Trainee Joiner Technician - Wise Property Care

We are currently recruiting for a newly qualified Joiner to join our Scotland branch to help service our customers in and around the Scottish Borders up to and including Edinburgh. The applicant should have served their apprenticeship in joinery as our works include joinery replacements.

Permanent, full-time role

Monday to Friday 8am-4.30pm

Basic salary of £25,888 with approx OTE of £30,000 + company van + fuel card

Ready to Make a Move? Let Us Help! - If you're living more than 2 hours away from this role's location and gearing up or willing to settle into a nearby permanent residence, we may be able to offer you a relocation package. You could receive up to £5,000, tailored to your specific needs.

The role of a Technician

As a Joiner Technician, you’ll be servicing our customers across the Scottish borders and up to Edinburgh in a company van and therefore you need a UK driving licence to become one of our Joiner Technicians. Travel further afield may also be required, subject to workload.

What will you be doing?

● You will strip and replace timber floors (including splicing timber floor joists to preservation standards), carry out solum sealing, renew door frames, architraves, windows, sills and doors

● Splicing of roof timbers and specialist timber resin repairs

● You will hack-off ceiling/wall plaster, strip and replace timber wall framing and partitions,  prior to installing damp proof courses and install cavity drainage membrane to industry standards

● Remove and renew timber lintels, including bricking back up

● You will be required to carry out timber treatments such as insecticide/fungicide sprays and remedial repairs for dry and wet rot, which include the timber renewal element and chemical treatments.

● You will be required to carry out our specialist condensation treatments which may include loft insulation, painting internal/external walls in our specialist coatings and installing thermal wall products.

● There may be an element of patch plastering involved in this role 

● Our specialist technicians also carry out basement waterproofing work, and structural defects repairs, such as wall tie installation and crack-stitching

Requirements

We would love you to have:

● Preservation joinery experience

● An apprenticeship background, City and Guilds or NVQ qualifications

● Experience working as a Joiner, Carpenter or a Preservation Technician

● Full UK Manual Driving Licence for at least 2 years with no more than 6 penalty points

● A can-do attitude, and able to use your own initiative in tricky situations

● Great communication and customer service skills with a keen, enthusiastic and friendly approach

Benefits

Benefits;

● A competitive package of salary plus bonus, with realistic OTE £30,000 per annum

● Company van, fuel card, uniform and tools

● Monthly bonus scheme

● Sales lead commission

● Grading promotions that increase your basic salary based on your annual performance for the first three years

● RI Rewards (cashback and discounts on multiple retailers)

● The opportunity to work within a diverse, fast-paced, and growing company

● Opportunity to contribute to a private Healthcare plan

Whether you are a newly qualified Joiner and Carpenter or an experienced Joiner and Carpenter, we want to hear from you!

Wise Property Care, part of the Rentokil Initial group, are one of the UK’s market leaders in damp proofing, waterproofing, timber preservation and wall stabilisation.

We are a government accredited learning organisation; we deliver the best training, qualifications and opportunities to our people. This means that as soon as you walk in the door, we spend time making sure you are an expert in your field. There will be opportunities to broaden your skill set through a host of courses provided internally. Fancy a promotion in the future? The skills you learn can ready you for managerial positions!

If you’ve read this far, you must click apply! We can’t wait to hear from you.

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