Multi Skilled Operative
About the Role
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We are looking for a skilled and reliable Multi‑Skilled Operative with strong plastering experience to join our responsive repairs team in hastings covering hastings to Brighton. This is a hands‑on role working across occupied social housing properties, delivering high‑quality repairs with plastering as your core trade, alongside supporting works across other trades as required.
You’ll be completing day‑to‑day repairs following leaks, maintenance works, and general wear and tear, ensuring properties are left safe, secure, and finished to a high standard. This role suits someone who takes pride in their workmanship, works well independently, and understands the importance of good customer service when working in residents’ homes.
Key Duties
- Carry out day‑to‑day responsive repairs across social housing properties
- Complete patch plastering, skimming, and making good to walls and ceilings
- Repair plaster damage following leaks, damp, or previous maintenance works
- Ensure finishes are left to a high standard, ready for decoration
- Undertake basic domestic plumbing repairs including leaks, taps, toilets, wastes, and pipework
- Complete minor tiling repairs, sealing, and finishing works linked to repairs
- Carry out basic locksmith duties such as lock changes and securing properties
- Complete general making‑good works following repairs across all trades
- Work professionally and sensitively within occupied homes
- Accurately record works completed using handheld devices
- Identify and report any additional works or safeguarding concerns
- Participate in an out‑of‑hours emergency call‑out rota where required
- Maintain company vehicle, tools, and equipment
Role Criteria:
- Experience working within domestic or social housing repairs
- Ability to carry out multi‑skilled works, including basic plumbing, wall/floor tiling and minor locksmith duties to support repairs
- Willingness to assist and support additional trades alongside plastering works
- Comfortable managing jobs independently from start to finish
- Strong attention to detail with a right first time approach
- Professional and customer‑focused manner when working in residents’ homes
- Good understanding of health & safety procedures
- Confident using handheld devices for job updates and reporting
- Full UK driving licence
- Own hand tools
- Willingness to join an out‑of‑hours emergency rota
Benefits we can offer you.
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Annual Mears Fun Day - Our annual Fun Day is organised as a massive thank you from the Executive team for all the hard work!
- Volunteering Leave - Mears supports employees to undertake paid volunteering in the community, in support of our social value commitment.
- Staff perks with Mears Rewards - discounts of up to 10% weekly groceries, holidays, eye test vouchers, Share save scheme, plus much more.
- Family friendly policies
- Company Van, Fuel Card, and Uniform
All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK, Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship.
To drive a Mears vehicle, you must be aged over 21 have held your licence over 3 months and have less than 9 points.
Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant Background, Identity & Security checks before commencement of employment.