Home Finisher

Taylor Wimpey is a FTSE 100 business and one of the largest residential developers in the UK, building new homes and communities across England, Scotland and Wales. We are passionate about building new homes and communities with a focus on sustainability.

Taylor Wimpey takes part in the National House-Building Council (NHBC) Pride in the Job scheme, where our sites are independently assessed by the NHBC across 28 different standards. We are also committed to providing a safe place in which our employees and sub-contractors can work and to high standards of environmental management. Trades and labour are the backbone of our build process.

It is the responsibility of the Home Finisher to ensure that the homes in which we handover to our customers are of the highest quality and which we can be proud of. The Home Finisher will do this by supporting both the Site Manager and Customer Relations Manager. They will use their multi-trade skills to work on the home and remediate certain items which fall below our standards as directed by the Site Manager or Customer Relations Manager, in a timely, safe and efficient manner. The Home Finisher will assist in programming trades in for items that that either fall outside of their ability, and/or is covered in the trades scope of works. The Home Finisher will also contribute to the continuous improvement of the site, by reporting back reoccurring defects to the Site Manager and the responsible person(s), including advising of contractor performance where necessary.

What you will do:

• Multi-trade experience to ensure homes are complete to Taylor Wimpey Consistent Quality Approach standard including:
• Interior decoration and touch ups are completed
• Doors and internal joinery is functioning as expected
• Plastic surgeon work
• Final fix plumbing, electrics are complete to a high standard by the relevant trade
• Homes are presented to the highest quality standard throughout
• Assisting the Site Manager with all aspects of home finishing from prior to CML through to home aftercare
• Assisting the Customer Relations Manager with items from the Home Quality Inspections through to the completion of the customers initial aftercare journey.

What you will have:

• Joiner or Carpenter with some multi-trade skills
• Ability to work independently, prioritise work and take initiative
• Able to demonstrate efficiency and reliability in previous roles.
• Great Interpersonal, communication and relationship skills.
• Face to face customer services experience
• Works well under pressure/in a fast-moving environment
• Housebuilding or related industry experience

Individuals seeking employments at Taylor Wimpey should know that we foster a culture of inclusion and value diversity positively which creates a better workplace and delivers stronger outcomes. We commit to treating all our job applicants and employees fairly and with respect, irrespective of background, disability or any other protected characteristic. If you require any assistance with regards to reasonable adjustments during the application process, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Checks and eligibility to work:

To be successful in this role you must be able to prove eligibility to work in the UK and hold a full UK drivers licence.

If you are successful at interview and the Company considers making an offer of employment, you may be asked to give your consent to the following pre-employment check[s] being undertaken by our third-party provider, Experian (or any other appropriate third-party provider that the Company chooses to engage).

The type of checks made will depend on the role in question but may include any or all the following

• Criminal records (DBS);
• Credit reference
• DVLA

The purpose of such checks will be to assess your suitability for the role.  If it subsequently transpires that you have given incorrect, false or misleading information, your application will not be taken further.

What we will offer you:

Our people are important to us and we want to make sure that we reward and recognise all the great work that they do. Our employees enjoy many standard benefits including access to the Taylor Wimpey House purchase discount scheme, pension (including company contributions), quality health cover, paid wet days, share save schemes as well as many flexible benefits such as buying additional holiday days, retails discounts, free Bupa health assessments and so much more.  Our benefits work perfectly with our culture where you feel valued as a member of a successful team.

We offer industry leading subsidised professional training and development, which support our employees to excel and fulfil their career and personal goals in a variety of opportunities and environments. This in turn drives a strong succession of high performing customer centric leaders, really putting customers at the heart of everything we do. We embrace diversity and look to develop our people in the skills and areas they are most interested in, leveraging the qualities and appreciate the unique competencies, skills and experiences that each person brings to the company.

We work hard to attract the best talent for our award-winning business and are proud to feature in the top companies to work for on Glassdoor, voted for by our employees. If you are looking to join a thriving, company going through an exciting period then please get in touch. To read more about what it’s like to work with us then have a look at our Glassdoor profile by clicking here.