Joiner, Building Maintenance

Your New Company:
We are recruiting an experienced carpenter/joiner to work at HMP Risley, expected to be ongoing on a temporary basis for the next few months. This is a temporary to permanent contract.

Your new role:
As a Carpenter/Joiner, you'll be involved in a wide range of tasks crucial to our daily operations. Your responsibilities will typically include:

• To carry out joinery work, examples of work include making stairs, doors, windows, signposts, formwork and other bespoke timber items.
• Measure and quote for works
• Order materials
• Maintain stock of building maintenance materials
• Fit out company vehicles for other departments
• To organise and plan your daily work with the supervisor, to record and submit all details of work carried out on relevant work orders
• To drive a vehicle if necessary in connection with work. Carry out daily vehicle checks and complete associated paperwork
• Responsible for joinery workshop - maintenance of machines, statutory inspections, housekeeping and cleanliness
• To participate in the Service's out-of-hours emergency standby rota when the need arises and if necessary due to contractual or staff circumstances
• To complete statutory records as required
• To provide technical advice where required
• To undertake out of hours callout duties as per rota requirements.

Details:
Pay Frequency:
Weekly
1 in 3 weekends

Working Hours:

39 hours per week

What you'll need to succeed
You will need to be honest, hard-working, reliable, trustworthy and have great attention to detail, alongside being an excellent team player.
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Qualifications
City & Guilds, NVQ Level 2 or equivalent in joinery
Current full UK driving licence

Technical competencies

• To be aware of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the duties which it places on an employee
• Emergence first aid at work (HSE)
• Environmental awareness Tool Box talk
• IOSH working safely
• Manual tool handling
• Ladder use

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