Maintenance Operative, Selby Area

Maintenance Operative: Selby Area

Grade G-I

Salary: From £26,873 up to £35,745 per annum pro rata 

Contract: Permanent 

Hours: Full Time 37 Hours Monday -Friday

Location: Selby Area

Closing date: 3rd November 2024

 

Are you a Maintenance Operative looking to further develop your skills and experience, or are you Single Skilled or Multi Skilled Maintenance Operative, with secondary qualifications and experience, again looking to further develop your skills, experience and career within a construction environment?

 

If so, this role is definitely for you!

 

Our Service

 

The Housing Standards new build team are responsible for ensuring the Councils social housing portfolio of circa 8,400 dwellings is maintained to meet all current statutory, regulatory, and legislative standards. 

 

The role

 

The core focus of this role is to carry out essential refurbishment or construction works on social housing stock to ensure they meet the Decent Homes Standards.

 

Single Skilled Maintenance Operative you will:

 

  • Carry out domestic general building works such as plastering, bricklaying, roof repair, tiling, painting, basic plumbing such as replacing rainwater goods and isolating water supplies to carry out work as per the work orders given, or construction specification.
  • Record and monitor supplied equipment as necessary.
  • Work to expected Health & Safety standards and safe systems of work.
  • You must have the knowledge and understanding of Building Regulations.
  • Undertake professional, mandatory, and skills-based training.
  • Carry out general builder work as required.
  • Carry out repair work for the secondary trade in which you are trained
  • You must have the knowledge and understanding of Building Regulations.
  • Undertake professional, mandatory and skills-based training.

 

What you will bring

 

Single Skilled Maintenance Operative, you must have relevant qualifications and experience in a specialist trade relating to domestic construction operations. You will have experience working in a domestic setting and be familiar with materials, tools and machinery used in the  maintenance, or construction of homes. You must always communicate efficiently and courteously at appropriate levels.

 

At this grade further training will be available to enhance the skills base as required.

 

Maintenance Operative Multi-Skilled, you must have relevant qualifications and experience in a specialist trade relating to building operations with a good working knowledge of other trade areas associated with the primary area of experience, such as, but not exclusive to groundworks, bricklaying, painting, plastering, tiling and roofing.

 

You will have experience working in a domestic setting and be familiar with building materials, tools and machinery used in the repair, maintenance, or construction of homes.

 

You must always communicate efficiently and courteously at appropriate levels.

 

At this grade further training will be available to enhance the skills base as required.

 

The role will come with a Council vehicle, you will be responsible for carrying out routine vehicle safety checks as required and must ensure compliance with requirements relating to vehicle use and maintenance. 

 

Please note: For any Maintenance Operative applicants who do not possess an NVQ level 2 or 3 but have gained years of experience in the trade, we will consider this as time served where appropriate, and we would consider applications on this basis. Skills tests may be carried out to prove competency at these levels.

 

Please refer to full Job Description.

 

Working for us

 

When you join us, you are entitled to our outstanding benefits and wellbeing plan as part of your position. Our holiday entitlement starts at 28 days rising to 34 days (pro-rata) per year with continued service, plus public holidays. Pension: save for your retirement with our generous local government pension scheme with a 18.3% contribution. Fitness & Rewards: Fitness discounts with various Gyms across the county. Stay on top of your game and save £££. Lifestyle Savings: explore a huge range of discounts to help you save money across hundreds of the UK’s favourite high-street and online retailers. Plus lots more…

 

Contact and Apply

If you would like to learn more about our opportunity, we recommend contacting Karl Hankey at karl.hankey@northyorks.gov.uk prior to applying.

Applying is easy, simply click on apply, register your details, remove your personal details from your CV and upload.

 

Key dates

 

Closing date: 3rd November 2024

Interview date: W/C 18th November 2024

 

Key documents:

 

Job description
 

Total Rewards 

 

NYC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies. 

We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 

North Yorkshire Council (NYC) advertise vacancies on behalf of schools and external organisations (third parties) in North Yorkshire. NYC are not responsible for the recruitment/employment practices of third parties and accept no liability in relation to the vacancy and any subsequent recruitment/employment processes. Enquiries regarding the vacancy or practices should be made directly with the third party.

 

North Yorkshire Councils’ purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other’s contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.

 

North Yorkshire Council are committed to the health and safety of our employees and of others including the general public. It  has a responsibility to ensure employees who hold a position that is deemed to be safety critical as it requires the performance of duties which are directly related to the safe operation or security of a facility, piece of equipment or vehicle, handling of chemicals or work at height or in confined spaces and which, if not performed properly, could result in a serious safety risk or environmental hazard to employees, a facility or the general public , do not attend work whilst under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Individuals offered employment with North Yorkshire Council will be subject to the Workplace Substance Misuse policy. For safety critical roles as detailed above, random alcohol and drug testing may take place during the course of employment.

Maintenance Operative, Selby Area
Location: Selby Area
Salary: £26,873 - £35,745