Repairs Delivery Technical Officer

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East Renfrewshire Council’s Housing Services are looking to recruit a motivated and suitably experienced individual to the position of Repairs Delivery Officer. This is a full-time role, working 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday, based at Council Offices in Barrhead.

The postholder will assist the Housing Property Services and Repairs Team in the delivery of reactive, cyclical, void and planned maintenance works across occupied and unoccupied council housing, with a primary focus on mixed tenure properties and factored blocks. The role will support projects from pre-inspection through to post inspection and customer satisfaction, including close liaison with private owners affected by common works.

This will include raising and managing works orders, coordinating internal and external contractors, monitoring the standard and quality of works, processing and managing invoices and providing effective resident liaison throughout the lifecycle of each project.

*Hybrid employees are considered workplace based first, but they will have a level of flexibility to work from home up to 40% of their working week, if it is not to the detriment of their current tasks, team requirements or service needs.

This post is considered Regulated Work with Children and Protected Adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. It is an offence therefore to apply if you are barred from working with children and protected adults. In addition to this, if you have lived or worked in any country outside the UK in the past 10 years, there may be a requirement for an overseas police check.

For details of our employment policies and terms and conditions, please visit our Council Careers page https://eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/careers

Please note – all applicants will be asked to provide proof of their right to work in the UK, and any offer of employment will be conditional upon verifying documentary evidence before employment commences. Further information can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/prove-right-to-work

Please note – East Renfrewshire Council does not provide Visa sponsorship.

References – during your application form completion you must provide details of a minimum of 2 referees, 1 of which should be your most recent or current employer. It is also a requirement that the referees are your previous/current managers and are not the details of work colleagues operating at the same level as you or personal referees. Please note only work email addresses for referees will be accepted. Please contact hrdirect@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk with any questions.

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