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Job Title: Carpenter
Salary: GBP16 : GBP18 per hour + Paid overtime and travel time + Company Vehicle
Location: West Midlands, East Midlands and Central Region
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent, Immediate Start
About Us
We are a specialist building contractor with extensive experience in Commercial, Leisure, Health Care and Education projects. Combined with our dedicated 24/7 planned and reactive maintenance division cover all our customer requirements. Established in 1987 we have developed and expanded to become a market leader.
About The Role
We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Multi Skilled Operative, with Carpentry as main trade, who is motivated and capable of delivering maintenance work and internal refurbishment project on time and to budget.
The primary role of a Property Maintenance Operative is to optimise property condition and quality and to ensure the building is kept in a safe working condition. Property Maintenance Operatives need to maintain a high level of quality, providing maximum satisfaction to customers, clients, guests and team. They will understand the mechanism of buildings including electrical, plumbing, plant, safety systems and equipment. They will provide first and immediate response to fault finding, whilst maximising quality and ensuring cost effectiveness. They will ensure prevention of major damage that could result in extensive costs and minimise reactive intervention.
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You will be mobile working on various sites or permanent within Education, Commercial Properties, Leisure, Retail, Public and Private Sector Buildings, Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Justice.
Essential skills include the ability to forward plan, work within a team environment and react quickly to any unforeseen issues on site, all with an uncompromising approach managing Health and Safety on site.
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Key Areas and Activities:
- Ensuring good record keeping and working closely with the site team to ensure close control of work packages.
- Demonstrate and understand the importance of the control of resources and stock.
- Work with the Site team to identify and implement cost/value initiatives that benefit both the project and the Company.
- Able to understand Contract values and Term Contracts.
Management
- Ensuring good communication between all parties.
- Problem solving site issues as and when they occur.
- Early identification and rectification of any defective works within the contract timescales.
- Managing and effective control of owned and hired plant.
- Working closely with the client Site Management team to ensure that things run smoothly : an effective communicator is essential as the site sits within a high security site.
- Ensuring that the site is clean, tidy and maintained to an acceptable level of cleanliness at all times.
- Contributing to our commitment to assist and develop the Clients culture of continuous improvement.
- Consider safety compliance with a diverse sector of client groups.
- Understand the importance of customer service.
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About You
Skills Required:
- Door Hanging : Shaving/Fitting/Adjusting
- Door Frames
- Digi Locks
- Door Closers
- Locks
- Push Bar Systems
- Handrails
- Boarding
- Skirting and Architrave
- ETC
Key Experience
- Verifiable evidence of the successful delivery of similar refurbishment schemes / works.
- Understand the importance of customer service.
- Record and report information accurately either internally or externally.
- Have a flexible attitude.
- Commitment to quality and excellence, ability to perform under pressure, take ownership of work and follow through to a satisfactory conclusion.
- Confident communicator and good client-facing skills.
- Evidence of successfully outputs and levels of productivity.
- Carry out repairs to the fabric of a building, for example repairs to walls, doors, doorframe, skirting boards.
- Working with PDAs.
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