Carpenter Multi Trader
Job description
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Multi Trade kitchen fitter needed for a Maintenance Contractor undertaking panned upgrades on local authority properties.
Responsibilities:
- Ability to undertake Kitchen fitting, Carpentry, plumbing and other trades tasks at a multi skilled level
- Provide a high-quality service to customers and maintain a good customer relationship
- This will include full kitchen installs
- Daily jobs will include Carpentry, plumbing, tiling, patch plastering, decorating.
- Have knowledge of the materials and methods used in the building and maintenance industry.
- Full current driving license.
- Competent to complete a wide variety carpentry, plumbing and other trade tasks at multiskilled level
- Demonstrable experience with a variety of carpentry and plumbing works across a variety of properties
- Minimum NVQ level 2, or time served experience in either carpentry, masonry and/or plumbing with proven competency in non-core trades.
- Experience of working as part of a trade team delivering to tight timescales
- Full Driving licence (clean)
- Ability to undertake physically demanding work
If you feel that this role is suitable for you then please call Russell Freeman on .
Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.
Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.
For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.
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⭐ Highlight your NVQ Level 2 qualification or time served experience prominently as this is explicitly required
🔧 Emphasise your multi trade capabilities across carpentry, plumbing, tiling and decorating as the role demands versatility
🏠 Showcase experience with kitchen installations and local authority property work if you have it
🚗 Confirm your full clean driving licence as this is essential for the mobile nature of the role
📊 Quantify your trade experience: 'Completed 150+ kitchen installations across 5 years' or 'Maintained 200+ local authority properties'
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- •Completed 80+ kitchen installations for local authority properties, managing carpentry, plumbing and tiling work within 3-day turnaround schedules
- •Delivered multi trade maintenance across 150+ council properties annually, combining carpentry repairs with plumbing fixes and decorating work
- •Maintained 98% customer satisfaction rating while completing daily carpentry, patch plastering and tiling tasks for property maintenance contractor
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Randstad's maintenance contractor role for local authority properties perfectly matches my multi trade background in carpentry and kitchen fitting. My NVQ Level 2 qualification and proven competency across plumbing, tiling and decorating make me well-suited for this versatile position.
My background in property maintenance has equipped me with the skills to deliver high-quality work across multiple trades while maintaining excellent customer relationships in residential settings.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›Walk me through your process for a complete kitchen installation
- ›How do you approach plumbing work when fitting a new kitchen?
- ›What safety considerations are important when working on local authority properties?
- ›Describe your experience with different types of tiling work
- ›How do you ensure quality when doing patch plastering and decorating work?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you had to work to a tight deadline on a maintenance project
- ›Describe a situation where you had to deal with a difficult customer during property work
- ›Give an example of when you had to use multiple trade skills on a single job
- ›Tell me about a time you worked as part of a trade team to complete a project
- ›Describe a challenging repair job and how you solved the problem
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Tell me about a time you had to work to a tight deadline on a maintenance project
Describe a situation where you had to deal with a difficult customer during property work