Maintenance Officer / Plumber Multi-Trade
Temporary Contract
Job Details
Client: Vale of Glamorgan Council
Service Area: Environment & Housing / Building Services / Building Maintenance
Hours: 37 hours per week
Working Pattern:
Monday to Friday
8:00am to 4:00pm
Start Date: 13 July 2026
Duration: 24 weeks
Location
Depot Base:
Alps Depot
Quarry Road
Wenvoe
Cardiff
Vale of Glamorgan
CF5 6AA
Pay
PAYE Rate: £124.50 per day
Approx. £16.82 per hour, based on 37 hours per week.
Job Overview
Vale of Glamorgan Council is seeking an experienced Maintenance Officer / Plumber Multi-Trade to support building maintenance works across Council housing.
The role will mainly involve full bathroom refurbishments, adaptations, plumbing works and tiling in bathrooms and kitchens. Most of the work will be carried out within social housing properties, so candidates must be confident working respectfully in tenants’ homes and maintaining a professional approach at all times.
This role requires a qualified plumber with bathroom refurbishment experience, tiling ability and a full driving licence.
Important – Please Read Carefully
This is a hands-on plumbing and bathroom refurbishment role within social housing.
Candidates must be qualified in plumbing, able to tile bathrooms and kitchens, and have experience completing full bathroom refurbishments and adaptations.
A full driving licence is required.
Candidates without plumbing qualifications, bathroom refurbishment experience, tiling ability and a full driving licence are unlikely to be considered.
Key Responsibilities
- Carry out plumbing works within social housing properties
- Complete full bathroom refurbishments
- Complete bathroom adaptation works
- Tile bathrooms and kitchens to a good standard
- Work in occupied tenant properties respectfully and professionally
- Support building maintenance works across Council housing stock
- Work efficiently as part of an established team
- Ensure works are completed safely and to required standards
- Maintain good communication with tenants and colleagues
- Follow health and safety requirements on site
- Keep work areas clean, safe and tidy
- Travel to properties from the depot as required
- Represent the Council professionally when working in tenants’ homes
Essential Experience & Skills
- Qualified plumber
- Experience completing full bathroom refurbishments
- Experience carrying out bathroom adaptations
- Ability to tile bathrooms and kitchens
- Experience working in social housing or occupied domestic properties
- Full driving licence
- Ability to work Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 4:00pm
- Ability to work efficiently within a team
- Good customer service and tenant-facing skills
- Respectful and professional approach when working in tenants’ homes
- Good practical maintenance skills
- Health and safety awareness
- Reliable and able to complete work to a good standard
Desirable
- Previous local authority housing maintenance experience
- Multi-trade maintenance experience
- Experience working from a depot-based repairs service
- Experience with disabled adaptations or accessible bathroom works
- Experience working in voids, responsive repairs or planned maintenance
Additional Information
Interview will be held on site at Alps Depot, Wenvoe, CF5 6AA.
Candidates should report to reception and ask for James Storey or Mark Slocombe.
The interview will be a formal chat and should last no more than 30 minutes.
Interview date: 08 July 2026.
Candidate submission deadline is 02 July 2026.
Disclaimer
On applying for this vacancy, you agree that your personal details will be passed onto our client for their consideration of your suitability for the role.
I acknowledge that it is my responsibility to notify Fix Space Recruitment Limited of any hirer who I do not want my details to be passed onto.
OR106432
Pay: £16.82 per hour
Application question(s):
- Are you a qualified plumber, and can you provide evidence or details of your plumbing qualification and relevant trade experience?
- Do you have hands-on experience completing full bathroom refurbishments and bathroom adaptation works, ideally within social housing or occupied domestic properties?
- Are you confident tiling bathrooms and kitchens to a good standard as part of refurbishment or maintenance works?
- Do you hold a full driving licence and can you travel from the Alps Depot in Wenvoe to Council housing properties as required?
- Are you comfortable working in tenants’ homes, maintaining a respectful and professional approach while completing works efficiently as part of a team?
Work Location: In person
