:24th June 2026
Interviews:7th & 12th July
Please note:We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications. We encourage you tosubmityour application and supporting statement as soon as possible so your application can be reviewed and considered.
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About us
At Southern Housing, our residents are at the heartof everything we do. As one of the largest housing providers in the UK with over 77,000 homes across London, the Southeast, the Isle of Wight, and the Midlands, we give over 167,000 people somewhere affordable to call their own!We also understand the difference that safe, secure, and affordable homes can make to peoples lives.
A career at Southern Housing will allow you to make a difference every day you come to work. Working in the housing sector with us will bring fresh challenges and give you the opportunity to grow and develop, too.
What's in it for you
- Pension
- Life assurance
- Healthcare cash plan
- Eyecare & dental
- Birthday leave
- Retailersdiscounts
- Cycle to work
- Buy & sell annual leave
- Season ticket loan
- In-house academy & career development
- Flexible working
Inclusion and Diversity
Check below to see if you have what is needed for this opportunity, and if so, make an application asap.
We work hard to create a diverse and inclusive culture and environment where people are respected for who they are. Encouraging inclusion is not just about protected characteristics, its about celebrating differences of thought, opinion, experienceand perspective of each individual. xiskglj Were all different in our own way and we want our colleagues to feel comfortable, that they belong, and are safe to be themselves at work, without fear of being judged or excluded, but valued for their contribution to our One Team approach.
