Multi-Skilled Operative (Carpenter)
Based in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire
Permanent, full-time, 37 hours per week
Salary: £35,327 - £39,252
We have an exciting opportunity for two customer-focused carpentry or multi-skilled professionals with multi-trade backgrounds to join our dedicated organisation.
In these roles, you’ll work in and around our customers’ homes to ensure our properties are maintained to a high standard. Covering a range of maintenance duties, you’ll repair and replace doors and windows, rehand timber and garage doors, install fences, conduct locksmithing, repair staircases, handrails, floors and kitchen units and maintain and replenish your van stock. Liaising with a range of customers, you’ll ensure a first-class service every time.
We’re looking for candidates with…
- Experience in a carpentry or multi-skilled role
- Strong multi-trade experience
- Comprehensive experience in UPVC and/or composite door and window maintenance
- Health and Safety training
- A full, valid driving licence
Please note, this role may involve lifting and moving heavy objects, tools and materials, as well as working in confined spaces and at heights.
You will also be required to have a basic criminal record (DBS) check, which we will pay for.
We’re a social business, based in Turnford and across southeast Hertfordshire, helping local people by renting or selling affordable homes. We offer services designed to help our customers live comfortably in their homes, and we work to keep our buildings and estates maintained, offering support when money becomes an issue or when people get older. Our mission is to make a sustainable, positive change to the housing crisis for our customers and communities.
We enjoy a benefits package that offers something for everyone, including…
- 27 days’ holiday per year plus bank holidays (pro rata for part-time colleagues).
- Buy and sell holiday scheme.
- Cross-organisational bonus scheme.
- Up to 12% pension contribution.
- Life assurance cover.
- Funded health cash plan or subsidised private medical insurance.
- Discount vouchers.
- Enhanced family leave.
- Range of special leave.
- Car loans, cycle to work and electric car lease scheme.
The closing date for this vacancy is 3rd August 2026.
We are a Disability Confident employer, which means that we offer an interview to a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.
Other organisations may call this role Carpenter, Multi-Trade Operative, Carpentry Technician, Maintenance Technician, Maintenance Engineer, Technician, or Maintenance Operative.
We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where equity, diversity and inclusion are part of our culture, as we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce. Our 3-year EDI strategy outlines how we’ll achieve this. We strongly welcome applications from underrepresented groups and groups which are identified as a priority within our strategy, including LGBTQIA+, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, applicants with disabilities and people under 30.
We understand that some candidates, particularly from certain groups, may hesitate to apply unless they meet every requirement. While we’re looking for people with the right skills and experience, we also value diverse backgrounds and transferable skills. If you meet most of the criteria and believe you’d thrive in the role, we encourage you to apply.
All our vacancies are open to flexible working arrangements, something we are really proud of. The extent to which flexible working is possible will vary between jobs according to the needs of the business and our customers.
So, if you’re looking for a new role as a Multi-Skilled Operative, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency
