Multi Trade Operative

Deadline: 30/05/24

  • Contract Type: Permanent
  • Interview date: TBC

Templer HomeBuild is currently looking for an experienced Multi Trade Operative to join our successful responsive maintenance and larger works team based in Newton Abbot. Guaranteed 39-hour working week finishing early on Fridays to help with work/life balance.

We require the Operative to complete a variety of residential works, working in mostly void properties and communal areas around the Teignbridge area. This is an excellent opportunity for the right individual, offering you stability and a bonus incentive.

Our trade team produces work to the highest standards and delivers outstanding customer service, therefore we seek individuals who are as equally as invested as us in continuing to improve people’s homes, lives, and the local community.

The benefits of working for Templer HomeBuild:

  • Please be aware you will be paid weekly, guaranteed 39 hour working week, ensuring we offer stability in your finances, and we also complete annual pay reviews
  • And we provide you with the opportunity to earn more with weekly bonuses based on productivity
  • Company Van provided
  • Travel and Fare allowance
  • Uniform and PPE provided, no charge
  • 30 days paid holiday (including bank holidays)
  • Life Insurance, covering you on and off-site, financed by Templer HomeBuild
  • Access to the Employee Assistance Programme to support your health and well-being, including free legal and financial advice.
  • Early finish on a Friday to help with work/life balance.

The Multi Trade Operative role:

  • Wet trades works will include rendering external walls and plastering internal walls & ceilings.  Painting internals. Carpentry works will involve fencing, stud work, door hanging & basic plumbing works including taps, wash hand basins, wastes, etc.
  • You will take pride in delivering an exceptional level of customer service; ensuring you are providing updates and considering their needs at all times while being able to complete your work
  • Yours, the team, and the customer’s Health and Safety will be at the forefront of everything you do, ensuring all working environments are safe and relevant documentation is completed at all stages.

What will you bring as a Multi Trade Operative :

  • Qualified to an NVQ 2 level in Carpentry, Plumbing, Plastering or a similar professional body is desirable but not essential, time served is acceptable
  • Motivated in your approach to work and able to work to individual and team output targets
  • Possession of a full current UK Driving license, which is essential to undertake the Multi Trade Operative role, using your vehicle and ability to claim travel expenses.

Additional benefits include:

  • Pension contributions
  • Industry sick pay
  • Enhanced maternity/paternity pay
  • Preferred company supplier trade discounts
  • Regular training and performance reviews, with funding towards job-relevant qualifications, allow for the opportunity to develop within your role, and progress within the business

About Templer HomeBuild Ltd:

We are an exciting venture, with the security and stability of being a subsidiary company of Teign Housing, with a strong connection with Ian Williams, where we benefit from their expertise of being one of the UK’s leading property services companies.

We deliver a comprehensive responsive repairs service (including gas servicing and repairs) and offer a host of additional property services such as planned maintenance works, voids, cyclical painting solutions, and appliance testing and repairs.

We are passionate about people and firmly believe that our success will only be maintained if we continue to offer you a great workplace, support you with the right benefits, and provide you with the opportunity to develop your career and fulfill your potential.

The successful applicant will be required to complete a criminal records check.  As an organization assessing applicants’ suitability for positions which are included in the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order using criminal record checks processed through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), we comply fully with the code of practice and undertake to treat all applicants for positions fairly.

We reserve the right to shortlist before the closing date based on application volumes.

Templer HomeBuild is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. Diversity is more than a commitment at Templer HomeBuild —it is the foundation of what we do. We are fully focused on equality and believe deeply in diversity of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, and all other characteristics that make us different. 

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