Multi Skilled Tradesman

We have an exciting opportunity for a **Multi Skilled Tradesman** to carryout maintenance and/or building tasks as appropriate to specific trade skills within our repairs team.
We are passionate about empowering our people to be the best they can be and are committed to a culture of inclusivity where colleagues are “free to be me”. Not only this, but we aim to put our people first by offering hybrid/agile working, a great pension scheme (up to 12% employer contributions) and many other benefits which show our appreciation for the hard work that everyone puts in here. We each work to our Freebridge Values; Working Together, Empowerment, Integrity, Customer Focus and Enthusiasm.
In line with our five-year strategy, which we are now in the second year of, we are looking to build 750 new homes by 2026 This five-year strategy will drive us towards our long-term ambitions for the next 10-20 years and these first five years will be critical in laying the groundwork, investing in properties and people, hitting new targets and really making a difference.
Freebridge Community Housing is the largest provider of housing in West Norfolk, set up in 2006 to receive the transfer of homes from the Borough Council of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk. Today, we own and manage around 7,000 homes across West Norfolk, making a difference to thousands of customers within communities across an area of almost 550 square miles. We have an annual turnover of £30m and employ well over 200 people, including our own Property Services team. Over the last 14 years, there have been numerous achievements, not least delivering our tenants’ promises and bringing homes to the Decent Homes Standard, affording our customers a much better quality of living.
**Requirements**:

- Undertake maintenance and/or construction tasks as appropriate to your specific trade skills in accordance with the Freebridge Standard and industry best practice to achieve great customer satisfaction
- Undertake maintenance activities from pre inspection, through specification and materials ordering, through work completions and post inspection and administrative completion to ensure that the paper or electronic completion of works is carried out in a timely manner
- Work as part of the Property Services team to ensure the efficient and effective delivery of the whole service. This will include working as part of any of the delivery teams and working alone or with other colleagues to undertake and complete maintenance and/or building works as required
- Be responsible for the inspection, checking and as appropriate maintenance of Freebridge and hired equipment, including but not limited to, vehicles, hand tools, power tools, ICT equipment, phones, uniforms, access equipment, PPE etc. This will include the regular cleaning, tidying and recorded keeping of such in accordance with Freebridge requirements
- Be responsible for ordering, using, storing and the record keeping of materials supplied via the stores, collected from merchants or delivered to site, ensuring that these are utilised effectively and efficient and that waste is minimised and that all materials can be accounted for accurately at all times

**Knowledge and Experience**
- 3 yrs. experience of main trade in a maintenance environment
- Experience of and current training in health and safety and ladders
- 1 yrs. experience of secondary or other trades
- Level 3 Maintenance Operations NVQ. desirable
- Valid UK driving licence

**Benefits**
- £34,065.28 (Full time of 37 hours per week)
- Great Pension Scheme
- Full access to an Employee Assistance Program
- Customer focused, team working environment
- Employee discount perks
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays (rising to 30 days after 5 years)

**Salary**: £34,065.00 per year