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Trades / Skilled Labor
Building Maintenance, Maintenance Worker, Carpentry, General Labor
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Contract Type:
Permanent, Full Time, 40 hours per week
Salary: £41,200 per annum
Location:
Slough, North West London and Berkshire
Persona:
Mobile Working (van provided) contractual hours to be worked from various locations such as resident homes with ad hoc office attendance as required
Reporting Office:
Berwick House, Slough
Closing date for applications: 16th November at 9am
Interview date: 20th November at Berwick Avenue, Slough
Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated. L&Q reserves the right to not progress applications for candidates who have had one unsuccessful application/interview process with L&Q for the same or similar role in the previous 12 months.
Benefits include:
Excellent pension plan (up to 6% double contribution), 28 days Annual Leave rising to 31 days with length of service + Bank Holidays, Westfield Health Cash Plan, non-contributory life assurance, up to 21 hours volunteering paid days, lifestyle benefits, Employee Assistance Programme and many more…
Join our Repairs Team at L&Q:
L&Q are looking for an experienced Multi trade Carpenter to work within our Reactive repairs maintenance team covering the following areas, Hounslow, Brent, Ealing and Slough.
Our Operatives are supplied with an L&Q van (business use only), uniform and PPE equipment. You will begin the day from your home address where you will travel to jobs which are distributed to your PDA (hand-held device).
We are looking for someone with a full range of carpentry skills who is confident in floor laying including cap and cove flooring.
You must have basic plumbing skills and be able to remove and replace WC if required.
Your impact in the role:
Customer satisfaction is of the utmost importance to L&Q and as a first line of contact to our residents we expect you to have outstanding customer service and ability to deliver a right first-time service. Limiting follow ons and increasing satisfaction.
Our in-house maintenance team core hours are Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm in general. There is the opportunity to earn more from call outs and out of hours service.
What you’ll bring:
A Sound working trade knowledge and experience
Experience gained within a Maintenance, site and or Housing environment.
Right first-time approach
Health and Safety consciousness
Previous experience in a similar role
Wide range of Multi trade skills
Preferred NVQ or similar plus experience and time served as a carpenter
Full Manual UK Driving Licence
If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage during this process, including application stage, please email
About L&Q:
We’re one of the UK’s leading housing associations and developers. We were founded on a simple belief: high quality housing is vital for people’s health, happiness and security. Our purpose is simple – to provide social homes and landlord services that everyone can be proud of.
250,000 people call our properties ‘home’, and we’re proud to serve diverse communities across London, the South East and North West of England.
People are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. The foundation of everything that we are is built on our corporate values, which outline our core expectations and should be demonstrated at all times, and all levels, when representing L&Q –
At L&Q, we know that diversity and inclusion make us stronger – and they’re at the heart of everything we do. When we recruit, we look at what really matters: your skills, experience, and potential. We’re proud to be recognised for creating an inclusive workplace. We’re a Disability Confident Leader (Level
3) and we’ve introduced our own Recruitment Advocate scheme to make sure every step of our hiring process is fair, transparent, and consistent. It’s all part of our commitment to ending discrimination and making L&Q a place where everyone feels welcome. Find out more here.
Sustainability is also at the heart of what we do. We recognise the responsibility we hold as one of the UK’s largest housing associations.
A Sound working trade knowledge and experience
Experience gained within a Maintenance, site and or Housing environment.
Excellent customer service
Right first-time approach
Health and Safety consciousness
Previous experience in a similar role
Wide range of Multi trade skills
Preferred NVQ or similar plus experience and time served as a carpenter
Full Manual UK Driving Licence
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