Joiner in Blackburn

We are looking for 2 Joiners / Joinery Technicians to join our Repairs and Maintenance team. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real difference to our customers' homes and communities. Working across Blackburn, Rossendale and Pendle, you will deliver a customer-focused, quality-driven repairs and maintenance service, carrying out a wide range of joinery repairs to both tenanted and vacant properties. No two days are the same, and you'll play a key role in helping us provide safe, well-maintained homes and excellent customer service.

Together Housing Group: We are one of the largest housing associations in the North of England, managing over 38,000 homes across the North of England. We are a non-profit organisation, meaning any money we make is invested back into the company for the benefit of our residents and local communities.

Diversity & Inclusion: As an organisation we are committed to having a Diverse and Inclusive workforce. We would therefore welcome applications from candidates with any of the nine protected characteristics. We are also proud to be a Disability Confident employer.

Requirements:

• To carry out all types of Joinery repairs to both tenanted and vacant properties in accordance with job tickets, opti-time appointment slots, specifications and contract drawings, to good practice, Building Regulations etc as appropriate and applicable.
• To carry out work with an ethos of “Right First Time” always completing a repair where practicable in one visit, with good quality workmanship and good standard of performance.
• To organise your work to minimise lost or non-productive time, highlighting pro-actively if you have too much / too little work so that work can be re-allocated, extra work allocated etc as appropriate.
• To assist in addressing the peaks and troughs in workload by working overtime and at other times when requested by prior arrangement with your manager.
• To participate in a stand-by or call-out rota.
• To use your initiative to diagnose and undertake a repair which may be different from the job required or where the job required was of a locate fault type nature.
• To work to a consistently high standard of workmanship in line with service specification, service standards, safe working procedures and as part of a team to ensure the most efficient use of time, materials and resources etc.

We are looking for someone who has:

• Full manual UK drivers licence
• Experience of working competently in all disciplines normally expected of a qualified Joiner/ Joinery Technician along with other associated building disciplines as required and as appropriate
• Relevant qualification and experience, e.g. City and Guilds Advanced Craft Certificate In Carpentry & Joinery or equivalent (NVQ Level 2)
• Experience of working in a customer service environment
• Experience of maximising number of jobs completed and repairs completed in one visit.

Benefits:

• Starting salary of £33,758
• Company Van
• 27 days holiday (rising to 32 over 5 years’ service) + bank holidays
• A flexible working environment, with a range of family friendly policies
• You will work a total of 37 hours per week, scheduled between 08:00 and 19:30 across any five days from Monday to Saturday.
• Attractive pension schemes - including Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)

Please note that this is subject to change based on business requirements. Required to participate in the call-out rota for one week once every eight weeks. Due to the nature of the role involving work with vulnerable members of society, this post is subject to a Full Criminal Disclosure, which will be carried out when a conditional offer is made.