Maintenance Operative

Salary: £29,064 - £38,220 pro rata per annum

Grade: G-I

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 37 hours per week

Location: Harrogate, North Yorkshire

Are you a Maintenance Operative looking to further develop your skills and experience within a construction/repairs environment?

If so, this role is definitely for you

We are looking for a Maintenance Operative to join our Housing Standards Team working within the areas of Maintenance and Improvement across the county.

Our Service

The Housing Standards Maintenance team are responsible for ensuring the Councils social housing portfolio of circa 8,400 dwellings is maintained to meet all current statutory, regulatory, and legislative standards.

The role

The core focus of this role is to carry out essential maintenance, refurbishment or construction works on social housing stock to ensure they meet the Decent Homes Standards.

The role will come with a Council vehicle, you will be responsible for carrying out routine vehicle safety checks as required and must ensure compliance with requirements relating to vehicle use and maintenance.

As a Single Skilled Maintenance Operative you will:

• Carry out domestic general building repairs such as plastering, bricklaying, roof repair, tiling, painting, basic plumbing such as replacing rainwater goods and isolating water supplies to carry out work as per the work orders given, or construction specification.

• Record and monitor supplied equipment as necessary.

• Work to expected Health & Safety standards and safe systems of work.

• You must have the knowledge and understanding of Building Regulations.

• You will be able to provide an out of hours emergency service on a rota basis.

• Undertake professional, mandatory and skills-based training.

As a Maintenance Operative Multi-Skilled you will:

• Carry out domestic general building repairs such as plastering, bricklaying, roof repair, tiling, painting, basic plumbing such as replacing rainwater goods and isolating water supplies to carry out work as per the work orders given, or construction specification.

• Carry out maintenance and repair general builder work as per work orders or specification.

• Carry out maintenance and repair work for the secondary trade in which you are trained

• Record and monitor supplied equipment as necessary.

• You must have the knowledge and understanding of Building Regulations at multi-skilled level.

• Work to expected Health & Safety standards and safe systems of work.

• You will be able to provide an out of hours emergency service on a rota basis.

• Undertake professional, mandatory and skills-based training.

What you will bring

Single Skilled Maintenance Operative

You must have relevant qualifications and experience in a specialist trade relating to domestic maintenance operations. You will have experience working in a domestic setting and be familiar with materials, tools and machinery used in the repair, maintenance, or construction of homes. You will communicate efficiently and courteously at appropriate levels.

At this grade further training will be available to enhance the skills base as required.

Maintenance Operative Multi-Skilled

You must have relevant qualifications and experience in a specialist trade relating to building operations with a good working knowledge of other trade areas associated with the primary area of experience, such as, but not exclusive to groundworks, bricklaying, painting, plastering, tiling and roofing.

You will have experience working in a domestic setting and be familiar with building materials, tools and machinery used in the repair, maintenance, or construction of homes.

You must always communicate efficiently and courteously at appropriate levels.

At this grade further training will be available to enhance the skills base as required.

Please note: For any Maintenance Operative applicants who do not possess an NVQ level 2 or 3 but have gained years of experience in the trade, we will consider this as time served where appropriate, and we would consider applications on this basis. Skills tests may be carried out to prove competency at these levels.

Please refer to full Job Description.

Working for us

When you join us, you are entitled to our outstanding benefits and wellbeing plan as part of your position. Our holiday entitlement starts at 28 days rising to 34 days (pro-rata) per year with continued service, plus public holidays. Pension: for your retirement with our generous local government pension scheme with a 22.6% contribution. Fitness & Rewards: Fitness discounts with various Gyms across the county. Stay on top of your game and £££. Lifestyle Savings: explore a huge range of discounts to help you money across hundreds of the UK's favourite high-street and online retailers. Plus lots more…

Contact and Apply

If you would like to learn more about our opportunity, we recommend contacting James Eves

Key Dates

Closing Date: Sunday 4th January

Interview Date: w/c 12th January

Key documents

Job description

Total Rewards

NYC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.

We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to this commitment.

North Yorkshire Councils' purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other's contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.

Maintenance Operative

Salary: £29,064 - £38,220 pro rata per annum

Posted: 25/11/2025

Closing date: 04/01/2026

Closing time: 23:59