Job Description

What are the pay and benefits?

• The salary for this role is \xc2\xa330,268 for a 40 hour full time permanent position
• 26 days holiday entitlement plus Bank holidays , rising to 30 days with length of service
• Working days are predominately Monday to Friday days. With a range of start times between 730 & 8am. On Fridays we finish at 1530.
• Work Van to use as part of the role. This is kept on site in our Newport depot
• Uniform and equipment provided
• It is essential for the successful candidate to have a full drivers licence.
• The successful candidate will need a basic DBS check in place, which we pay for.
• Pension scheme
• Sick Pay
• Colleague Referral Scheme (\xc2\xa3250 per referral)
• Time for Talking - a free counselling service
• Health Cash Plan
• Savings Scheme
• Cycle to work and Electric Vehicle Lease Schemes
• Eyecare plan
• Give as You Earn charity donation scheme
• Gym and shopping discounts
• Pobl socks and Pobl Bobl hats!

What will you do?

As an Estates Carpenter, you will be responsible for carrying out a range of repairs and maintenance works on Pobl homes, communal facilities, and commercial premises. Your craftsmanship will contribute to delivering exceptional services and high-quality homes. The role will require you to work individually and as part of a larger estates team, undertaking pre-painting repairs and core carpentry work. You will also be involved in repairing and installing various wooden structures, including skirting, stairs, window frames, door frames, doors, facia/soffits, and porches. Painting of wooden items will also be part of your responsibilities.

Our Pobl Estates & Environment Team in Newport cover areas between Chepstow Gwent Valleys and parts of Cardiff.

Who We\'re Looking For:

Experience: Proven practical experience in Carpentry, working in a team, and within a Social Housing environment.

Skills & Abilities: Good practical and creative skills, excellent written and oral communication, ability to work carefully, and handle both mental and physical effort.

Knowledge and Understanding: Good understanding of Health and Safety and ability to pay attention to detail.

Education and Training: City and Guilds or equivalent recognised qualification in Carpentry (NVQ) and a full clean driving license.

Our values are positive, connected and considerate. At Pobl, you will share these values and be motivated to work in an environment that is driven by them.

FREDIE

At Pobl Group we are guided, in all that we do, by a group of principles that we call FREDIE, these are: Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion, Engagement. This means that whatever your background, you will have an equal opportunity at Pobl Group and we encourage you to apply now.

How do you apply?

If you have the skills, experience and enthusiasm required to be our next difference maker, please follow the prompts to apply now. We just need an up-to-date CV, short/ focused cover letter along with a few contact details so that we can get back in touch with you. Initials interviews will be week commencing 7th August. We do have a two stage interview process where successful candidates from this round will be asked to complete a practical test week commencing 14th August.

If you would like any support with your application or to discuss any adjustments that you may require to support you to application process, please contact or 0300 3735262

Who are we?

Pobl Group provide high quality housing that is affordable in communities that are safe, attractive and supported to thrive. We manage over 16,000 homes and will be investing \xc2\xa3100 million, creating 3000 new homes in Wales over the next 5 years. Working closely with many partner organisations to achieve much more than we could alone, we listen to our customers to deliver innovative local services that make a difference.

Advertised: 19 Jul 2023 GMT Daylight Time
Applications close: 26 Jul 2023 GMT Daylight Time

Pobl Group