Plumber

Salary: £30,559-£37,035 Per annum

Grade: H-I

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full Time

Location: Vivars Business Centre, Selby

Are you a qualified Plumber looking to further develop your skills and experience, or a Multi Skilled Plumber with secondary qualifications and experience, again looking to further develop your skills, experience, and career within a construction/repair environment...

If so, this role is ideal for you!

We are looking for Plumber's to join our Housing Standards Team working within the areas of Maintenance and Improvements across the county.

Our Service

The Housing Standards Maintenance team are responsible for ensuring the Councils social housing portfolio of circa 8,400 dwellings is maintained to meet all current statutory, regulatory, and legislative standards.

The role

The core focus of this role is to carry out essential maintenance, refurbishment or construction works on social housing stock to ensure they meet the Decent Housing Standards.

At Plumber Single Trade level, you will:

· Carry out domestic plumbing repairs.

· Record and monitor supplied equipment as necessary.

· Work to expected Health & Safety standards and safe systems of work.

· Undertake professional, mandatory, and skills-based training.

At Multi Skilled Plumber level you will:

· To carry out maintenance and repair plumbing & heating work as per work orders or specification.

· To carry out maintenance and repair work for the secondary trade in which you are trained.

· Record and monitor supplied equipment as necessary.

· Work to expected Health & Safety standards and safe systems of work.

· Undertake professional, mandatory, and skills-based training.

At this grade further specialist training may be required to meet the service needs.

The role will come with a Council vehicle, you will be responsible for carrying out routine vehicle safety checks as required and must ensure compliance with requirements relating to vehicle use and maintenance.

What you will bring

Single Trade Plumber: You must have relevant qualifications and experience in a specialist trade relating to domestic plumbing operations, along with experience working in a domestic setting and be familiar with materials, tools and machinery used in the repair, maintenance, or construction of homes. You must have knowledge of understanding of Health and Safety and Building Regulation, and always communicate efficiently and courteously at all levels.

You will be able to provide an out of hours emergency plumbing service on a rota basis.

Multi-Skilled Plumber: As the above with relevant qualifications and experience in a specialist trade relating to domestic plumbing, also a working knowledge of other trades associated with the primary area of experience. For example, joinery, plastering and tiling etc...

You will be able to provide an out of hours emergency service on a rota basis.

Working for us

When you join us, you are entitled to our outstanding benefits and wellbeing plan as part of your position. Our holiday entitlement starts at 28 days rising to 34 days (pro-rata) per year with continued service, plus public holidays. Pension: save for your retirement with our generous local government pension scheme with a 22.6% contribution. Fitness & Rewards: Fitness discounts with various Gyms across the county. Stay on top of your game and save £££. Lifestyle Savings: explore a huge range of discounts to help you save money across hundreds of the UK's favourite high-street and online retailers. Plus, lots more...

Contact and Apply

If you would like to learn more about our opportunity, we recommend contacting Suzanne Cooley on email Suzanne.Cooley@northyorks.gov.uk or Wayne Stephenson on email Wayne.Stephenson@northyorks.gov.uk prior to applying.

Applying is easy, simply click on apply, register your details, remove your personal details from your CV and upload.

Key Documents

Job Description

Total Rewards Brochure

Key Dates

Closing Date: 11/04/2025

Shortlisting Date: 14/04/2025

Interview Date: To Be Confirmed

NYC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies. We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. North Yorkshire Council (NYC) advertise vacancies on behalf of schools and external organisations (third parties) in North Yorkshire. NYC are not responsible for the recruitment/employment practices of third parties and accept no liability in relation to the vacancy and any subsequent recruitment/employment processes. Enquiries regarding the vacancy or practices should be made directly with the third party.

North Yorkshire Councils' purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other's contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.

North Yorkshire Council are committed to the health and safety of our employees and of others including the general public. It has a responsibility to ensure employees who hold a position that is deemed to be safety critical as it requires the performance of duties which are directly related to the safe operation or security of a facility, piece of equipment or vehicle, handling of chemicals or work at height or in confined spaces and which, if not performed properly, could result in a serious safety risk or environmental hazard to employees, a facility or the general public , do not attend work whilst under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Individuals offered employment with North Yorkshire Council will be subject to the Workplace Substance Misuse policy. For safety critical roles as detailed above, random alcohol and drug testing may take place during the course of employment.