Building jobs in Lee-on-the-Solent

We’re VIVID! –We offer a vibrant, friendly, inclusive culture that supports, develops and attracts the best people!

We’re looking for a Multi-Skilled Bricklayer to join our Damp and Mould team! Contractually based out of our Portsmouth office, you’ll be working across South Hampshire. This is a permanent role, working 39 hours per week as well as participation in our on-call rota.

On top of the competitive salary, you can benefit from:

• 26 days holiday (plus bank holidays), with the opportunity to buy or sell annual leave
• Use of a company van & fuel card for your work travel
• Annual discretionary company performance-related bonus, rewarding our collective success
• Uniform and PPE provided
• A generous contributory pension of 6%. We’ll match employee contributions between 7% and 10%
• Life assurance paid at x 3 annual salary
• Private medical insurance
• Health care cash plan called Medicash
• Enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave
• Access to counselling, legal and financial information
• Electric car scheme
Huge variety of in-house & e-learning courses and a range of coaching and mentoring programmes

Here’s the facts about the role:
As a bricklayer multi, you’ll carry out a range of responsive repairs to our properties. This could include brickwork repairs, concrete repairs, fencing repairs, minor roofing works, disabled adaptations etc. You’ll work to a set schedule and strive to complete the jobs on time and to a high standard. This role will involve some light admin duties and the use of an electronic handheld device, used to update, complete and reschedule jobs and respond to emails. As you'll be in our Damp and Mould Team you'll also be carrying out cavity wall checks, damp and mould washes, and confidently applying anti-mould paint.

You’ll hold an NVQ level 2 in a skilled trade. And have proven experience of brickwork repairs and other repairs works. We’re happy to consider you if you’re ‘qualified by experience’. You’ll have good practical skills and be able to work with minimal supervision, and will be highly self-motivated to want to work hard and get the job done. You'll need to be confident carrying out damp and mould washes and paint, and have an understanding of damp and mould.

We do our best to make reasonable adjustments wherever possible. However, due to the nature of this position, the job holder must be capable of:

• Working at heights
• Manual handling and lifting heavy and bulky items
• A high degree of mobility, which will include walking/lifting/loading and unloading vehicles

A full, clean current driving licence (held for at least 1 year) is needed so you can drive one of our vans when necessary. Offers are subject to satisfactory driving licence checks and basic DBS check.

Interviews and practical assessment are due to take place 20 November (subject to change).

We're a leading provider of affordable homes and extensive support services in the south of England. We believe that everyone has the right to a safe and secure place to call home, and from the moment customers move into their VIVID home we’re here to help with that and more.

Our customers have access to a wide range of tailored advice to sustain their tenancies and look after their wellbeing. We invest in our homes and communities for the long-term, and this means in the quality, safety and energy efficiency of existing homes and neighbourhoods, with a firm focus on improving services so they’re easy to use and access by our customers.

We’re addressing the shortage of affordable housing in the south, building the right type of homes to meet the needs of our local communities. We’re the sixth largest developer of new homes amongst housing associations in England, having built over 1,500 last year.

This is summed up in our vision “More homes, bright futures”.