General Operative

General Operative

Hull

Full time, Permanent, 42.5 hours per week Monday to Friday

 Salary up to £28,450.61 per annum, plus, company vehicle & fuel card.

Mears provides temporary accommodation to asylum seekers whilst their claim is being assessed in three regions: Northeast, Yorkshire and Humber, Northern Ireland, and Scotland. At the end of May 2021 Mears had over 19000 service users across the three regions. Mears work in partnership with central and local Government, registered providers, tenants, landlords and investors to find solutions to homelessness, provide more social and affordable housing and create specialist housing for people with care needs.

About the Role:

As a General Operative within Mears, you will be working alongside our repairs team carrying out tasks in accordance with standard operating procedures to ensure commercial requirements for number of visits, quality, service user satisfaction, cost and timing are met.

A General Operative within our Rotherham branch your main duties will be cleaning void properties and rooms, painting, collecting and disposing of any inventory. The successful candidate will also be completing any DIY duties that are required. This may include hoovering, fitting blinds, fixing any doors and windows that are broken or completing any basic plumbing work. Another side of the role will be working on responsive properties. This is where you will be changing light bulbs, fitting new washers and cutting the garden.  

Role Criteria:

• Experience in DIY
• Experience in a trade
• Team player and can work alone
• Excellent communication

All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK, Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship.

Benefits we can offer you

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Annual Mears Fun Day - Our annual Fun Day is organised as a massive thank you from the Executive team for all the hard work!
• Volunteering Leave - Mears supports employees to undertake paid volunteering in the community, in support of our social value commitment.
• Staff perks with Mears Rewards - discounts of up to 10% weekly groceries, holidays, eye test vouchers, Share save scheme, plus much more
• Family friendly policies
• Company Van and Fuel Card
• Power tools provided
• Overtime available
• Assess to training courses – plumbing, fire door, locksmith

Apply below or to discuss your application further; contact Beth Dunford on beth.dunford@mearsgroup.co.uk

Mears Group is a Disability Confident employer and recognises our people as our greatest asset, we hire individuality, recognising and valuing everyone is individual and ensuring equal access to opportunities for all regardless of social economic background or individual make up.

Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant DBS/Security checks before commencement of employment.