Job Description:

Job Title: Maintenance Operative 

Looking for a career where your ambition meets real opportunity?
As a Maintenance Operative with this house builder, you can step into a role where your success is celebrated, your growth supported, and your work truly matters.

Why Join?

When you join as a Maintenance Operative, you’ll benefit from:

• Competitive salary
• You’ll be part of a company that consistently delivers quality homes and outstanding customer satisfaction
• Life Cover & Contributory Pension
• Employee Benefits Platform – giving you access to high-street discounts, wellbeing support, and more
• Committed to diversity, inclusion, and empowering your development

What is the role?

The purpose of the role is to provide a variety of high-quality remedial and maintenance works for customers in their new homes, providing maintaining high standards of customer experience.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Manage and prioritise workloads in order to complete high-quality remedial works in a timely manner and in accordance with set SLA’s.
• Provide quality remedial works, ensuring compliance under the Persimmon Pledge and Customer Care Policies and Procedures.
• Minimise costs associated with remedial works and adhere to the sign-off and cost recording policies, and identify all contra-charging opportunities.
• Complete all required online reporting via the Operative App, facilitating accurate record keeping of defect resolution and root cause analysis.
• Liaise with and monitor subcontractors where appropriate, to complete inspections of reported defects, providing full details of agreed works to both the customer and the Customer Care Co-ordinators.
• Comply with responsibilities as defined in the Group's HS&E Policy and ensure compliance throughout the team.

What experience do I need?

• Ability to be competent in all aspects of homeowner maintenance, including maintenance of machines and tools
• Painting and Joinery experience is required
• PASMA certificate is advantageous
• Excellent customer service skills
• Conversant with Microsoft Office
• Current CSCS Card (Construction Skills Certification Scheme)
• First Aid qualification would be advantageous
• Full UK Driving Licence is required