Repairs Joiner

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If you're a Multi skilled Joiner that likes to just "crack on" giving a professional service and warm manner towards our customers this might well be worth your time

We provide homes for people who need them and services to help our customers lead better lives. We own and manage more than 7,000 properties across the East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber, helping thousands of people in our communities every single day. This includes homes for affordable rent, homes for students and homes for older people. We even develop new homes to help people get on the property ladder.

**What you'll get as part of the team**:

- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Additional pay elements for call out and out of hours working (where relevant)
- Enhanced pension - matched contributions up to 10%
- The opportunity to undertake professional training which will be funded by us, as will any relevant professional membership subscriptions
- Staff benefits with Paycare - A fantastic health and benefits scheme
- Benefits with Acis Perkz - a discount scheme offering hundreds of savings from food shopping to holidays
- Employee recognition scheme. We ensure we recognise and thank our team with various rewards
- Enhanced maternity and paternity scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Enhanced sick pay scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme to give you confidential advice and support
- Death in service benefit amounting to 3 times annual salary

**What a good Multiskilled Joiner looks like to us**:

- You will have NVQ Level 3 in carpentry/joinery or equivalent,
- Full Driving Licence
- You will have experience of repairs and maintenance within both void and tenanted properties
- You will have a sound understanding of the construction industry in particular the building trade including issues surrounding legislation, Health and Safety, manual handling, working at heights etc.
- A good knowledge of social housing
- Experience of working within social housing
- You will have the ability to plan ahead to ensure that all jobs can be completed on time, first time.

**As a Multi Skilled Joiner, a typical day might include**:

- Undertaking all types of joinery, wet trade, ground works, roofing, basic plumbing and grounds maintenance duties identified within Acis housing stock and any other properties as instructed. Works may involve both emergency and scheduled responsive repairs as well as more extensive renovation works to properties.
- Arrange the provision of materials and plant, either directly or under supervision to attain an efficient, effective and productive return on expenditure.
- Ensuring the safe handling and storage of all plant and equipment, including regular checks for road-worthiness on vehicles for which you are responsible.
- Carrying out work activities in line with current Approved Codes of Practice and in accordance with Building Regulations.
- To personally carry out and work to localised risk assessments as your individual work task requires.
- To be Customer focused in attitude with regard to service expectations and delivery showing flexibility in working hours as the job demands.
- Ensure that the Code of Conduct for the repairs and maintenance service is fully complied with.
- Empathy with the aims and values of Acis Group and to the provision of high quality services to Acis customers.
- Generally work to a programme of tasks as identified by your line manager but the programme can be interrupted to deal with emergency situations.
- Working from scaffold access, or hydraulic platforms, as work tasks dictate.
- The working conditions can vary and on occasion can include dirty and disagreeable sites. Includes elements of working in all types of weather conditions.
- Lone working with the public and in tenants’ homes, including working at height and in empty properties.