Labourer, Trades ​/ Skilled Labor, Building Maintenance

Location:
Grimsby |

Contract:

Permanent | Salary: £27,404

At Lincolnshire Housing Partnership (LHP), we believe everyone deserves a safe and secure place to call home.

We’re looking for Labourers to join our Major Works team.

As a Labourer, you’ll work in our Major Works team, assisting tradespeople in repairs for customers’ homes and empty properties. You’ll support trades such as joinery, plumbing, bricklaying, or roofing to ensure work is completed safely and efficiently.

Your role is important in helping us deliver repairs on time, to a good standard, and in line with our values. You’ll work towards our targets for productivity, customer satisfaction, and service quality.

This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone looking for a career as a tradesperson but may not have existing experience or qualification in a specific trade. We’ll invest in your development by giving trade‑specific training so you can progress as a multi‑skilled operative.

As a Labourer, you’ll be at the heart of providing customers with safe, secure homes.

• As you may imagine, this requires a strong work ethic, good communication skills and resilience. A typical week could look as follows:
• You’ll start the week by maintaining your van stock, ensuring you have the right tools and equipment to work safely, always putting the customer first.
• You’ll work with the major works team and respond to major work requests, resolving issues.
• You’ll support in removing damp and mould in properties, applying mould spray / cleaning mould to remove the hazard.
• You’ll support our multi‑skilled operatives in carrying out a range of plastering tasks, including surface preparation, skimming, rendering, patch repairs, ceiling restoration and damp‑proof plastering.
• You’ll assist a plumber by lifting and positioning pipework within a kitchen.
• You’ll be on hand to help a roofer strip old tiles and clear debris safely.
• You’ll assist a bricklayer by mixing mortar and preparing work areas in repairing an external wall.
• You’ll support our multi‑skilled operatives in removing old plaster, wallpaper or loose materials to enable further works to take place.
• You’ll ensure all work is completed safely, using appropriate PPE, dust sheets, and overshoes to protect the property and show respect to the customer.
• Undertake other repairs involving plastering, brickwork and other general building tasks as required and as directed, within your skill set.
• You’ll communicate with the planning team through our housing management system around the status of a job, ensuring records are accurate and customers stay well‑informed throughout the process.
• Record all your work on your PDA, updating job notes, taking photos when needed, and confirming when repairs are finished.

• £27,404 salary
• An employee wellbeing package worth up to £1,200 per year (Westfield Health)
• Enhanced family leave and maternity policies
• A salary sacrifice pension scheme — with up to 12% employer contribution
• 32 days’ holiday (including bank holidays), increasing annually for your first five years
• Opportunities to earn extra leave for full attendance, plus buy/sell options
• Access to Mental Health First Aiders across the business
• A positive team culture where your development is a priority and your ideas are valued

We’re looking for someone who truly lives our values and isn’t afraid of an honest day’s work. The right person will earn trust through openness, reliability and accountability, show respect for customers and colleagues, and work shoulder‑to‑shoulder with the team to get the job done to a high standard.

• Experience supporting a trade such as bricklaying, plumbing, joinery or roofing
• Experience installing or repairing UPVC double‑glazed windows
• Able to work in a busy environment, staying organised and managing different tasks at once
• Full UK driving licence
• Basic understanding of how homes are built, repaired and maintained in the UK
• Confident speaking with customers and able to communicate well with people at all levels
• A strong team player who can also work on their own when needed
• Comfortable using simple technology, like a PDA, to find information and record work details
• A passion to become a Multi‑skilled Tradesperson