Labourer (Damp & Mould Team)

The role

Due to continued successful growth, we have an excellent opportunity to join our Fortem team working permanently for our contract with Amplius Housing as a Labourer (Which includes working as part of the Damp & Mould team.)

The D&M Labourer will be responsible for most aspects of property maintenance and repairs support to Social Housing properties covering a patch which stretches from Rushden to Peterborough, mainly within Northamptonshire and the surrounding areas, so travel is essential.

Core Hours are Monday-Friday 8.00am-4.30pm

As a D&M Labourer you will be ensuring all work is undertaken to a high standard with the minimum of supervision. You take ownership of work, aiming for successful turnarounds times, operating within the company Health and Safety guidelines, and remaining within budget and time parameters, whilst being courteous and professional on site.

The Customer

Fortem's successful contract with Amplius supports nearly 8,000 houses, and we're expecting that to increase significantly in 2025. Our contract includes Repairs & Maintenance, Voids, Complex Works and FRA workstreams with plans to expand into Planned Works and Preventative Maintenance as well.

Duties and responsibilities

• Assisting Trades, Heavy Lifting, Waste disposal, and completing work for all properties as per the specification, working in a timely and productive manner with specific turnaround deadlines.
• Advising Supervisor in a timely manner
• Working in partnership with other operatives to complete projects on time.
• Affording excellent customer service to client representatives
• Comply with safeguarding policy and H&S standards at all times
• Operating within the company's occupational road risk policies and procedures
• Using a PDA smart phone to correspond daily with colleagues to update progress and completion information for your allocated work

What you will need

Essential criteria:

Labouring / Building Maintenance experience

Full UK driving license (Max 5 points)

Desirable: Social Housing experience

Benefits

• We provide a company Van for work and Fuel card
• Eligible for bonus up to 5%
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays & your birthday off (34 days total)
• Pay review every year
• 26 weeks full pay maternity leave
• 8 weeks full pay paternity leave
• Discounted gym memberships at national and local gyms
• Up to 3,000 colleague referral fee
• Vast directory of training on bespoke in-house Learning Management System'
• Other benefits including Private pension, Life Insurance, dental care, private

healthcare, cycle-to-work scheme, mobile phone provider discounts & more

Who we are

We are part of the Willmott Dixon group, established in 2002 Fortem provides specialist property solutions tailored to keep homes and buildings running smoothly. Our highly trained teams deliver a range of internal and external repairs as well as high quality voids, planned installations and gas services.

Alongside our core functions, we have extensive experience in decarbonisation, specialising in making homes more energy-efficient and helping clients on their journey to become zero carbon.

Our experience, commitment to best practice and exemplary quality, together with a genuine partnered approach, ensures we achieve excellent outcomes for our partners, clients and customers. We have an established track record of improving communities and creating better places for people to work and live.

We are Investors in People - Gold, we believe in equality, diversity and respect for all and encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please apply with your updated CV or contact us at the Recruitment team.

Note for Recruitment Agencies:

We have an agreed PSL, we do not accept speculative CVs from agencies. If speculative CVs are sent, no fee will be applicable.