Plasterer

Plasterer – Portsmouth City Council (Farlington)
 
Hours: 40 hrs/week

Pay: £33,421 pa

Benefits: 23 days holiday (+ Bank Holidays), generous pension, life assurance

Reports to: Supervisor
 
What you’ll do

• Carry out day‑to‑day and void plastering repairs across our housing, schools, offices, museums and other PCC sites.
• Jobs range from skim coats, rendering and coving to boarding ceilings, stud walls and small patch repairs.
• Diagnose each job, work safely and neatly, and wrap everything up in as few visits as possible.
• Keep tenants in the loop, follow our processes, and log materials/updates on your PDA.
• Look after your van, tools and site cleanliness – “leave it better than you found it.”

What we’re looking for

• NVQ 2 (or equivalent) in Plastering.
• 2‑5 years’ experience in social housing or building maintenance.
• Confident with risk assessments, basic IT/PDA use and good customer care.
• Organised, self‑motivated and happy to pitch in with the wider maintenance team.
• Full kit of trade tools and a clean, safety‑first approach.

Company Benefits:

• 31 days annual leave rising to 36 days with length of service (including bank holidays) • We offer a flexible scheme to buy or sell up to 5 days of annual leave per year.
• Company sick pay after probation
• Life Insurance
• Octopus Electric Dreams Car Scheme to enable staff to drive a new electric car – paid for through salary sacrifice.
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Discounted Gym Membership
• Employee recognition scheme
• Length of Service Rewards
• Childcare voucher scheme
• Defined contribution Pension Scheme of 8% (5% Employer and 3% Employee)
• Our Employee Assistance Programme to support all staff • Refer a Friend scheme

If you’re a skilled plasterer who takes pride in doing the right work first time, we’d love to hear from you.
 
Apply now and help us keep Portsmouth’s homes and public buildings in great shape!