Southern Housing
Maintenance Officer
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About the Role
We’re looking for a proactive Maintenance Officer to deliver high-quality repairs and maintenance services across our residential estates. You’ll carry out a range of tasks including inspections, reactive and planned maintenance, and ensuring properties remain safe, compliant and well-presented for residents. Working both independently and with contractors, you’ll play a key role in maintaining standards, responding to issues quickly, and ensuring a positive living environment through a customer-focused, hands-on approach.
This role can be based at Chertsey, Surrey. The role is required to be on site 5 days in the office, 08:30am – 16:30pm.
Responsibilities
- Conduct health and safety inspections in accordance with our service standards and contractual obligations.
- Comply with our vetting and contractor management procedure when instructing external contractors to complete repairs and maintenance works on our behalf.
- Carry out repairs and maintenance duties in accordance with Southern Housing’s safe operating procedures and relevant health & safety policies.
- Maximise site occupancy by ensuring the void repairs/maintenance schedule is completed within target including any fixtures and fittings associated work.
- Provide high quality painting and decorating service including preparation of surfaces, filling cracks/holes, efficient use of materials, matching paint shades with existing and maintaining safe areas of work including signage.
- Keep all windows, doors, kitchen units and furniture are in working order by repairing, replacing or easing and adjusting.
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What You’ll Need
- Basic carpentry, electrical, plumbing, tiling, painting and decorating skills as well as knowledge of fire, health and safety regulations in a residential setting.
- Experience in contract management.
- Ability to manage demanding workloads and prioritise effectively.
- Confidence to work independently, with a proactive “can-do” approach to problem solving.
- Strong customer focus, with a commitment to delivering excellent service.
- Proven ability to collaborate with others to achieve shared objectives.
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Important Dates
- Closing Date: Sunday 2nd August 2026 at 23:59
- Shortlisting: Tuesday 4th August 2026
- Interviews: w/c 10th August 2026
Please note: We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications. We encourage you to submit your application and supporting statement as soon as possible so your application can be reviewed and considered.
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