Carpenters
Ocean HousingJoin Our Team as a Skilled Carpenter!
Location: St Austell, Cornwall
Department: Ocean Property Services
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full‑time, 40 hours per week
We’re expanding our team and have exciting opportunities for Skilled Carpenters to join Ocean Property Services. If you take pride in high‑quality workmanship, enjoy helping customers, and want to be part of a supportive and forward‑thinking organisation, we’d love to hear from you.
🌟 Why Ocean Housing?
At Ocean Housing, we’re proud to maintain and improve homes across Cornwall. Our operational teams play a vital role in creating safe, comfortable homes for our residents — and now is a great time to join us.
🛠️ What You’ll Be Doing
- Carrying out 1st and 2nd fix carpentry, repairs, and installations to a high standard
- Working across a variety of tasks including kitchens, doors, flooring, fencing, roofing, and more
- Delivering first-time fixes and creating positive customer experiences
- Communicating clearly with tenants, colleagues, and the wider team
- Maintaining van stock, ensuring tools and equipment are safe and compliant
- Participating in the emergency call‑out rota
🔧 Wider Skill Areas we are Particularly Interested In
To support a range of repairs and maintenance work, we are especially interested in carpenters with experience in one or more of the following:
1️⃣ Kitchen Fitting (including basic plumbing)
Experience in:
- Installing kitchen units and worktops
- Fitting sinks, taps and basic plumbing connections
- Waste systems and isolation/connection of supplies
- Adjusting or replacing kitchen components
2️⃣ Door & Window Repairs
Experience in:
- UPVC and composite door repairs and adjustments
- Timber door and window maintenance
- Lock replacements and ironmongery repairs
- Fault finding and resolving operational issues
Experience in either of these areas is highly desirable.
✅ What We’re Looking For
- NVQ Level 2 in Carpentry or equivalent proven experience
- A clean, current driving licence
- Strong customer service and communication skills
- A team player with pride in delivering high‑quality work
💡 Desirable Extras
- NVQ Level 3 or equivalent
- Experience in social housing
- Experience using mobile repairs software
🎁 What You’ll Get
- A supportive, inclusive work environment
- Training and development opportunities
- The chance to make a real impact in local communities
A DBS check will be required for this role.
🌈 Benefits Package
- 27 days holiday + bank holidays
- Occupational Sick Pay (3 months full, 3 months half pay)
- 4% employer pension contribution + death‑in‑service benefit
- Health Cash Plan (dental & optical cover included)
- Wellbeing initiatives & annual flu jab
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Family‑friendly policies
- Agile working options (office, home or local area, depending on role)
For full details, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification.
📅 Key Dates
Closing date: Sunday 15th March 2026 at Midnight
Ready to Make a Difference?
If you’re ready to bring your skills to a team that values quality, community and teamwork — apply now and help us shape homes and futures across Cornwall.
We may close this vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications
The Company
Ocean Housing Ltd is a not for profit, charitable registered provider of social and affordable housing, with a stock of over 4,700 properties throughout Cornwall. We are part of the Cornwall Homechoice ‘Choice Based Lettings’ scheme.
At Ocean we believe affordable housing is not just about the buildings, but about the people who turn them into homes. We provide a wide range of services to our residents, helping them to make the most of their homes and the communities they live in.
Mission Statement
“To be an innovative provider of quality homes and services, with residents and staff at the heart of Ocean, and Ocean at the heart of the community.”
At Ocean our vision is to be the employer of choice for Cornwall. We want to create a work environment where everyone feels like they belong, can bring their best, authentic selves to work every day and are provided with the support they need to do a great job.
Our purpose is to create a modern, dynamic and agile work environment, fit for the 21st Century and one of which all of our colleagues feel included and proud to be a part of. An environment which enables colleagues to provide quality, affordable homes and services for the people of Cornwall. We believe work is what you do, not where you go and therefore colleagues deliver their work where it best suits the need, whether that be in the office, home or around a local area or site using local facilities. Colleagues are agile and work or have meetings in any place to suit the need and task.
Benefits
Values
Gallery
2022 Award
Winner
Best Place to Work at Cornwall Business Awards 2022
Sponsored by the Skills Hub
“This is a really challenging sector to work in and Ocean Housing Group have really gone above and beyond to support their workforce. They really show strong leadership from above in putting their employees first and the level of engagement they get from everyone in their teams is commendable, with really high number of team members taking part in surveys, consultancy and feedback. The Ocean Housing Group have also invested in the continual improvement of their staff, services and benefits to ensure that staff consistently feel invested in and valued – Well Done!”
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