Maintenance Operative – Property
Location: Northmapton
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
Start Date: Immediate
About Mullen Property Services
Mullen Property Services delivers high-quality maintenance, refurbishment, and property management solutions across the region. We take pride in offering professional, reliable services that help clients maintain and enhance their properties to the highest standards.
We’re looking for a skilled Maintenance Operative with strong multi-trade experience to join our growing team. This is a hands-on role, covering responsive repairs, general maintenance, and remedial works across a diverse property portfolio.
About the Role
As a Maintenance Operative, you’ll carry out a wide range of repairs and maintenance tasks in both occupied and vacant properties. You’ll ensure all work is completed to a high standard, on time, and in line with health and safety regulations.
This role involves travel across Kent and surrounding areas. A company van and fuel card are provided.
Key Responsibilities:
- Complete high-quality remedial and maintenance works across residential properties.
- Work safely and adhere to all Health & Safety procedures.
- Ensure customer schedules and works are completed to specification and within deadlines.
- Support Schedulers and the Repairs Manager with responsive and planned works.
- Plan and organise workloads effectively to meet customer and company needs.
- Report and escalate any issues, risks, or follow-on works as required.
Requirements
- Ability to work on own initiative and manage workload effectively.
- Must be able to cover areas within a reasonable travelling distance of Bedfordshire.
- Capable of organising materials, tools, and equipment required to complete planned works.
- Report any follow-on or related repair works that cannot be completed during the visit, providing sufficient detail for an accurate further works order.
- Ensure compliance when using devices to take photos and record details of completed works.
- Friendly, flexible, and professional attitude when engaging with customers and colleagues.
About You
- Previous experience as a multi-trade maintenance technician in a customer-facing environment.
- Strong practical skills across various building trades.
- Flexible approach – willing to work occasional overtime, weekends, or emergency callouts if needed.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Proactive, organised, and capable of working independently or as part of a team.
- Professional and resilient, maintaining a positive image in all customer interactions.
Core Trade Skills:
- Carpentry & Joinery: Doors, windows, skirting, flooring.
- Plumbing: Sinks, toilets, baths, pipework, drainage.
- Electrical (Basic): Sockets, switches, lighting.
- Plastering: Walls, ceilings, patch repairs.
- Painting & Decorating: Internal and external finishes.
- Bricklaying & Masonry: Walls, pointing, structural repairs.
- Roofing: Tiles, gutters, downpipes.
- Flooring: Vinyl, laminate, carpet fitting.
- Tiling: Wall and floor tiles, grouting, sealing.
- Glazing: Window repairs and DGU replacements.
Other Requirements:
- Full, clean UK driving licence.
- Good IT skills for logging and reporting work electronically.
What We Offer:
- Competitive salary
- Overtime
- Call out bonus
- 20 days annual leave plus bank holidays (increasing with service).
- Company van and fuel card.
- Study support and training opportunities to enhance your career.
- Workplace pension
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £17.49-£25.00 per hour
Work Location: On the road
