General Builder – Groundworker

First Choice Homes Oldham (FCHO) have an exciting opportunity for a General Builder- Groundworker to join our Property Care team and help us deliver high quality repairs and maintenance across our homes and communities.

This is a full-time role working across our Oldham properties where youll play a vital part in ensuring our customers homes are safe secure and maintained to a high standard.

The impact youll make

In this role youll carry out a wide range of brickwork groundworks and associated building repairs across occupied and void properties. Youll work within a pre-allocated appointment system diagnosing issues and aiming to complete repairs right first time wherever possible.

Your work will directly improve the quality of our customers homes and neighbourhoods supporting safe and sustainable tenancies.

Responsibilities & Deliverables

• Carry out all aspects of groundworks including excavation drainage landscaping paths driveways kerbs minor concreting reinstatement and surface repairs
• Complete brickwork and masonry tasks including bricklaying repointing rendering wall repairs and boundary reinstatement
• Install maintain and repair property boundaries including walls fencing gates gate posts handrails bollards and safety barriers
• Undertake patch plastering including float and set skim plasterboard and skim and cut out and re-plaster cracks to walls
• Remove and replace thermoplastic floor tiles
• Refit or realign gutters including plastic cast iron and timber and carry out minor roofline repairs where required
• Renew flashings and soakers in lead
• Install and maintain surface water drainage systems including gullies channel drains and Aco drains
• Carry out damp and mould washes and treatments in line with organisational procedures
• Complete void property external repairs make-safe works and estate improvement tasks including communal paving edging and minor landscaping
• Conduct pre- and post-works inspections identify hazards such as trip risks or loose masonry and report additional repairs or asbestos risks via PDA systems
• Maintain safe systems of work and ensure compliance with health and safety legislation risk assessments method statements and COSHH procedures
• Work respectfully within occupied homes maintaining cleanliness clear communication and excellent customer care before during and after repairs
• Assist other trades when required and support multi-trade responsive maintenance activities
• Complete accurate records job updates and photographic evidence using PDAs and electronic systems

Youll work collaboratively with colleagues and apprentices take pride in your workmanship and contribute to a culture of safety quality and continuous improvement.

Our ideal candidate

Youll be an experienced and skilled builder who takes pride in delivering high quality repairs and excellent customer service.

You will bring:

• A relevant construction trade qualification such as NVQ Level 2 or 3 in Bricklaying or equivalent proven experience
• Strong experience in brickwork repointing rendering and general masonry
• Experience in excavation drainage and external groundworks
• Experience laying and repairing paths kerbs and driveways
• Experience with fencing gates and boundary repairs
• Competence in patch plastering and associated minor works
• Good knowledge of health and safety legislation and safe systems of work
• Experience working in occupied properties and dealing directly with customers
• A full UK driving licence

Our Offer

• A 37-hour working week

• 30 daysannual leave per annum plusorganisation shut down days each year as well aseight bank holidays. You can alsopurchaseadditionalleave.

• Defined contribution pension scheme with an employer contribution of up to 10%. We also offer a pension salary exchange scheme for eligible colleagues helping colleagues to take home more of the money they earn.

• Automatic enrolment into a healthcare cash plan andprivate health insurance plan

• Access to our colleague benefit platform which offers discounts on hundreds of high street brands as well as providing educationsupportand tools to help you to live a healthier and happier life

• Access toDoctorline a 24/7 worldwide GP helpline for you yourpartnerand your children

• Discounted gym membership

• Access to an Employment Assistance Programme with 24-hour confidential counselling support for both personal and work-related issues.

• Professional subscriptions are paid for by the business where they are an essential requirement of your role.

• Enhanced maternity paternityadoptionand sick pay

• Long service awards

Interested

Take a lookat the role profile and if it looks likeyoullbe a good fit send us your application before27thFebruary2026. Pleasenoteif suitable candidates are found prior to thisdatewe reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier.

We are committed to building anorganisationthatrepresentsa variety of backgrounds perspectives and skills & are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. As an equalopportunitiesemployer FCHO is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective colleagues and does not condone discriminationon the basis ofage disability sex sexual orientation pregnancy and maternity race or ethnicity religion or belief gender identity or marriage and civil aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us.

We care that you havea great experiencewith us at FCHO and if you need us to make any reasonable adjustments to make your experience smoother please let us know &welldo all we can.