Kitchen and Bathroom Fitter
Permanent
Full time (40 hours per week Mon - Fri)
We currently have exciting opportunities for candidates to join bpha’s In House Maintenance Service, who make a difference to our customer’s lives everyday by delivering a high-quality repairs service designed around them.
We operate across Bedfordshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and surrounding areas, and we utilise the latest technology to ensure that we not only deliver a great experience for our customers, but for our colleagues as well.
Due to further expansion of our In-House Maintenance Service team, we are currently looking for Bathroom and Kitchen Fitters to be responsible for the delivery and completion of new installations within our customers' homes and within empty properties (voids).
The role will be suitable for carpenters or plumbers with the relevant experience, ensuring that the works completed are to a high standard and quality, on time and high levels of customer satisfaction.
What you will be doing:
Applying your technical knowledge, skills, and training to complete the installations assigned to you in a safe, efficient manner.
Taking responsibility for ensuring that you operate in an organised way with minimal downtime, meeting the needs of our customers.
Delivering a high standard of work, quality, and customer experience
Achieving a high-level of right first-time work and ensuring that we achieve a positive outcome for the customer.
Role profile is attached to the bottom of this advert for full details
Helping the team build the service in readiness for launch of this brand new workstream in April 2024, some assistance on Responsive and Void works whilst you get settled here at bpha.
We’d love to meet someone with:
A strong, demonstrable commitment to excellence in customer service.
Excellent knowledge of domestic installations, with proven experience.
If plumber: NVQ level 2 or higher Plumbing (E) or C&G 6189: Plumbing and domestic heating Level 2 or higher.
If carpenter: NVQ level 2 or higher in Carpentry/Wood Occupations, or similar
Full clean driving licence.
Good and relevant health and safety knowledge.
An organised approach to work, self-motivated, with a positive attitude and able to manage time effectively and efficiently.
Amongst what we offer you is:
A competitive salary from £33,600 per annum plus company van, tools and fuel card
28 days holiday PLUS Bank Holidays (rising to 33 days plus bank holidays with length of service)
A generous contributory pension scheme
Enhanced family leave
Private health care
Free life assurance
Access to an extensive suite of wellbeing services and tools including a digital gym
Opportunities for learning and development
Discounted gym membership
Retail discount scheme
Please note the successful candidate will need to complete a basic DBS application.
Closing date: 30th of September 2024
We reserve the right to close this recruitment if it is deemed that we have received a suitable number of applications. On this basis we would advise that applications are submitted as soon as possible.
Serving local people for over 30 years
bpha began life in 1990 with the transfer of 7,300 homes from Bedford Borough Council. We were one of the first stock transfers in England and are proud of our history in providing homes for local residents. We have grown to be a housing association with nearly 20,000 homes. We continue to have a strong presence in Bedford and are now equally proud to serve local communities from Cambridge to Oxford.
‘Quality homes. Connected communities’.
Our vision underpins our commitment to provide and maintain safe, sustainable, efficient, high standard homes for local people.
We also aim to play a positive role in helping to connect local people within neighbourhoods, with local services, with bpha and to provide opportunities through working with local partners.
We are committed to delivering our four strategic commitments:
We will deliver quality and value to customers
We will help make places and build local communities
We will create a sustainable future
We will put people at the heart of bpha