Multi-Trade Operative

Posted 24 June 2025
Salary £26 - 30 per hour
LocationGreater London
Discipline Property
Reference111833
Contact NameRiddhi Shukla

Job description

 

We are currently partnering with a large Housing Association based in South East London, who are recruiting for Multi-Trade Operatives with a Plumbing or Carpentry bias to join their growing team on a temporary to permanent basis.

This is a full-time working 42.5 hours per week, with a rate of pay being £26 - £30 per hour (subject to experience) and the start date is subject to notice.

A van and specialist tools will be provided.

Duties will include (but are not limited to):

  • Undertake patch repair to plaster by hacking off defective plaster and renew including all preparation and joints to existing surfaces
  • Prepare walls and hang lining paper, woodchip or anaglypta up to 20m2
  • Rub down and prepare walls, ceilings, woodwork and other painted surfaces to receive gloss or emulsion paint.
  • Fencing, renew softwood rails, replace timber posts, renew rails, vertical boards, and gravel boards.
  • Walls, rebuild lay new common bricks in half brick wall bedded and pointed

Experience required:

  • Experience required in Social Housing
  • Experience working with customers within housing

Skills, knowledge and expertise required:

  • NVQ or City & Guilds level 2 (or equivalent) in their respective trade

Rewards and Benefits:

  • Temporary to permanent contract
  • Van and specilist tools provided

Working hours:

  • 42.5 hours per week
  • Monday - Friday, 8am-5pm

Please note that you require recent experience to apply for this role.

James Andrews is acting as an employment agency and business in relation to this role.

At James Andrews Recruitment Solutions we try to respond to all applications personally, however, due to the high volume of applications this is not always possible. If you have not heard back from us within 72 hours, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

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