Asbestos Removal jobs in Rawmarsh

Grade/Salary: Grade 2 (£26,427 - £26,847 per year)
Hours/Type: Full time 37 hours per week, permanent
Location: Across the City of Doncaster
Closing Date: There is no fixed closing date for this position. All applications will be considered as they are submitted and the application window will close once sufficient applications have been received.

Are you an experienced Labourer looking for your next exciting career opportunity in an award winning, customer focused and forward thinking organisation? Do you want to work for an organisation that values its colleagues, offers a range of great benefits and the opportunity to work flexibly? If this sounds like you then read on……

St Leger Homes is an award winning, customer focused social housing provider that manages over 20,000 homes on behalf of Doncaster Council.

Our Mission is to keep our customers’ homes safe, secure and well maintained – it’s what we do.

As part of the Responsive Repairs Team, you will play a crucial role ensuring that our customers’ homes are safe and compliant.

You will share our passion for delivering an excellent service for our customers and will be able to plan and organise your work to ensure that all jobs are completed safely and efficiently.

Teamwork is an essential part of this role, and there is an expectation that our colleagues share best practice and provide support to each other in order to meet the common goals of the team. You will also actively seek out new ways to add value and take our performance to the next level.

Day to day:

As part of your day to day duties and responsibilities you will:

Assist qualified trades people with basic construction, to include removal / ripping out of components and the removal of waste from site.

Provide manual handling assistance where required with qualified trades working on site for example to unload tools and materials from the van, and assist them with tidying up and removing of rubbish.

Ensure that sites are kept in a tidy manner and ensuring that good health & safety practices are followed.

Report any follow on or related repair works identified with the customer where these cannot be completed during the visit, providing sufficient detail to ensure an accurate ‘further works’ order is raised on the system.

Maintain and contribute to the control of the imprest stock, other company property held on any assigned company vehicle, including any such tools and equipment hired by St Leger Homes and to ensure the security, care and appropriate use of stock, tools, materials, plant, and equipment and any other items issued.

Organise materials, tools, and equipment including hired tools and equipment required to complete planned work and to arrange for imprest stock to be replenished as needed.

Identify and submit requests for non-stock items to ensure that any non-standard jobs are completed in a timely manner.

Notify the team leader or working charge hand of any difficulties arise in obtaining the required parts, equipment or materials.

Keep accurate records of materials used against a given job on a mobile device such as a PDA if available or manually.

Complete various electronic and paper based records such as stores requisitions, job sheets and time sheets in an accurate and timely manner. This includes using mobile devices such as PDAs as required.

Work in accordance with the Company’s policies and procedures, risk assessments and safe systems of work, and manufacturers’ manuals where applicable. This includes using all plant and equipment provided by St Leger Homes in accordance with instructions, procedures and current safety legislation.

Drive a company vehicle, where one is provided, to keep the vehicle clean and tidy and undertake daily vehicle safety checks.

Work in a way that demonstrates St Leger Homes Values and Behaviours in practice.

Work flexibly in the interests of the service – this may include undertaking other duties provided that these are appropriate to the duties and responsibilities of the post.

The Safeguarding of children and adults is paramount to everything St Leger Homes delivers. All staff are expected to undergo training and then to identify and report all safeguarding concerns through the appropriate channels.

Candidate Requirements:

• Level 1 Award in Health and Safety in Construction (QCF); or IOSH Working Safely; or Evidence of 1 day Site Safety Health and Safety Awareness Course.
• Full clean and valid UK Driving Licence.
• Experience of site labouring including carrying out basic construction tasks, including but not limited to; paint work, mixing mortar, breaking / laying concrete and basic joinery tasks.
• Experience using a range of portable power tools and equipment
• Excellent knowledge and awareness of good health and safety and asbestos awareness.
• Able to work at heights safely and competently on a regular basis using step ladders, ladders and scaffold as required.
• Able to manually handle tools and to move to tools and equipment around site with assistance when required.

We’re looking for someone who has:

Appreciation of good customer care and equality and diversity.

Awareness of good construction safety practices and the application of safe systems of work.

A good knowledge of building materials and construction methods.

Experience of successfully contributing to a team and to the achievement of team performance targets.

Experience of self-motivating, planning, organising and prioritising own workload, plant and materials and working unsupervised for long periods of time.

Experience of organising a daily workload to meet deadlines and targets.

Verbal and written communication skills including the ability to answer customer enquiries, including the ability to maintain records of materials used, complete job sheets, and requisitions.

Ability to read, understand and follow written instructions including procedures and technical manuals.

Flexible and responds positively to new ideas and changes in working practices and procedures.

Takes pride in own work and that of the team.

Ability and commitment to develop skills.

As the work involved is physical in nature, requires someone who is physically fit, able to work in restricted or awkward positions, which is likely to involve some kneeling, bending and twisting.

If you are the kind of person that wants to do a great job and make a difference to our customers and colleagues, we think you will love it here.

We recognise that our colleagues are our greatest asset and want every single person to feel comfortable bringing their whole selves to work. We encourage diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our colleagues. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities.

If this sounds like a challenge, you would like to take on, click Apply Now and tell us about the fantastic skills that you can bring to St Leger Homes of Doncaster.

Alternatively, if you would like to discuss this opportunity further, please email Adam O’Shea, Repairs Team Leader – Adam.O’Shea@stlegerhomes.co.uk, leaving your name and telephone number, and Adam l will contact you for an informal and confidential discussion.

St Leger Homes are accepting CV applications for this post. If applying by CV please email to slhdr@stlegerhomes.co.uk clearing stating the post number and title.

Good luck! And we look forward to receiving your application for this essential role with St Leger Homes….