Multiskill Bricklayer

6 months ago


Manchester, United Kingdom Wythenshawe Community Housing Group Full time

**Are you an experienced bricklayer who can multi-skill? Are you someone who takes pride in delivering quality work and providing excellent customer services?**

**Our Repairs and Property Maintenance team have an exciting new opportunity for a multi-skilled bricklayer** **in Wythenshawe.**

We are looking for a talented individual who has the experience and technical knowledge for this busy role and who will be able to work well as part of our responsive repairs team to deliver the best possible service to our residents.

**What you’ll be doing**
- Carrying out all types of bricklaying based repairs and testing to both tenanted & vacant properties as well pre-planned upgrade works. This may include brick work, lintels, damp courses, small flagging jobs. etc
- Carrying out all your repairs with an ethos of “Right First Time”
- Keeping all records as required, either on paper or using your PDA
- Making measurements, quantification and procure materials as required

This repairs and maintenance team is focused on ensuring that homes are safe for living in, as well as comfortable and maintained to a standard that you would expect to find in anyone’s home.

All work we carry out is done with an ambition of “Right First Time” - completing the job fully with quality workmanship and excellent customer service, particularly ensuring that tenants’ furniture and belongings are protected and treated with respect.

**What we ask of you**
- Experience of working competently in all disciplines normally expected of a qualified bricklayer
- Experience of working in a customer facing environment and delivering a customer focused service.
- Experience of maximising the number of repairs completed in a single visit
- City & Guilds Craft Certificate in Bricklaying (NVQ2) or equivalent in a construction trade

**Due to the nature of the role, a full driving licence is required.**

**Why join us?**

Not only do we have an Investors in People recognition we are also recognised by the Top Employers Institute as a Top Employer 3 years running. In addition we offer a wide range of additional benefits such as;
Additional leave (we let you buy and sell additional holidays)
Enhanced leave options for maternity, paternity, adoption & shared parental leave
Enhanced pension scheme contributions
Our Health care plan gives you money off a gym membership, money back for dental, optical & therapy costs and more
Car Lease Scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Volunteering days in the local community

**About Us**

Wythenshawe Community Housing Group (WCHG) manages almost 14,000 properties, providing homes for more than 29,000 people in Wythenshawe, South Manchester.

We are committed to investing in the health, wellbeing and development of colleagues, who we will reward fairly and empower and trust to deliver their best work for the benefit of WCHG, our tenants and stakeholders. WCHG is an inclusive employer of choice where differences are recognised as strengths in delivering our purpose. A disability confident employer WCHG will work to make reasonable adjustments where possible throughout its employment processes.

Our purpose is to provide good quality homes and services to our tenants and leaseholders and to play a leading role in creating safer, healthier communities. WCHG boasts an impressive development portfolio which aims to deliver on average 1,100 new homes over the next five years with £195m estimated investment, leaving a lasting legacy in our communities.

Wythenshawe Community Housing Group (WCHG) manages almost 14,000 properties, providing homes for more than 29,000 people in Wythenshawe, South Manchester.

Awarded ‘Investors in People’ Health & Wellbeing and officially recognised by the Top Employers Institute as a Top Employer UK, three years running since 2019, WCHG is now amongst an elite group of world class organisations recognised for demonstrating a commitment to high performance through excellent people management and provides local employment to 530 colleagues.

Our purpose is to provide good quality homes and services to our tenants and leaseholders and to play a leading role in creating safer, healthier communities. WCHG boasts an impressive development portfolio which aims to deliver on average 1,100 new homes over the next five years with £195m estimated investment, leaving a lasting legacy in our communities.