Multi Skilled Operative

Multi Skilled Operative

Location: Dover

Contract: Full Time Permanent

Salary up to £14.84 per hour, plus, company van & fuel card

42.5 hours per week (8-5 Monday- Friday)

About the role:

We’re looking for a skilled and reliable Multi-Skilled Operative – Aids & Adaptations to join our team in Dover, supporting a busy social housing contract.

This role focuses on delivering aids and adaptations works to help residents live safely and independently in their homes. You’ll be carrying out a range of multi-trade tasks, adapting properties to meet individual needs while ensuring all work is completed to a high standard, with care and respect for residents.

This is a hands-on, customer-facing role where no two days are the same. You’ll be working in occupied properties, often with vulnerable residents, so a professional, empathetic approach and strong attention to detail are essential. With a strong pipeline of work, this is an excellent opportunity to be part of a team making a real difference in the local Dover community.

Role Responsibilities:

• Carry out aids and adaptations works within social housing properties
• Install and repair items such as grab rails, handrails, minor ramps, and access adaptations
• Carry out carpentry repairs including skirting boards, architraves, door adjustments, and internal woodwork
• Repair or replace internal doors, locks, handles, and hinges to support safe access
• Complete minor plumbing works linked to adaptations, such as adjusting pipework or addressing small leaks
• Instillation of flush floor showers – trays and formers
• Undertake patch plastering and making good walls or ceilings following adaptation works
• Complete small tiling, flooring, and associated making-good works
• Carry out painting and decorating to a professional finish following completed works
• Ensure all works are completed safely, efficiently, and in line with specifications
• Work respectfully and sensitively in occupied homes, maintaining excellent customer service
• Identify and report any additional repairs, safeguarding concerns, or issues outside the scope of works
• Accurately record job details, materials used, and completion notes using handheld devices or job sheets
• Maintain tools, equipment, and company vehicle in good working order
• Manage daily workload effectively to meet service level targets
• Participate in an out-of-hours emergency repair rota where required

Role Criteria:

• Multi-trade experience such as basic carpentry, plumbing, patch plastering, tiling, flooring, and decorating
• Full UK driving licence
• Ability to work independently, plan jobs effectively, and manage a daily workload
• Strong problem-solving and fault-finding skills to adapt works on site where required
• Excellent customer service skills, with the ability to work professionally and sensitively in residents’ homes
• Good understanding of health and safety regulations and safe working practices, particularly in occupied properties
• Confident using handheld devices or job management systems to record works and updates
• Willingness to participate in an out-of-hours emergency rota where required

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, Fuel Card, and Uniform

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

To drive a Mears vehicle, you must be aged over 21 have held your licence over 3 months and have less than 9 points.

Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant Background, Identity & Security checks before commencement of employment.

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