The vacancy

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: 39 hours per week

8am - 4.30pm Mon - Thurs, 8am - 3.30pm Friday

Closing date: 1st May 2025

Interview Date: W/C 5th May 2025

Interview location: Aindale Court, BL3 3ER

Our organisation is all about people - the people who live in our homes, the communities we serve, and those we work with. So, it's no surprise that we recruit for attitude and behaviour which are central to us building relationships and delivering great experiences for these people. We employ colleagues who are passionate about making a difference who will take responsibility to get things done.

As a not-for-profit housing association, we provide homes and services to over 20,000 people across Greater Manchester. We build more affordable new homes, make a difference in the communities we serve, and support our colleagues to enjoy work, learn and grow.

This role will help us to do this by providing a professional gas servicing and repair service that delivers an excellent experience. Always adhering to current regulations and organisational policies and procedures and delivering an excellent customer experience by understanding the different needs of our customers and tailoring your approach.

In this role, you will be responsible for

• Service, diagnose and repair all landlord owned gas appliances in customers' homes and empty properties.

• Complete relevant certification in accordance with the Gas Safety Regulations.

• Report to the Gas Manager any faulty appliances, installations or equipment that does not comply with the current safety regulations.

• Deliver a good cosmetic finish on completing a job.

• Report any potential repairs and safeguarding issues that you notice in the customers' homes.

• Update your PDA in real time on a job's status and communicate with planners if customers are not at home or jobs are not viable.

• Order parts, materials or follow up work as required and record work daily outside opti-time

• Achieve your performance targets, KPI's and productivity targets.

We need people who:

• Can undertake gas heating repairs and gas servicing in customers' homes and of certifying gas works.

• Have a sound building and construction knowledge

• Has general building maintenance repair knowledge

• Certificate of Competence (BSEN17024) - CCN1, CENWAT, CKR1, HTR1, CPA1

Please note this role requires a basic DBS check and you must hold a valid driving licence. We also operate an on-call rota, which you will need to take part in.

Everyone's welcome here. Our culture is inclusive, and we are committed to increasing diversity. We enable everyone to be themselves at work, so that they feel at home with us. And we trust and support people to do their best, in a role that is fulfilling and rewarding because we know that this helps us to deliver better outcomes for our customers and our colleagues.

If you want to be part of our team and help us make a difference, we'd love to hear from you.

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The company

Irwell Valley Homes is a housing association providing affordable homes and services to over 16,000 people across Greater Manchester and employing over 280 colleagues.

We are a charitable, registered provider of social housing and offer homes mainly for social rent, with a small number for affordable rent, market rent and shared ownership. We also provide homes with support for people with dementia, mental health issues, learning and physical disabilities, those who have been made homeless and people affected by domestic abuse.

As well as providing homes, we deliver services and support to customers and work in partnership with specialist organisations to help them sustain their tenancies and get on in life. And we engage with customers to shape services and review our effectiveness.

How we work

Accreditations

Good Employment Charter

Disability
Confident

Armed Forces Covenant

Living Wage Employer

Houseproud