Tiler

Annual salary: up to £36,498.63

Tiler

Location: Sedgefield

Salary: £36,498.63

Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time Hours

42.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 8:00am – 5:00pm

About the Role

We’re looking for a skilled and reliable Tiler to join our responsive repairs and maintenance team, working across social occupied and void properties. This is a hands on role where you’ll carry out high quality wall and floor tiling in bathrooms and kitchens, alongside supporting minor plastering and making good works.

Working across both occupied and void properties, you’ll need to take pride in your workmanship, deliver a right first time approach, and provide a professional service when working in residents’ homes. This role plays an important part in ensuring homes are safe, functional, and finished to a high standard.

Duties:

• Carry out wall and floor tiling in bathrooms and kitchens, including full installations and repairs
• Prepare surfaces prior to tiling, ensuring they are clean, level, and ready for application
• Cut and fit tiles to required sizes and layouts, ensuring a high-quality finish
• Complete grouting, sealing, and finishing works to a professional standard
• Undertake minor plastering and patch repairs, making good walls and surfaces before and after tiling works
• Remove and replace damaged or defective tiles as part of responsive repairs
• Work across occupied and void social housing properties, ensuring minimal disruption to residents
• Maintain a clean and tidy working environment.
• Accurately record completed work, materials used, and any follow on works required
• Identify and report any additional repairs, maintenance issues, or safeguarding concerns
• Deliver excellent customer service, working respectfully and professionally in residents’ homes
• Ensure all works are completed in line with health and safety regulations and company standards

Key Criteria:

• Previous experience in wall and floor tiling, particularly in kitchens and bathrooms
• Experience carrying out minor plastering and making good works
• Experience in the above duties
• Ability to work independently and complete jobs to a high standard
• IT literate, with experience using handheld devices or PDA systems
• Full UK driving licence

Benefits we can offer you

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Annual Mears Fun Day - Our annual Fun Day is organised as a massive thank you from the Executive team for all the hard work!
• Volunteering Leave - Mears supports employees to undertake paid volunteering in the community, in support of our social value commitment.
• Staff perks with Mears Rewards - discounts of up to 10% weekly groceries, holidays, eye test vouchers, Share save scheme, plus much more
• Family friendly policies
• Access to EAP Counselling sessions

All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK, Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship.

To drive a Mears vehicle, you must be aged over 21 have held your licence over 3 months and have less than 9 points.

Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant Background, Identity & Security checks before commencement of employment.

Apply below or to discuss your application further; contact:

Francesca Swan (francesca.swan@mearsgroup.co.uk)

If you need any help with your application process, we are here to support you. We will be accessible every step of the way.

At Mears Group, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive, we are a Disability Confident employer, valuing individuality and ensuring equal opportunities for all.

We proudly support the Armed Forces Covenant and are honoured to have achieved the Gold Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) to coincide with this, we hold an Endorser Award for the Career Transition Partnership, recognising our commitment to veterans transitioning into civilian careers.

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