About this role
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.
About our client 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.
The role 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.
What you'll be doing Responding to residents repair requests and getting jobs done within agreed timescalesTurning around empty apartments, including painting, decorating, lock changes and clearing itemsCarrying out general repairs such as minor plumbing, joinery and fabric repairsCompleting weekly safety checks, including fire alarm and emergency lighting testsKeeping communal areas, bin stores and outdoor spaces clean, safe and well presentedLogging work on the maintenance system and ordering materials through approved suppliers Skills and experience Essential
Hands-on general maintenance experience, from any trade or backgroundConfident painting and decorating to a high finishA friendly, professional manner and a real focus on customer serviceReliable, organised and happy working on your own initiativeGood awareness of health and safety on site, including COSHH Desirable
Experience in residential property, hotel, build to rent, student accommodation or similarNVQ Level 2 or City and Guilds in a construction trade or building maintenanceKnowledge of L8 water hygiene requirementsCSCS, PASMA or IPAF cards