Multi Skilled Operative

Multi-skilled Operative

Location:
Leeds

Contract:
Full Time Permanent

Salary up to £39,646.94 per annum, plus, company van & fuel card

42.5 hours per week (8-5 Monday
- Friday)

About the role:

We're looking for a skilled and practical Multi-Skilled Operative to join our team, supporting a busy responsive repairs and maintenance contract in Leeds. This is a hands-on role focused on delivering day-to-day repairs within social housing, ensuring properties are safe, functional, and maintained to a high standard for residents.

Working across occupied homes, you'll be responsible for carrying out a wide range of reactive maintenance tasks across multiple trades. From minor repairs to more involved maintenance issues, you'll take a first-time fix approach wherever possible, helping to minimise repeat visits and deliver a reliable service.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced repairs environment, can fault-find effectively, and takes pride in delivering quality workmanship. You'll also play a key part in providing a positive experience for residents, working respectfully within their homes and keeping them informed throughout the job.

With a consistent flow of responsive repairs work and a strong focus on service delivery, this is a great opportunity to join a team dedicated to maintaining and improving social housing standards. We're looking for someone dependable, multi-skilled, and committed to getting repairs completed safely, efficiently, and right first time.

Duties

• Carry out day-to-day responsive repairs and maintenance within occupied social housing properties
• Diagnose faults and complete repairs across a range of trades, ensuring a first-time fix wherever possible
• Complete carpentry repairs including skirting, architraves, doors, frames, locks, and ironmongery
• Undertake minor plumbing repairs such as leaks, tap replacements, and unblocking sinks
• Carry out patch plastering and make good following repair works
• Complete basic tiling repairs including regrouting and resealing
• Carry out painting and decorating to reinstate areas after maintenance works
• Ensure all repairs are completed safely, efficiently, and in line with company standards and SLAs
• Work in occupied properties, maintaining a high level of customer care and respect for residents' homes
• Participate in out-of-hours emergency repairs rota where required
• Identify and report follow-on works or additional maintenance issues
• Deliver excellent customer service and communicate clearly with residents about works being carried out
• Accurately record job details, materials used, and outcomes using handheld devices
• Maintain tools, equipment, and company vehicle to a good standard
• Manage workload effectively to meet daily targets and appointments

Key Criteria:

• Proven experience in domestic repairs and maintenance across multiple trades (e.g. carpentry, plumbing, plastering, tiling, decorating)

• Full UK driving licence
• Ability to work independently and manage workload effectively
• Strong fault-finding and problem-solving skills
• Excellent customer service skills, with experience working in occupied homes
• Good understanding of health and safety regulations and safe working practices
• Ability to use handheld devices or job management systems to record work
• Willingness to participate in out-of-hours emergency rota

Benefits we can offer you.

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Annual Mears Fun Day
  - Our annual Fun Day is organised as a massive thank you from the Executive team for all the hard work!
• Volunteering Leave
  - Mears supports employees to undertake paid volunteering in the community, in support of our social value commitment.
• Staff perks with Mears Rewards - discounts of up to 10% weekly groceries, holidays, eye test vouchers, Share save scheme, plus much more.
• Family friendly policies
• Company Van, Fuel Card, and Uniform

All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK, Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship.

To drive a Mears vehicle, you must be aged over 21 have held your licence over 3 months and have less than 9 points.

Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant…