Plastering jobs in Hodnet

Wrexham County Borough Council is seeking skilled, motivated and experienced Plasterers to join our Responsive & Planned Repairs Team.

The successful candidates will be responsible for delivering high-quality plastering and general maintenance works across our tenanted housing stock, including emergency repairs, day-to-day responsive repairs and planned maintenance.

Working within occupied Council properties, you will play an important role in maintaining and improving the condition of our tenants' homes, ensuring repairs are completed safely, efficiently and to a high standard, whilst providing excellent customer service and minimising disruption to residents.

Key Responsibilities

• Plastering Repairs & Maintenance: Carry out all aspects of plastering, including patch repairs, dry lining, two-coat wet plastering, internal and external rendering, screeding and self-levelling finishes.
• Emergency & Responsive Repairs: Respond to emergency and routine repair requests, identifying defects and undertaking necessary remedial works to ensure properties remain safe and well maintained.
• Planned Maintenance: Undertake plastering and associated refurbishment works as part of planned maintenance programmes, improving the condition and quality of tenanted properties.
• Multi-Skilled Working: Undertake additional minor repairs and associated maintenance tasks within your competency to support the wider repairs service and improve first-time fix rates.
• Quality of Workmanship: Deliver repairs to a high standard, ensuring work is completed efficiently, within agreed timescales and with minimal disruption to contract holders.
• Customer Communication: Liaise professionally with contract holders, providing clear information about repairs, appointments and any necessary follow-on works.
• Health & Safety Compliance: Ensure all works comply with current health and safety legislation, Council procedures and safe working practices, particularly when working within occupied homes.
• Diagnosis & Problem Solving: Assess repair requirements, identify appropriate materials and methods, and aim to complete repairs during the first visit wherever practicable.
• Resource Management: Maintain appropriate materials, tools and equipment within the allocated Council vehicle, ensuring effective use of resources.
• Digital Working: Accurately record job details, completed works and any follow-on requirements using the Council's electronic mobile working systems.
• Team Collaboration: Work closely with Site Agents, Work Planners and other trade operatives to ensure repairs are coordinated and completed efficiently.
• Training & Development: Support apprentices and trainees where required and participate in ongoing training and professional development opportunities.

Essential Requirements

• Qualifications: NVQ Level 2 or City & Guilds qualification in Plastering.
• Experience: Experience of domestic plastering, repairs and maintenance, with the ability to undertake a wide range of plastering activities to a high standard.
• Technical Skills: Competence in diagnosing defects, preparing surfaces and carrying out appropriate plastering repairs.
• Multi-Skilled Ability: Demonstrable competence in additional maintenance tasks associated with the plastering trade.
• Customer Care: Excellent communication skills and a commitment to providing a professional, respectful and customer-focused service within occupied properties.
• Health & Safety: A sound understanding of safe working practices and a commitment to maintaining high health and safety standards.
• Teamwork & Flexibility: Ability to work independently and as part of a team, adapting to changing priorities and emergency repair requirements.
• Driving Licence: A full, valid driving licence.

Desirable

• NVQ Level 3 or Advanced City & Guilds qualification in Plastering.
• Current CSCS card.
• Experience of using mobile working systems and electronic appointment scheduling.
• Knowledge of the Wrexham County Borough area.
• Ability to communicate in Welsh.

Benefits

• Competitive salary.
• Generous annual leave entitlement.
• Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Opportunities for ongoing training, professional development and career progression.
• Supportive and collaborative working environment.

Join Our Team

If you are a skilled and enthusiastic Plasterer who takes pride in delivering high-quality workmanship and providing excellent customer service, we would welcome your application.

As the role requires you to interact with our contract holders, you will be expected to have excellent verbal communication and customer service with a positive approach and a can do attitude.

If you meet the requirements outlined above and are looking for a new challenge in a supportive and rewarding environment, we would like to hear from you. Please apply with your CV and a cover letter detailing your experience and suitability for the role.

For further enquiries about the role, please contact Aled T Jones Responsive & Planned Repairs Team Leader: 01978 315530 AledT.Jones@wrexham.gov.uk.

The Council welcomes applications from suitably qualified candidates regardless of race, gender, disability, sexuality, religious belief or age.

The Council is committed to developing its bilingual workforce and welcomes applications from candidates who demonstrate their capability to work in both English and Welsh.

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Wedi'i chanoli ar ddinas Wrecsam, sy'n swatio rhwng mynyddoedd Cymru a gwastadeddau Swydd Gaer, mae'n lleoliad sy'n gallu cynnig y gorau o'r ddau fyd i chi ac rydym yn falch o'n statws dinas (a ddyfarnwyd yn 2022 pan roddwyd i ni'r statws hwn, y seithfed ddinas yng Nghymru i'w gael).

Mae Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Wrecsam yn Gyngor unedol sy'n darparu ystod eang o wasanaethau gyda'r nod o wella bywydau trigolion Wrecsam a'r cymunedau cyfagos. Rydym wedi ymrwymo i ddarparu gwasanaethau trwy gydweithio â phartneriaid lleol a chenedlaethol. Gyda ffocws ar ddatblygu cynaliadwy, lles cymunedol, a gwella bywydau trigolion Wrecsam a'r cymunedau cyfagos, mae Wrecsam yn lle gwych i weithio, byw a dysgu.

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Fel Cyflogwr Hyderus ac Ymroddedig o ran Anabledd, mae'r cyngor yn sicrhau recriwtio a chefnogaeth hygyrch i weithwyr anabl gan gynnwys cynnig cyfweliad gwarantedig (lle bodlonir eitemau manyleb person hanfodol). Yn ogystal, bydd cyn-filwyr yn derbyn cyfweliadau gwarantedig o dan Gyfamod y Lluoedd Arfog os bodlonir meini prawf cymhwysedd (lle bodlonir eitemau manyleb person hanfodol).

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