Fixed Term Multi Skilled Plumber
Location: Oldham
Contract: Fixed Term – 8 months contract
Hours: 37 hours per week
Salary: £37,887
Improving lives in Oldham
First Choice Homes Oldham (FCHO) has an exciting opportunity for a Multi Skilled Plumber to join our Property Services team and help us deliver high-quality repairs and maintenance services for our customers.
As part of delivering our void service, you’ll play a key role in maintaining and improving our homes by delivering a wide range of plumbing repairs alongside multi-skilled maintenance works. Working across FCHO properties, including occupied homes, void properties and communal areas, you’ll ensure repairs are completed safely, efficiently and to a high standard.
From diagnosing plumbing issues and carrying out repairs to completing general maintenance tasks across supporting trades, specifically joinery works, you’ll provide a professional, customer-focused service that helps keep our customers’ homes safe, secure and well maintained.
Please see the full Job Description attached at the bottom of this page.
The impact you'll make
You’ll help us provide safe, sustainable homes by delivering quality repairs, excellent customer service and reliable maintenance solutions that support our customers and communities.
You will:
- Carry out a wide range of plumbing repairs and maintenance works within customers’ homes, void properties and communal areas.
- Diagnose and complete repairs efficiently, aiming to complete works during the first visit wherever possible.
- Carry out plumbing-related repairs including maintenance, replacements, adjustments and remedial works in line with FCHO standards.
- Complete damp and mould washes and treatments in line with organisational procedures, ensuring safe, thorough and effective completion.
- Carry out multi-skilled repairs, including supporting joinery and general maintenance tasks.
- Undertake repairs to kitchens including renewing and refixing kitchen components, adjusting doors, repairing fittings and completing associated maintenance works.
- Complete repairs to staircases including securing loose treads, risers, handrails and spindles.
- Carry out fencing and gate repairs including adjusting gates, repairing posts, renewing hinges, latches and fence components.
- Complete repairs to windows and doors including adjusting hinges, handles, locks, furniture, weather seals, draught excluders and minor glazing repairs.
- Undertake patch plastering works including float and set, skim finishes, plasterboard repairs and minor crack repairs.
- Complete silicone sealing, mastic work and other finishing tasks associated with repairs.
- Carry out inspections, diagnostics and pre-measuring work to identify repair requirements and ensure materials and equipment are available.
- Maintain accurate records, job updates and photographic evidence using PDA systems and electronic equipment.
- Carry out self-checks to ensure completed works meet agreed quality standards and customer expectations.
- Identify and report defects, risks or potential issues that may affect customers, properties or FCHO assets.
- Work safely and professionally in customers’ homes, ensuring excellent communication and customer care throughout every repair.
- Support colleagues across the wider repairs service and contribute to a positive, multi-trade working environment.
- Participate in the out-of-hours emergency repairs service and call-out rota as required.
Our ideal candidate
You’ll be an experienced and skilled Multi Skilled Plumber who takes pride in delivering excellent workmanship and providing a great service to customers. You’ll be confident working independently, managing your own workload and completing repairs safely, efficiently and professionally.
You’ll have:
- Experience carrying out plumbing repairs and maintenance within residential properties or a responsive repairs environment.
- A relevant construction trade qualification such as NVQ Level 2 or 3 in Plumbing, or equivalent practical experience.
- Good knowledge and experience of completing multi-skilled repairs alongside your primary trade.
- Competency in supporting trades, including joinery and general property maintenance tasks.
- Experience working in occupied and void properties.
- Knowledge of health and safety requirements, risk assessments, method statements and safe working practices.
- The ability to diagnose repairs, identify solutions and complete works within agreed timescales.
- Good organisational and planning skills with the ability to manage your own workload.
- The ability to use a wide range of tools and equipment safely and effectively.
- Experience updating electronic records using PDA systems or similar technology.
- Good communication skills and a customer-focused approach.
- The ability to work independently as well as part of a wider repairs team.
It would also be great if you have:
- Experience working within social housing or a housing maintenance environment.
- Experience using PDA systems or electronic job management systems.
- Knowledge of asbestos awareness and safe working practices.
- Experience supporting apprentices, trainees or colleagues through practical guidance.
- Additional construction trade qualifications.
Qualifications and requirements
You’ll need:
- A relevant trade qualification such as NVQ Level 2 or 3 in Plumbing, or equivalent experience demonstrating a high standard of workmanship.
- UKATA Asbestos Awareness (or willingness to obtain this before employment).
- A full clean UK driving licence.
- The ability and willingness to participate in additional working hours, including evening and weekend work, where required.
- The ability and willingness to participate in the out-of-hours emergency repairs rota.
Why Join FCHO?
First Choice Homes Oldham is a housing association providing safe, affordable and high-quality homes across Oldham and the surrounding areas. We own and manage over 11,500 homes and have the highest regulatory (G1/V1) governance rating.
Every day we're proud to make a real difference in our communities.
Our work is guided by our Corporate Plan, focused on providing quality homes, excellent services and thriving communities. We care deeply about our customers, colleagues and neighbourhoods and are committed to improving lives across Oldham.
What's in it for you?
We offer a fantastic range of benefits designed to support your wellbeing, work-life balance and career development, including:
- A competitive salary.
- A 37-hour working week.
- 30 days' annual leave plus 8 bank holidays.
- Option to purchase additional annual leave.
- Defined contribution pension scheme with up to 10% employer contribution and salary exchange option.
- Death in service benefit.
- Healthcare cash plan covering dental, optical and physiotherapy treatments.
- Private health insurance.
- Employee Assistance Programme offering 24-hour confidential support.
- Doctorline, giving you and your family 24/7 GP access.
- Access to our colleague benefits platform, including retail discounts and wellbeing tools.
- Discounted gym membership.
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and sick pay.
- Long service awards.
Interested?
If you’re a skilled Multi Skilled Plumber who takes pride in delivering high-quality repairs and wants to help maintain safe, sustainable homes for our customers, we’d love to hear from you.
Please submit your application before Sunday 26th July 2026
Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
We are committed to building an organisation that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. As an equal opportunities employer, FCHO is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective colleagues and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us.
We care that you have a great experience with us at FCHO. If you need us to make any reasonable adjustments to make your experience smoother, please let us know and we’ll do all we can.
