Maintenance operative

If you take pride in leaving a flat looking better than you found it, and you're happy to chat with residents along the way, this one's worth a look. It's a hands-on maintenance operative role across two residential buildings in Leeds, working Monday to Friday.

Our client is one of the UK's leading residential rental landlords. They run modern apartment buildings with an on-site resident services team. How residents feel about where they live matters a lot to them, so they're careful about who they bring in.

You'll be the in-house maintenance operative for two apartment buildings in Leeds, splitting your week between them. Most of the work is reactive repairs and getting empty apartments ready for new residents, so expect plenty of painting and decorating. Contractors handle electrics and other specialist work, so you'll focus on general handyman jobs. Hours are 8:30am to 5:30pm, Monday to Friday, with no evenings or weekends.

The maintenance team is growing, and the role has real room to develop as it does.

• Responding to residents repair requests and getting jobs done within agreed timescales
• Turning around empty apartments, including painting, decorating, lock changes and clearing items
• Carrying out general repairs such as minor plumbing, joinery and fabric repairs
• Completing weekly safety checks, including fire alarm and emergency lighting tests
• Keeping communal areas, bin stores and outdoor spaces clean, safe and well presented
• Logging work on the maintenance system and ordering materials through approved suppliers

Essential

• Hands-on general maintenance experience, from any trade or background
• Confident painting and decorating to a high finish
• A friendly, professional manner and a real focus on customer service
• Reliable, organised and happy working on your own initiative
• Good awareness of health and safety on site, including COSHH

Desirable

• Experience in residential property, hotel, build to rent, student accommodation or similar
• NVQ Level 2 or City and Guilds in a construction trade or building maintenance
• Knowledge of L8 water hygiene requirements
• CSCS, PASMA or IPAF cards