Multi Skilled Operative

This is a hands‑on role requiring a versatile individual who can carry out a range of trade activities including carpentry, plumbing, tiling, decorating and general maintenance works. You will work both independently and alongside colleagues to ensure properties are maintained to a high standard, with a particular focus on damp and mould remediation. As a Multi Skilled Operative, you will carry out a variety of maintenance, repair, and disrepair works across residential properties, ensuring all work is completed safely, efficiently, and to a high standard.

Responsibilities

• Painting and decorating works
• Groundworks and general maintenance repairs
• Plumbing repairs and installations
• Wall and floor tiling, including patch and full re-tiling works
• Carpentry repairs and installations
• Damp and mould treatment works
• Guttering repairs and maintenance
• Removing and refitting units to access and clear mould affected areas
• Working as part of an out of hours rota
• Providing excellent customer service while working in occupied properties

Key Criteria

• Demonstrable experience in three or more trades including, plumbing, carpentry, joinery, plastering, roofing, bricklaying, damp proof coursing, tiling or glazing
• Previous social housing experience
• Full UK manual driving licence essential
• Ability to use hand and power tools safely and effectively
• Own basic tools including drills and essential hand tools
• Ability to work in damp and mould environments
• Able to work independently and as part of a team

Family friendly policy to include enhanced maternity/paternity leave and much more.

Benefits

• Generous Pension Scheme
• Sick Pay
• Refer a friend scheme (total award £1000)
• Share saver scheme
• Eye test vouchers
• Employee Assistance Programme (Access to Free counselling service)
• Wellbeing service (Access to trained mental health & wellbeing advisors)
• Mears Annual Family Fun Day for you and your family to places like Blair Drummond Safari Park, M&Ds Theme park, fully paid for including lunch
• Mears Rewards - A performance recognition platform whereby you can be rewarded in high street vouchers
• Volunteering Leave - Mears supports employees to undertake volunteering in the community, in support of our social value commitment
• Excellent training and development opportunities and 25 days holiday entitlement along with bank holidays.

Health insurance

Additional Information

Annual salary: up to £36,050.00 Multi Skilled Operative Location: Cambridge/Cottenham Contract: Permanent, Full Time, 42.5 Hours Per Week Salary: £36,050 per annum, company van and fuel card provided, overtime available with enhanced rates, out of hours rota participation required. Mears Group is a leading housing and care provider, committed to making a positive difference to the communities we serve. We provide and maintain homes, delivering services that improve the lives of our customers and create better places to live and work.

Your Match

How well this role fits your profile.

No H-1B filings for this employer appear in the public Department of Labor record. That is not the same as a refusal to sponsor — smaller employers and first-time filers often have no history, and company names do not always match the filing name. Search the sponsor database .

#J-18808-Ljbffr