Full Time / 37 hours / Fixed Term 12 Months
Are you a Trade Operative who carries out quality, customer focused painting, maintenance and improvement work to properties and buildings?
Are you committed to making a difference, whilst looking for ways to improve and enhance outcomes for the benefit of customers and the service? Then you should apply to join us here at Leicester City Council as a Trade Operative Painter
There are several vacancies for full time positions working 37 hours per week. The working week is 8.00am to 16.00pm Monday to Thursday and 8.00am to 15.30pm Friday.
What you’ll be doing
Our aim is to achieve ‘right first time’ service to all customers across the City of Leicester. Therefore, with your experience and knowledge of painting and decorating, you will undertake range of repairs & maintenance tasks to the agreed quality and performance standards, including enabling and finishing works,
Customers are the forefront of the service, and communication is key to run a smooth service. To ensure this, you will liaise with customers to agree suitable appointments, whilst keeping them updated throughout the repair and refurbishment work. in addition to this, you will actively manage stock of parts in your vehicle to ensure efficient completion of work.
What you will need
With experience and knowledge of painting, you'll arrange appropriate and value for money resources that are required to complete repairs & maintenance whilst keeping cleaning and removing any waste. You'll have practical knowledge of building industry regulations and health & safety, to complete repairs & maintenance tasks, whilst being organised, able to work under pressure and prioritise tasks to meet agreed timescales & targets. You'll be tactful and diplomatic whilst working in domestic properties and dealing with residents, including vulnerable people. You can work well on your own, but also team orientated, to work together and flexibly to achieve the service objectives to achieve ‘right first time’.
What we can offer you
As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You’ll enjoy generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexible working. We’ll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of training and development opportunities. In addition, you can choose from a number of flexible benefits, including childcare vouchers, discounts on city buses and trains and help with relocation to Leicester, where appropriate.
Join us
We’re committed to recruiting a diverse and highly-talented workforce as we continue to build a council that is fitting and representative of our great city. That’s why we’ve designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you. We’ll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible.
For an informal discussion about this post, please contact:
David Clarke on 0116 454 5255 david.clark@leicester.gov.uk
Interview will take place after shortlisting.