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Handy Person

Handy Person

Recreational ServicesHenderson, Auckland, NZ
5 days ago
Job description

At Green by Nature, we’re more than just a greenspace maintenance company – we’re a team of passionate professionals committed to making a difference. As one of Auckland Council’s trusted service providers, we take pride in being the go-to company for maintaining West and North Auckland's various parks, playgrounds, gardens, sports fields, infrastructure and public facilities.

Since 1992, we’ve grown into a leading force in the industry, with over 1,500 team members across New Zealand and Australia.

We have an opportunity for a skilled and experienced Handyperson to join our team on permanent, full-time basis.

About the role :

The Handyperson is responsible for effectively and efficiently delivering high quality maintenance tasks to service our infrastructure assets. This role includes some work outside normal business hours (on a rostered basis) as its part of our business contract and commitment to our clients.

What you will be doing ...

  • Attend daily call outs to assess and repair council assets. These could range from programmed maintenance tasks to asset renewal works, upgrades and emergency call outs
  • Application of skills and knowledge in areas of carpentry, joinery, concreting, manual labour and general construction work using hand tool, power tools and machinery.
  • Landscaping, garden construction and maintenance as.
  • Site preparation including barricading and signs and traffic management.

What you will be responsible for...

  • Ensuring handyman / carpentry work is carried out to expected standards.
  • Assisting other trades with all facets of building work, from plumbing, building to handyman / infrastructure work as required, and carry out these duties to expected quality standards.
  • Making an effective and positive contribution within our in-house team of builders, plumbers and electricians, estimator, and project managers to help us self-deliver building projects.
  • Cost Management, compliance and material purchasing.
  • Stakeholder Relationships between clients, the Rec Services team, sub-contractors and suppliers.

    • Who we are looking for...

    We are looking for an enthusiastic person who has worked in a general trades work role with a minimum of 3 years or more experience.

    The ideal candidate will have :

  • Relevant work experience, broad skills and qualifications to meet the job requirements of our handy person role
  • An ability to identify repair requirements and act to solve problems to a high standard of workmanship and within expected timeframes.
  • Experience operating work tools, equipment and machinery maintaining a safety conscious attitude for themselves, and their teammates.
  • Organizational skills and an eye for detail to ensure work is completed on time and to specification
  • Strong customer service and relationship orientation with good communication skills. This is a public facing role at times and you’ll be interacting with people out in the field as well as our clients representatives

    • What we can offer you..

  • A full time permanent role (40 hours per week)
  • A competitive hourly rate ($33 - $37ph) commensurate with experience and skills
  • All PPE, access to good tools, and there is a weekly tool allowance too if you have a preference.
  • The opportunity to be part of a fantastic team and an inclusive work culture.
  • Working outdoors in a different environment and across a range of building projects.
  • The opportunity to help make a difference by improving and maintaining community assets.

    • This is a fantastic opportunity to join a passionate and enthusiastic team, so if your skills and experience match, and it's the kind of work you’d like to be involved in then submit your application online including a fully up to date resume. We want to know where you’ve been working, and for how long, as wells the skills and experience you will bring to the role.

    Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a suitable and valid NZ work visa, full clean NZ drivers’ licence and be willing to undergo and pass our pre-employment medical, drugs and alcohol, and criminal checks.