Carpenter

Title

Maintenance Technician UPVC Carpenter

Contract Type

Permanent, Full Time, 40 hours per week

Salary

£41,200 per annum

Grade

DM Tech 05

Location

North London

Persona

Mobile Working (van provided) contractual hours to be worked from various locations such as resident homes with ad hoc office attendance as required

Reporting Office

Stratford, London

Closing date for applications

9th June at 11pm

Interview date

16th June at our office in Stratford

Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated.

With effect from February 2026, L&Q reserve the right to not shortlist applications from candidates with 3 or more unsuccessful applications within the last 24 months.

Please click here for the role profile - Maintenance Technician Role Profile.pdf

Benefits include

Excellent pension plan (up to 6% double contribution), 28 days Annual Leave rising to 31 days with length of service + Bank Holidays, Westfield Health Cash Plan, non-contributory life assurance, up to 21 hours volunteering paid days, lifestyle benefits, Employee Assistance Programme and many more…

Join our

Repairs Team at L&Q

L&Q are looking for an experienced Multi trader/UPVC operative to work within our Reactive Maintenance Team covering the following areas Hackney, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea and Barnet and Enfield. Plus parts of central London

The role will be dealing with all aspects of internal/external window repairs including single and double glazing, repairs to doors, lock refits and repairs.

Carpentry skills will be required for you to fulfil this role.

Our Operatives are supplied with an L&Q van (business use only), uniform and PPE equipment. You will begin the day from your home address where you will travel to jobs which are distributed to your PDA (hand-held device).

Customer satisfaction is of the utmost importance to L&Q and as a first line of contact to our residents we expect you to have outstanding customer service and ability to deliver a right first-time service. Limiting follow ons and increasing satisfaction.

Our in-house maintenance team core hours are Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm in general. There is the opportunity to earn more from call outs and out of hours service.

To be considered for this role candidates will require/be

· Sound working trade knowledge and experience

· Experience gained within a Maintenance, site and or Housing environment.

· Able to deliver excellent customer service

· Right first-time approach

· Health and Safety Conscious

· Previous experience in a similar role

· Wide range of Multi trade skills

If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage during this process, including application stage, please email lqcareers@lqgroup.org.uk

About L&Q

We’re one of the UK’s leading housing associations and developers. We were founded on a simple belief: high quality housing is vital for people’s health, happiness and security. Everyone deserves a quality home that gives them the chance to live a better life.

250,000 people call our properties ‘home’, and we’re proud to serve diverse communities across London, the South East and North West of England.