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Plumber

Annual salary: up to £31,060.00

REQ0032826

Permanent

Housing Repairs and Maintenance

Permanent

Business Area:

Contract Type:

Location:

Eastbourne

South East of England

BN23 6QY

Additional Locations:

Lewes

Last Updated:

08

/

01

/

2025

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Annual salary: up to £31,060.00


Plumber

Lewes

£31,060.00 per annum

Full time - Permanent - 42.5hrs per week Including Company van and fuel card

This contract provides a 24-hour emergency repair service. This post offers the opportunity to participate in the out-of-hours call-out rota, which can potentially boost earnings by approximately £10k per annum, based on one week out of a four-week rota. Participation is optional and not mandatory.

About the role:

As a Plumber you will be providing a stable and profitable contract, delivering excellent service and support through our local teams, who understand the importance of working together for the local community.

As a Plumber you will be required to have experience in all domestic maintenance plumbing, hot/cold feeds, waste pipes and soil stacks also including bathroom/wet room installs and repairs , hot water cylinder renewals and leak detection.

Response and maintenance plumber – will be dealing with pipe work, fitting sanitary wear, Fixing leaks and renewing plumbing parts.

Participate in call out cover if and when required to ensure contract compliance & service user satisfaction for emergency repairs.

Role Criteria:

  • UK Full driving licence
  • NVQ Level 2 or equivalent of plumbing qualification.
  • Good Communication skills
  • It literate
  • Ability to use PDA

Desirable:

  • G3 unvented hot water qualification
  • Previous experience working in domestic housing.

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, Fuel Card and Uniform
  • Call out rota

To apply, follow the link below or to discuss your application further; contact Francesca Francesca.swan@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.

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 DBS/Security checks before commencement of employment.