General Builder

Location:

Godalming

Salary: A GBP 33,500 per annum

Charterhouse is a beautiful school in a 250‑acre campus—a wonderful setting for the whole community to live and work together and a splendid backdrop for teaching and learning.

• Carry out a variety of planned and reactive building maintenance tasks, including general building, paving and external works.
• Undertake building and roofing maintenance tasks as required.
• Carry out planned and reactive gutter cleaning to ensure gullies are flushed/emptied and their connections cleared of silt deposits, debris and obstructions.
• Carry out regular routine duties that include clearing drains, gutters and roofs.
• Support the Estates team with erecting and the safe use of scaffold towers and other access equipment.
• Assist the Estates team with escorting contractors.
• Collect, transport and deliver materials around the site as required for works being carried out by yourself and other members of the Estate department.
• Carry out planned preventative building maintenance in line with set programmes.
• Must have good communication skills and work well within a team and report any issues encountered.
• Work individually or as part of a team to complete repair and maintenance tasks.
• Have a good understanding of relevant roles and site‑specific Health and Safety including COSHH, PUWER and Working at Height.
• Good attention to detail, problem‑solving skills and a commitment to health, safety and quality standards.

• Builder with multi‑trade skills; relevant trade qualifications and/or trade experience required.
• Proven experience of managing multiple projects and dealing with a wide range and size of building tasks.
• Experience of working in a construction / maintenance environment.
• Holder of a clean, valid driving licence.

• Experience of working within a school’s Estates department.
• Experience of working in a regulated environment.
• Knowledge of Building Regulations.
• PasMA and IpaF A:
  Some plumbing experience.

• Full‑time Monday to Friday 0800‑1630hrs throughout the year.
• 40 hours per week with a 30‑minute unpaid lunch break.
• 5 weeks paid holiday plus statutory English Bank Holidays (holiday may not be possible during term time; time off will be given in lieu; no holiday approved during the last full week of the School summer holiday).
• Flexibility in working hours essential.
• Notice:
  Four weeks during probationary period (normally six months); once confirmed, both parties are required to give at least four weeks notice on either side.