Title: Plumber Multi trade
Contract Type: Full time 40 hours per week
Salary: £39,707 per year
Grade: 5
Reporting Office: River House, Sidcup DA14
Working Location: Lambeth & Southwark and Surrounding South London area
Persona: Mobile (van will be provided for business use)
Working Pattern: 8 to 5 Monday to Friday. Call outs per rota basis
Closing Date: 24th October 11pm
Interview Dates: 3rd November 2025
Role Profile.doc
Benefits include: Excellent pension plan (up to 6% double contribution), 28 days Annual Leave rising to 31 days with length of service + Bank Holidays, Westfield Health Cash Plan, non-contributory life assurance, up to 21 hours volunteering paid days, lifestyle benefits, Employee Assistance Programme and many more…
Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated.
Join our Maintenance Team at L&Q:
If this sounds like you, we would love for you to apply!
Our South repairs team are looking for an experienced Plumber to join the in house Maintenance Service. This role covers South London.
Your impact in the role:
Our plumbers deal with all aspects of Plumbing repairs and replacements of sinks water tanks, and bathrooms. In addition to plumbing you will have associated skills and experience in basic carpentry, tiling, painting/decorating and patch plastering repairs.
We will expect you to have effective communication skills, have experience of working in a building and/or housing maintenance environment including a knowledge of a varied housing stock.
Customer satisfaction is of the utmost importance to L&Q and as a first line of contact to our residents we expect you to have outstanding customer service and ability to deliver a right first-time service. Limiting follow ons and increasing satisfaction.
What you'll bring:
· Sound working trade knowledge and experience, NVQ or qualified through experience
· Able to deliver excellent customer service
· Right first-time approach
. Unvented qualification - desirable
· Health and Safety Conscious
· Previous experience in a similar role within a social housing environment is an advantage
· Wide range of Multi trade skill
It is essential to have a manual driving license to carry out this role and you must have your own hand tools (larger tools and specialist equipment will be arranged if needed)
DBS
For this post the successful candidate will need to apply for or be in possession of an Basic/Enhanced Disclosure Barring Service certificate (DBS) to enable them to work within the team. For further information about the Disclosure Barring Service please visit
A Recruitment Advocate will join this recruitment process as a panel member. This is part of an internal scheme supporting our recruitment process to be fair, transparent and consistent, particularly at senior levels.
If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage during this process, including application stage, please email lqcareers@lqgroup.org.uk
About L&Q:
We’re one of the UK’s leading housing associations and developers. We were founded on a simple belief: high quality housing is vital for people’s health, happiness and security. Everyone deserves a quality home that gives them the chance to live a better life.
250,000 people call our properties ‘home’, and we’re proud to serve diverse communities across London, the South East and North West of England.
At L&Q, people are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. The foundation of everything that we are is built on our corporate values and behavioural framework, which outlines our core expectations and should be demonstrated at all times, and all levels, when representing L&Q.
L&Q strongly believe a diverse and inclusive workforce is important, and inclusion is part of our core values and everyday working practices. We make hiring decisions based on your experiences, skills and merits and we are recognised externally for our commitment to inclusion. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident (Committed) employer and have signed the Time to Change Employer Pledge to demonstrate our commitment to end mental health discrimination in the workplace. Click here to read more.
At L&Q, sustainability is at the heart of what we do. We recognise the responsibility we hold as one of the UK’s largest housing associations.
Click here to find out more about L&Q and why you should join us!
LQL
L&Q is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undertake appropriate safeguarding checks.
SLG Roles
We value diversity in all its facets, including gender, disability, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation and identity. When it comes to finding a diverse balance for our senior positions, we have decided to address gender and ethnicity first. As such we are committed to offering an interview to at least one ethnic minority candidate and one female candidate for all senior leadership positions if they fulfil the role criteria.
*ECU Allowance is paid in accordance with requirements of the relevant policy as updated from time to time.