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UPVC Carpenter Multi

VIVID Housing
2 days ago
On-site
Basingstoke, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Carpenter

We’re VIVID! –We offer a vibrant, friendly, inclusive culture that supports, develops and attracts the best people!   


We’re looking for a UPVC Carpenter Multi to join our team in North Hampshire. Based out of our Basingstoke office, you’ll be working around North Hampshire and surrounding areas. This is a full time, permanent role, working 39 hours per week with regular participation in the on-call rota. We have both 8:00am- 4:30pm or 10:00am- 6:30pm shifts available, further info will be provided at interview. 


On top of the competitive salary, you can benefit from: 

  • 26 days holiday (plus bank holidays), with the opportunity to buy or sell annual leave 
  • Use of a company van & fuel card for your work travel 
  • A productivity-related bonus scheme to enhance your take-home 
  • Uniform and PPE provided 
  • A generous contributory pension of 6%. We’ll match employee contributions between 7% and 10% 
  • Life assurance paid at x 3 annual salary 
  • Private medical insurance  
  • Health care cash plan called Medicash 
  • Enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave 
  • Access to counselling, legal and financial information 
  • Electric car scheme 
  • Huge variety of in-house & e-learning courses and a range of coaching and mentoring programmes 

 
Here’s the facts about the role: 
 As a UPVC carpenter multi, you’ll carry out mostly UPVC repairs, alterations and new installations of UPVC windows and doors to our properties. You’ll also carry out other carpentry repairs and maintenance, as well as various other minor trades. As a frontline member of staff, you’ll need to be customer focused with excellent interpersonal skills.   

You’ll need to be experienced in carpentry, particularly within UPVC repairs and maintenance. And be able to competently carry out a range of skilled trades works.   

We do our best to make reasonable adjustments wherever possible. However, due to the nature of this position, the job holder must be capable of:   

  • Working at heights  
  • Manual handling and lifting heavy and bulky items  
  • A high degree of mobility, which will include walking/lifting/loading and unloading vehicles 

 
A full, clean current driving licence (held for at least 1 year) is needed so you can drive one of our vans when necessary. Offers are subject to satisfactory driving licence checks and basic DBS check.   

Interviews are due to take place in our Basingstoke office on 3 Sept 
(subject to change)

We're a leading provider of affordable homes and extensive support services in the south of England. We believe that everyone has the right to a safe and secure place to call home, and from the moment customers move into their VIVID home we’re here to help with that and more.

Our customers have access to a wide range of tailored advice to sustain their tenancies and look after their wellbeing. We invest in our homes and communities for the long-term, and this means in the quality, safety and energy efficiency of existing homes and neighbourhoods, with a firm focus on improving services so they’re easy to use and access by our customers.

We’re addressing the shortage of affordable housing in the south, building the right type of homes to meet the needs of our local communities. We’re the sixth largest developer of new homes amongst housing associations in England, having built over 1,500 last year.

This is summed up in our vision “More homes, bright futures”.

As a ‘people’ business, we work hard to create a high-performing and fun working environment. We invest in our people’s development, whilst looking after their wellbeing with our award-winning initiatives.

Private medical / medicash benefits

Enhanced
paternity / maternity leave

Qualification funding support

Electric car scheme

We’re committed to diversity and inclusion, and want people from all walks of life to apply for our vacancies.

We’re a disability confident leader with disabled-friendly offices and we’ll make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to help you; please note your needs on your application form.

If you need additional support with your application, please get in touch with us on 02392 896758 or email HRrecruitment@vividhomes.co.uk. We’ll be happy to help.