Role: Painter & Decorator
Division: Construction Services (Sewell Construction)
Hours: 7:30am – 4.00pm, Monday to Thursday, 7:30am – 3.00pm Friday (39 per week)
Pay rate: £14.87 per hour plus bonus
Role Overview
Reporting to the Department Head and Construction Services Sector Head, the Painter & Decorator will be responsible for completing a variety of painting and decorating tasks, depending on our customer requirements, ensuring that all works completed are done so, safely, on time, and to a world-class standard.
The individual will also be a flexible individual, with the ability to support the wider Construction Services and Major Project teams, with additional construction and maintenance duties such as multi-skilled trade work where necessary and skilled to do so.
To learn more about Sewell Group and Construction, please follow the links below:
Home - Sewell Group (sewell-group.co.uk)
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Key Responsibilities
- Carrying out area preparation, painting & decorating work of all aspects
- General maintenance and repairs to building fabric and associated equipment as necessary
- Liaise with and manage external contractors as an when appropriate to meet the needs of the business
- Appropriate waste management in conjunction with all tasks undertaken
- Communicating information to the client, wider team and management as appropriate
- Respond to changing circumstances and where necessary re-evaluate workloads in order to address emergency situations
- To complete all necessary risk assessments, work orders, requisitions, time and pay sheets and all invoices
- Communicate with customers, keeping them informed of daily activities
- Health & safety duties; ensuring that any property worked in or attended is operated in a safe and legally compliant manner at all times
- The safe use of all tools, plant and materials having due regard for own safety using Personal Protective Equipment provided and maintaining the safety of others
- Support the wider construction teams where necessary to successfully meet client needs, including; labouring, multi-skilled trade work, site cleaning and transport management
Requirements
As well as exhibiting our company behaviours of being Positive, Professional, Customer Focused, a Team Player and Doing the Right Thing, the successful candidates will have the following:
- Hold a full driving licence, valid in the UK
- Previous experience working in a construction based painter and decorator role
- Be time served or trained in CITB/City & Guilds Level 2 or above in Painting & Decorating
- Have a positive and professional attitude
- Ability to work using own initiative but also as part of a close knit team
- Have a proactive attitude towards delivering construction works to a world-class standard
- Hold excellent communications skills and the ability to liaise with tenant groups & subcontractors
- Possess good organisational skills with the ability to prioritise a variety of tasks
- Possess a positive approach to learning, development and progression
- Have a flexible outlook towards hours worked (some out of hours working may be required)
- Have working knowledge of current Health and Safety practice
Alongside the above, further desirable skills for this position are:
- Be computer literate (Microsoft Office)
- Previous supervisory skills
- Additional experience in alternative construction trades, i.e. joinery, plastering, painting & decorating
Benefits
- 22 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays), rising with length of service
- Being a Co-Owner of Sewell Estates, learn more here: Employee Ownership - Sewell Group (sewell-group.co.uk)
- Auto Enrolment pension
- Staff discounts
- High Street & Retail discount schemes
- Bike 2 Work Scheme
- Technology Scheme
- Paid Parental Leave and Sickness Absence schemes
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