Estate Maintenance Operative

2 weeks ago

Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom Southern Housing Full time

**The role**

**Join Southern Housing as an Estate Maintenance Operative**

**Are you a hands-on professional with a passion for keeping homes safe, functional, and welcoming?**

At Southern Housing, we’re looking for a dedicated Estate Maintenance Operative to deliver top-tier repairs and maintenance services across our estates. From ensuring health and safety compliance to managing contractors and completing void property turnarounds, you’ll play a vital role in maintaining the quality and comfort of our residents’ homes. If you're ready to make a real impact in a role that values precision, safety, and service excellence—this could be the perfect fit for you.

The role is required to be on site 5 days in the office, 08:30am - 16:30pm.

**What you’ll need**
- Knowledge of equality and diversity good practice
- Knowledge of fire, health and safety regulations in a residential setting
- Knowledge of basic carpentry, plumbing, tiling and electrical industry standards
- Basic carpentry, electrical, plumbing, tiling, painting and decorating skills
- The ability to manage demanding workloads
- The ability to work under own initiative
- The ability to work with others to deliver joint objectives

In your supporting statement, it is important that you address how you meet each of the above criteria providing real examples.

**Closing Date**: Wednesday 4th June 2025 at 23:59

**Shortlisting**: From Thursday 5th June 2025

**Interviews**:W/c 16th June 2025

**About us**

At Southern Housing, our residents are at the **heart** of everything we do. As one of the largest housing providers in the UK with over 77,000 homes across London, the Southeast, the Isle of Wight, and the Midlands, we give over 167,000 people somewhere affordable to call their own**We also understand the difference that safe, secure, and affordable homes can make to people’s lives.

A career at Southern Housing will allow you to make a difference every day you come to work. Working in the housing sector with us will bring fresh challenges and give you the opportunity to grow and develop, too.

**What's in it for you**

**Pension**

**Life**
**assurance**

**Healthcare cash plan**

**Eyecare & dental**

**Birthday**
**leave**

**Retailers discounts**

**Cycle**
**to work**

**Buy & sell**
**annual leave**

**Season ticket loan**

**In-house academy & career development**

**Flexible working**

**Inclusion & Diversity**

We work hard to create a diverse and inclusive culture and environment where people are respected for who they are. Encouraging inclusion is not just about protected characteristics, it’s about celebrating differences of thought, opinion, experience and perspective of each individual.

We’re all different in our own way and we want our colleagues to feel comfortable, that they belong, and are safe to be themselves at work, without fear of being judged or excluded, but valued for their contribution to our One Team approach.

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