Carpenter/multi-trade

**What's involved with this role**:
**Reference no: Islington RQ1258512**

**Enhanced DBS disclosure is listed as a requirement for this role**

A Carpenter/Multi-trade is required to carry out carpentry works and relevant multi-skilled trade duties as instructed by the Supervisor on Responsive, Planned, Empty Homes, High Value Repairs or Capital Repairs to an excellent standard upon completion.

Key Responsibilities:

- Plan and organise workload to maximise productive time and ensure the best service to customers. This includes dealing with urgent and emergency repairs and ensuring, as far as practicable, that all appointments and targets are met.
- Promptly inform a scheduler planner/supervisor of any unanticipated problems or delays that might impact on appointments for that day, so that work can be rescheduled.
- Provide regular updates and information to supervisors/scheduler planner team and other colleagues to assist with ordering of materials, planning and scheduling of work.
- Report any follow on or related repair works identified with the customer where these cannot be completed during the visit, providing sufficient detail to ensure an accurate ‘further works’ order is raised on the system.
- Maintain and contribute to the control of the imprest stock and other company property held on any assigned company vehicle. To ensure the security, care and appropriate use of stock, tools, materials, plant, and equipment and any other items issued.
- Organise materials, tools, and equipment required to complete planned work and to arrange for imprest stock to be replenished as needed and notify the Supervisor of any difficulties.
- Identify and submit requests for non-stock items to ensure that any non-standard jobs are completed in a timely manner and notify the Supervisor of any difficulties.
- Keep accurate records of materials used against a given job on the mobile device provided, only using manual documentation when systems are down.
- Use the PDA (or other electronic devise as provided) to keep various records accurately, order materials, order follow on and new repair works and complete accurate paper records only where the use of a PDA is not applicable.
- Provide instruction, feedback and guidance to apprentices and trainees when required. This includes checking work undertaken by apprentices and updating the team leader on progress.

**To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF.**

**_If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity._**

**Other “Essential Requirements” - Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items**:
**Qualifications**:

- Recognised C&G Apprentice trained in Carpentry NVQ level 3 or equivalent experience.
- Multi-skills training to a minimum of NVQ3 or a willingness to be trained when employed.
- Driving Licence.
- CSCS Card or have the required qualifications, capacity and willingness to complete the safety test and obtain the relevant CSCS card prior to starting employment

**Experience & Knowledge**:

- Experience of delivering high quality carpentry in domestic properties using a range of portable power tools and equipment.

**Skills & Abilities**:

- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to communicate in writing in order to maintain records of materials used, complete job sheets and requisitions, use PDA’s, and follow written instructions, procedures and policies.
- Able to work flexibly in the interests of the service with a demonstrable ability to respond positively to new ideas and changes in working practices and procedures.
- Willingness to work flexibly in the interests of the service with a demonstrable ability to respond positively to new ideas and changes in working practices and procedures.
- Ability to organise your own workload, appropriately prioritising, ordering necessary materials and plant and working unsupervised for long periods of time.
- Ability to work as part of a team, taking pride in the work completed and actively contributing to the team meeting the performance targets.
- Adequate level of fitness to carry out the duties required, including the manual handling of tools and equipment, driving a vehicle, kneeling and twisting to carry out certain tasks.

Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.

SC **Please note that clients invariably ask