Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION


Our Repairs and Maintenance teams play an important role in delivering our vision of providing great homes and great service. They offer vital support, ensuring that our homes are safe, warm, and dry, and where everything works; Places where our residents are proud to live.

We are looking for a Roofer to join our team covering Lancaster, Blackburn, Bacup and the surrounding areas, on a full-time permanent basis.



The successful candidate will live locally to ensure we are able to offer our residents a prompt and efficient service.



In this role, you will deliver high standards of installation and repairs of roofs, ensuring that appropriate tiles, wood shingles and other necessary roofing materials, including built-up felt, are used. You'll also carry out associated activities within acceptable quality standards to support Guinness's targets for a first-time fix and deliver great customer service.

What we are looking for

We are a customer-focused organisation, so we know that how we do things is just as important as what we do. Reporting to the Service Manager, you'll be required to carry out remedial works to a high quality, ensuring that a customer-focused maintenance and repair service is delivered.



You will also be able to demonstrate the following essential skills:


Demonstrable competence as a Roofer Skills and experience, sufficient to enable the completion of repairs at the first visit (first time fix). Experience of working in a customer-focused environment within agreed performance targets. Proven ability to work methodically, follow agreed procedures and accurately record data and information. Ability to work with minimal supervision and demonstrate organisational and time management skills. Ability to carry out physical tasks and lift weights in accordance with Health and Safety guidelines. Ability to work at heights and have the stamina and balance to work on a range of roof types Ability to operate safely, having taken into account any environmental circumstances and possible risks. An ability to understand and put into practice any health and safety regulations involved in roofing works, in particular, working at height regulations. Full, clean manual UK Driving License.

Qualifications

NVQ Level 2 (City & Guilds) Roofing Occupations or equivalent recognised competency.

Desirable:

PASMA. CISRA Scaffolding Part I

If you're interested in finding out more about the key responsibilities of the role and/or to ensure you meet the essential criteria, please review the role profile link below.



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ABOUT US


The Guinness Partnership is one of the leading providers of affordable housing in England. We build and manage homes and provide housing services for nearly 160,000 residents nationwide. Guinness Property, our in-house maintenance service, delivers repairs to 55,000 of our homes. Our national teams deliver rapid-response housing repairs, maintenance, and improvement services to ensure our residents' homes are safe and maintained to a high standard.
The Guinness Partnership is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all colleagues, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.



Job Identification
12866
Job Category
Repairs and Maintenance
Posting Date
10/16/2025, 02:14 AM
Apply Before
10/30/2025, 07:00 AM
Locations
North West
Assignment Category
Full-Time
Salary
33,104Recruitment Advisor
Debbie Hoult debbie.hoult@guinness.org.uk 0161 219 7491