Multiskilled Operative

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Multi Skilled Operative to join our team in Aberdeen

You will refurbish and fit out the complete range of Portakabin buildings to the highest possible standards.

Reporting to the Service Manager, you will assemble and install manufactured components to agreed design specification and tolerance. This includes the safe handling, moving, installing, and finishing to specification and within deadlines.

Flexibility is required in this role due to the workload of projects and rectifications which are based on and off site.

Your working pattern will be 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Thursday 08:00 to 16:30 and finishing early on Friday at 15:00 (inclusive of lunch breaks).

**Role Details**
- Starting Salary: £26,000 - £28,000 (dependent on experience)
- Role based: Aberdeen, AB12 4YD
- Contract type: Permanent
- Annual leave: 25 days plus bank holidays

**Role Responsibilities**
- Plan and undertake the preparation/decoration of all external product surfaces.
- Carry out basic joinery tasks inclusive of partition walls, doors, windows etc.
- Carry out basic plumbing tasks inclusive of sink and toilet assembly, waste and drainage, copper and push fit fittings etc confirming drawing details.
- Undertake basic electrics inclusive of installing trunking and cable runs, sockets, heaters, lighting etc, supporting in the preparation and first fix, under the supervision of an electrician.
- Prepare units for safe transport.
- Install / Dismantle buildings e.g. connections to utilities, staircases, linkways following the supplied lift plan to move the building onto or off transport.

**Benefits & Opportunities**
- Option to buy 5 days of annual leave.
- Contributory Pension including Life Assurance Scheme.
- A range of dedicated health and wellbeing services.
- A chance to give back to your community with an annual Volunteering Day Off.
- Cycle to Work Scheme.
- Employee Benefits Program (Discounts at 100s of shops, gyms, restaurants and even holidays)

We are looking for someone with basic joinery skills gained in construction as well as a basic understanding of industry trades such as plumbing, painting and electrical work.

Even if you do not match all of our ‘ideal’ criteria we would still be very keen to receive your CV as we love developing our people and may feel that you could be developed into this role.

**About Portakabin**

As innovators in the science of building, we provide modular buildings for hire and sale, as well as supplying refurbished buildings and construction site accommodation. We deliver building solutions for organisations of any size, in sectors ranging from manufacturing, education and health to transport, utilities and construction.

Portakabin remains in the ownership of the York based Shepherd family and now employs more than 2,000 people across ten European countries.