Job Description

Salary: 31,537 to 34,434 per annum

Grade: H

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 37 Hours - Monday 08:30 to 16:30 - Friday 08:30 to 16:00

Location: Selby, North Yorkshire

Are you a qualified plumber looking to further develop your skills and experience within a Repairs environment?



If so, this role could be for you!



We are looking for a plumber to join our Housing Standards Team working within the areas of Maintenance and Improvement across the county.

What can we offer you?

In addition to your salary, we offer a range of great benefits to help you financially and make life a bit easier.

These include:

a local government pension scheme with 18.1% employer contribution salary sacrifice schemes employee discount benefits including shopping, supermarkets, gym discounts and more! travel loans Health Assured - confidential help and support for your wellbeing

Our Service

The Housing Standards Maintenance team is responsible for ensuring the Council's social housing portfolio of circa 8,400 dwellings is maintained to meet all current statutory, regulatory, and legislative standards.

The role

The core focus of this role is to carry out essential repairs and maintenance works on social housing stock to ensure they meet the Decent Housing Standards, complying with current regulatory standards and timescales.



This is a customer focused mobile role completing day to day repairs/ maintenance in our tenanted properties. All our trades operate autonomously using mobile technology to receive all their works.

As a Housing Repairs Plumber, you will:

Carry out domestic plumbing and installation repairs.

Record and monitor any supplied materials and equipment as necessary.

Work to expected Health & Safety standards and safe systems of work.

Undertake professional, mandatory and skills-based training.

Carry out maintenance and repair plumbing work, and repairs in associated trades.




The role will come with a Vehicle, and you will be responsible for carrying out routine and daily vehicle safety checks as required and must ensure compliance relating to the vehicle use and its maintenance.

What you will bring

You must have the relevant qualifications and experience in domestic plumbing operations. You will be familiar with materials, tools and machinery used in the repair and maintenance to carry out your duties. You must always be able to communicate efficiently and courteously at appropriate levels.



You must have knowledge and understanding of Health and Safety and of Building Regulations.



You will bring a good working knowledge of other trades associated with the primary area of experience, such as, but not exclusive to plumbing.



You will be required to participate as part of an on-call team, providing an Out of Hours Emergency Service on a rota basis.



Please refer to full attached.

Contact and Apply

If you would like to learn more about our opportunity, we recommend contacting Kate Baker or James Woodhead on kate.baker@northyorks.gov.uk / james.woodhead@northyorks.gov.uk for applications or questions relating to this post in Selby, prior to applying.



Applying is easy: simply click on apply, register your details, remove your personal details from your CV and upload.

Key dates

Closing date: 17th November 2025



Interview date: 28th November 2025

Key documents

Job description: Plumber.pdf



Total Rewards





NYC is committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.



We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to this commitment.





North Yorkshire Council's purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services, we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other's contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.





North Yorkshire Council is committed to the health and safety of our employees and of others including the general public. It has a responsibility to ensure employees who hold a position that is deemed to be safety critical as it requires the performance of duties which are directly related to the safe operation or security of a facility, piece of equipment or vehicle, handling of chemicals or work at height or in confined spaces and which, if not performed properly, could result in a serious safety risk or environmental hazard to employees, a facility or the general public , do not attend work whilst under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Individuals offered employment with North Yorkshire Council will be subject to the Workplace Substance Misuse policy. For safety critical roles as detailed above, random alcohol and drug testing may take place during the course of employment.

Plumber

Salary:

31,537 - 34,434

Posted:

29/10/2025

Closing date:

17/11/2025

Closing time:

23:59