Plumber

Join a collaborative maintenance team delivering responsive plumbing and heating repairs across care and supported housing properties in South London. An NVQ Level 3 in Heating and Plumbing / hot water cylinders or equivalent is essential.

If you’ve also worked in the following roles, we’d also like to hear from you: Plumbing Technician, Plumbing Engineer, Plumbing and Heating Engineer, Maintenance Technician, Maintenance Engineer, Building Maintenance Operative, Property Maintenance Technician, Plumbing Maintenance Engineer

SALARY: £39,100 per annum + call-outs + Benefits

LOCATION: Working across South London

JOB TYPE: Full-Time, Permanent

WORKING HOURS: Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm; emergency call-outs are required out of hours as part of a 24-hour service, with additional earnings available

JOB OVERVIEW

A varied opportunity awaits a practical tradesperson who enjoys solving problems and delivering a dependable service to residents.

The Plumber will handle planned and responsive plumbing, heating and hot water maintenance across a portfolio of occupied properties.

Working with the wider maintenance team, the Plumber will assess reported issues, fault-find and deliver effective repairs while maintaining high standards of presentation and customer service.

Supported by a collaborative team, the Plumber will contribute to reliable services across South London and respond to emergency call-outs when required.

DUTIES

Your duties as the Plumber include:

• Planned and Responsive Maintenance: Undertake plumbing and general maintenance and improvement works, including taps, showers, ball valves, gate valves and stopcocks
• Heating and Hot Water Maintenance: Check two-port and three-port valves, mixing valves, heating and HWS pumps, CWS tanks, TRVs and radiators
• System Troubleshooting: Diagnose heating and hot water systems and replace pumps, blending valves and zone valves
• Fault Finding and Leak Investigations: Investigate leaks and drainage issues and chlorinate water tanks
• Boiler and Controls Repairs: Repair boilers and heating controls
• Pipework Installation and Repairs: Install and replace heating and hot water pipework, repair leaks, and drain down and refill hot and cold systems
• Team Collaboration: Work in partnership with the wider maintenance team

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

ESSENTIAL

• NVQ Level 3 in Heating and Plumbing / hot water cylinders or equivalent
• Previous plumbing experience
• Strong customer service skills, able to work under pressure and take a flexible approach
• Ability and willingness to travel across the South London property portfolio
• Own basic plumbing tools
• Full UK driving licence and own car or van; mileage and expenses are reimbursed

DESIRABLE

• Experience working with commercial boilers
• Gas Safety Registered

BENEFITS

• 28 days holiday including bank holidays
• Free on-site parking, subject to terms and conditions
• Refer a Friend Scheme rewarding £500 for every person referred
• DBS certificate paid, subject to terms and conditions
• Contributory pension
• Working with a collaborative team

This role requires a DBS Check

HOW TO APPLY

To be considered for this job vacancy, please submit your CV to our Recruitment Team who will review your details. CV’s of Job Applicants meeting this requirement will be submitted to our Client for consideration. By submitting your job application to us you are hereby giving us your express consent to submit your details to our Client for this purpose.

JOB REF: AWDO-P15289

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