The Vacancy
🚿 Plumber Multi Trader – Crawley (Responsive Maintenance)
Join the WPS Team – Deliver Quality Repairs That Make a Difference
We’re looking for a skilled Plumber Multi Trader to join our Responsive Maintenance contract in Crawley. If you take pride in your work and love providing excellent service to residents, we want to hear from you!
🔧 What You’ll Be Doing
1. Carrying out plumbing repairs and renewal works in social housing properties.
2. Advising your Supervisor when additional trades are needed.
3. Working independently or alongside other operatives to complete tasks.
4. Completing daily work sheets detailing work done and materials used.
5. Ensuring timely and productive completion of assigned tasks.
6. Providing outstanding customer service to residents and clients.
7. Always working to WPS Health & Safety Professional Standards, including safeguarding policies for children and vulnerable adults.
✅ What You’ll Need
8. A full UK driving licence is essential 🚗
9. Proven experience in plumbing and multi-trade work.
10. High standards of workmanship and productivity.
11. Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
12. Ability to multitask and meet tight deadlines.
13. A strong customer-focused approach.
14. Commitment to safety and professionalism.
💬 Why WPS?
At WPS, we’re more than just a maintenance team — we’re a community. You’ll be part of a supportive environment where your skills are valued and your growth is encouraged.
Given the nature of this position, you will need to undergo a Standard Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) at offer stage. Applicants with criminal convictions will be assessed individually, and we assure you that we do not discriminate based on an applicant's criminal record or the details of any disclosed offenses. Additionally, certain roles may be subject to additional pre-employment checks.
Work for Wates
Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies. Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.
We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:
Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in, and treated with care.
We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer. We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.
Awards
BEST PROJECT
Inside Housing Development Awards
WINNER
2022 Construction News Awards Winner
GOLD AWARD
Investors in People 2022
GOLD AWARD
Considerate Constructors Schemes (CCS) National Site Awards
TOP 50 EMPLOYERS
2022 Top 50 Employers for Women
WINNER
2022 Working Families Best Practice Awards