The Vacancy
Are you an experienced Multi Skill Trades Carpenter who is great at delivering high quality Kitchens?
Platform Property Care has an opportunity for an experienced Multi Skill Trades Carpenter to join our busy team of Kitchen Fitters and Bathroom Fitters and help us maintain and improve our homes in Worcestershire and Gloucestershire.
What could you be doing?
You will excel at fitting kitchens and completing other associated carpentry tasks, and you will be ensuring our customer’s homes are maintained and repaired to a great standard.
Based in Worcester, Evesham, Gloucester and Tewkesbury, carpentry will be your main focus but experience in other trades is definitely a must for this role. You will need to have proven experience of fitting and installing complete Kitchens. Plus be skilled in fitting latex floors, tiling and plastering too.
We want somebody who can:
A team player, you’ll be hard working and keen to learn with a can-do attitude. You’ll be working in people’s homes, so you’ll need to be friendly and approachable with good communication skills. You’ll also need to be organised and recognise the importance of delivering good customer service.
We want someone who:
Is experienced in fitting Kitchen and Bathrooms to a high-level quality finish. Kitchen and Bathroom Fitting will be your main job and this experience will be essential for you to be considered for this role.
* Minimum NVQ L2 Carpentry qualified
* Experience of working as a multi trade carpenter in the building trade
* Experience of working for a Social Landlord, housing association or council
* Possess a skill level to successfully deliver 1st and 2nd fix plumbing is essential.
* Associated trade skills of latex floor laying, plastering and wall tiling would also be essential.
* Experience of delivering multi-trade work
* Good organisational skills
* Experience of keeping jobs on track
* The drive to ensure works are completed quickly and efficiently.
* Full driving Licence
* As you will be working within Customer’s homes this role requires a DBS check.
There is also the opportunity to earn additional from being on the out of hours rota as required.
Check out some of our core benefits
* 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) with opportunity to buy and sell leave.
* PPC Van with Fuel Card
* Family friendly policies including generous Paternity, Maternity, Shared Parental and Adoption leave plus 3 days paid Urgent Domestic Leave
* Medicash membership for all employees which includes access to an employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership and exclusive discounts.
* Health Cash Plan worth up to £ p/a with cashback for dental, optical, physio and complementary therapies and more
* Pension contribution scheme with employer contributions of up to 12% (inclusive of life assurance and dependent on employee contributions)
* Learning and Development opportunities
* Salary sacrifice electric vehicle scheme
* Employee reward and recognition scheme with wellbeing hub and discount from a wide range of retailers
Platform Property Care, part of Platform Housing Group, is a well-established property maintenance business. Working with us is more than just a job. We value the contribution that our colleagues make to our business; our vision is clear – we are growing fast, and we aim to achieve our plan through an engaged and highly skilled team.
If this sounds like the place for you then we’d love to hear from you! To find out more about this role, please contact Martin Sparrey, Service Manager, at for a chat.
This role is a permanent contract with Platform Housing Group/ Platform Property Care, working predominantly on a contract supplying repairs and maintenance to Rooftop Housing Group.
This role is mobile, so it is essential you have a current valid driving licence. Unfortunately, we cannot progress applications from applicants who do not hold this.