Location: Swindon area
Full‑Time | Social Housing Repairs & Maintenance
The role
Carpentry biased Multi trade operative, ideally with window repairs experience or competent with minor carpentry repairs on Upvc / wooden doors and windows. Full time role offered working for a friendly repairs & maintenance company. The work is in the social housing domestic properties for long‑standing landlord clients. You’ll handle day‑to‑day repairs, minor installations, and planned maintenance tasks. A background in Upvc windows/doors or at least confidence with minor repairs on them is highly desirable, but there are a range of multi-trade jobs.
What you’ll be doing
1. Carpentry repairs - doors, frames, skirting, boxing‑in, minor installations
2. UPVC window & door repairs - hinges, handles, seals, adjustments
3. Domestic social housing work - working respectfully in occupied homes
4. Using a PDA/smartphone to complete job sheets and upload photos
5. Planned appointments - your day is organised for you by the office scheduling team
What we’re looking for
1. A carpentry‑biased multi‑trade operative
2. Experience with UPVC windows/doors or confidence with minor repairs is ideal
3. General multi‑trade tasks - basic plumbing, patch plastering, decorating, minor remedials
4. Good customer‑facing skills and tidy working habits
5. Basic hand tools of your own (specialist tools provided)
6. A reliable, friendly, professional approach
What you’ll receive
1. Salary: £35-38k p.a. DOE with potential opportunities to earn more
2. Working hours 8-5
3. Overtime at time and a half
4. Five weeks’ holiday plus bank holidays
5. Company van + Fuel card
6. Specialist tools provided
7. Smartphone/PDA for job management
8. Full training
9. Company pension scheme (post‑probation)
Salary description
£36000.00 - £38000.00 per year