Site Support Operative

Site Support Operative

Full Time Salary

£23,800

Employment Type

Full time

Hours Per Week

35

Region

Greater Manchester

Location

Birch Lea Park, Kingston Close, Tameside Sk14 3JW

Contract Type

Permanent

Job Type

Support Services

DBS Level

DBS Enhanced

Closing Date

24/11/2025

Ref No

2610

What you can expect from us

• We offer a competitive salary of £23,800 per annum / £13.08 hourly.
• 32 days annual leave plus bank holidays a total of 40 days paid holiday per annum which is equivalent to 8 weeks.
• Salary Finance - access both short and long terms loans, plus provides access to a savings facility.
• Opportunity to further increase annual leave with service or though the holiday purchase scheme.
• Immediate entry to our Pension scheme (matched contributions up to 10%).
• A great flexible working environment, with a range of family friendly policies.
• Simply Health cash plan with financial benefits and the option to extend to your family. Cover includes dental, optical, physiotherapy, 24HR private GP access and much more.
• Paid leave for absence including sickness, maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.
• Access of up to £150 annually through the 'Learning for life' scheme.
• Access to a wide range of discounts and cash back offers, ranging from retail and automotive to holidays and cycle to work scheme.
• Develop your career with support and access to training and qualifications.
• Onward Home has a number of colleagues forums to drive positive change and culture including our Colleague Forum, D&I and BAME Network.

About the role

Onward Homes are now recruiting for afull-time Site Support Operative at Birch Lea Park, Kingston Close, Tameside SK14 3JW to deliver a high-quality caretaking and building maintenance service, resulting in a consistently safe and high-quality environment, which creates positive spaces for extra care housing customers.

Job Responsibilities

Health & Safety Compliance

• Undertaking weekly fire alarm checks and administration of log books. Supporting the scheme manager with weekly compliance checks.
• Support with winter tasks including help with preparations for snow and icy conditions as appropriate.
• Work to the highest standards of health and safety and assist with the promotion of a positive safety first culture.
• Support the Scheme Manager to ensure that the building is compliant with legislation.

Building Management

• Supporting the Building Safety Manager and Scheme Manager in the day to day maintenance of the scheme including reporting repairs and H&S concerns, reducing H&S risks and ensuring building security is maintained.
• Undertake removal of litter / fly tipping, and graffiti cleansing and supporting the cleaners as required.
• Granting access for contractors and supporting with compliance work.
• Refuse and Bin Store management
• Providing adhoc services to other schemes/properties as required

Repairs & Handyperson tasks

• Complete all low level repairs including; blocked sinks, toiler seat replacement, lock changes, replacing washers on taps, and changing lightbulbs.
• Monitoring individual and communal repairs.
• Supporting new customers with moving into the scheme by assisting with adhoc jobs e.g. curtain rails, hanging curtains, changing light bulbs etc.

Customer Service

• Act in a professional and customer focused manner while upholding Onward values, aims and objectives.

Records

• Ensure all works reporting and safety procedures are followed and record keeping is both accurate and professional.

Skills, knowledge and experience

Essential:

• Previous experience in a similar role, dealing with handy person repairs.
• Ability to communicate effectively with customers, colleagues and external organisations.
• Understanding of Health and Safety responsibilities.
• Experience of using power tools safely
• The ability to follow procedures and provide performance data of operations.
• A Full UK Driving Licence and access to your own car

Qualifications

Essential

• GCSE maths and English (or equivalent)

Desirable:

• IOSHH
• COSHH

This role will be subject to the candidate having an DBS Enhanced (Adults) clearance.

About Onward

Onward Homes is one of the largest registered providers of social housing in the Northwest, with 35,000 properties across the region.

We believe that everyone deserves a place to call their own, which is why we're committed to building 500 new homes each year. We do more than just provide a roof over our customers' heads, we're here to make a real difference.

In addition to creating positive spaces for our customers we continuously strive to create a positive and progressive workspace to enable our colleagues to achieve their full potential.

We embrace diversity and strive for diverse teams to create an inclusive culture which enables Onward to thrive and be representative of the communities that we serve. We want to ensure that everybody has an opportunity to be part of our recruitment processes and will therefore make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to assist you with our recruitment process via the email address below.

If candidates have any concerns / questions in relation to the role at any stage of the recruitment and selection process they can contact the HR team on and a member of the HR Team will be in touch.

Please note that we reserve the right to close the vacancy early prior to the closing date.

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