Vacancies

Plumber

Main Responsibility

This role will be based at various sites, which includes a variety of different home types to meet the needs of our varied and diverse customer groups. 

This is an exciting opportunity for a talented, customer-focused and forward thinking Multi-Skilled Maintenance Plumber to work in delivering a maintenance services at our various Key Worker and Student Let sites.

Reporting directly to the Multi- Skilled Supervisor and alongside a Multi Maintenance team, you’ll be responsible for diagnosing and completing a range of repairs and maintenance tasks, including undertaking planned and responsive repairs for tenants, staff and void properties. For this reason, it’s paramount that you have a number of skills from other recognised trades i.e., carpentry, plumbing, tiling and electrical work. You will be a first responder in cases of emergency and will be trusted to provide a high-quality service in accordance with the relevant safety regulations.

Your work will be crucial in meeting our residents' needs; therefore, your expertise is essential to ensure we are compliant with relevant health and safety regulations will be central to your success.  

The Ideal Candidate

You will have extensive experience in plumbing and drainage systems, repairing leaks and drainage systems, installing air conditioning units, boilers and washing machines, joining rainwater and drainage pipes, maintaining boilers and central systems etc.

We are looking for somebody who has basic knowledge of carpentry and other associated trades.  We are looking for somebody who is extremely thorough, with excellent attention to detail.

You will play a key role in reactive and planned maintenance, ensuring the smooth transition of re-letting one of our 1100 Key Workers and Student Let units within Greater London, to a high specification.

We are looking for somebody who naturally has high standards, has an adaptable attitude to manage reactive tasks, sometimes at short notice, approaching every task with professionalism and excellence. 

This is a hands-on role at the heart of the Key Worker and Student Let service delivering exceptional service to our customers. Your effective communication skills and ability to understand with empathy, the diverse needs of our customers will be essential to this role.

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a Basic check via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Benefits 

In return we offer:

• Excellent annual leave allowance and flexible working opportunities (qualifying period may apply)
• Generous pension scheme 
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay - we offer enhanced maternity and adoption pay in addition to statutory entitlements (qualifying period may apply)
• Employee assistance - free confidential advice and counselling services provided by independent specialist organisations
• Health cash plan 
• Staff discounts - we give our staff access to discounts at hundreds of major retailers, gyms, restaurants, entertainment, days out, insurance and much more
• Interest free loans: season ticket loan, tenancy deposit loan and training loan 
• Cycle to work scheme 
• Life Assurance

How to apply

Applications close at midnight on Thursday 10 November 2022.

Please apply for this role with us online. If you are not able to apply online, please contact kandarp.bhatt@retinue-solutions.com to discuss your requirements.

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a Basic check via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

About the Company

Notting Hill Genesis is now one of the largest housing associations in London and the south east. We own and manage more than 66,000 homes and employ around 2,000 staff. We provide homes across a range of tenures and are committed to continuing to deliver housing that is affordable to all. Our roots reach back to the 1960s when our legacy organisations were established by local people who shared a similar vision – to house west London’s working poor, providing them a home from which to build themselves and their families a secure future.

Our people

We value our people and both respect and celebrate their differences. We’re proud to say that our colleagues come from different backgrounds, with varied outlooks and are from all over the world. We encourage and are committed to diversity. We know that when people with varied experiences and unique points of view come together, it makes us a stronger organisation and more able to help the wide range of residents that we serve. We want all our colleagues to bring their full selves to work in a culture and environment based on respect and fairness, regardless of role, background or ability.

Our pledges

We are proud signatories of the G15 group’s diversity pledge to encourage more diversity in the boardroom and at senior level.  The pledge on Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) diversity commits NHG to reflect the ethnic diversity of the communities we work in at all levels and particularly at senior managerial, leadership and board levels.

We have under-representation of BAME colleagues at this level and are keen to fill this gap. We welcome applications from everyone. For this role, we especially encourage BAME candidates to join us and be part of an inclusive culture that celebrates diversity, equality of opportunity and provides a place for you to grow your career.

We are also a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident employer and have signed up to Harry’s Pledge. We actively monitor the diversity of our workforce and strive to show equal representation throughout all levels of the organisation.

To find out more about Diversity and inclusion at NHG, please visit our website.