Careers Site Advertising End Date
16 Nov 2025
All Departments
Repairs & Maintenance
Advertising Salary
£30,093.71 per annum
Contract Type
Permanent
Full time

About The Role

We are seeking to recruit a Labourer within our Repairs and Maintenance Service. 
 
The successful candidate will be integral to providing a professional, high quality and customer focused Repairs and Maintenance Service on behalf of Great Yarmouth Borough Council. You will be required to assist with and complete a wide range of unskilled/semi skilled maintenance duties, conduct routine maintenance to domestic properties and liaise with the scheduling team on the completion of the work.
 
You will be required to use the tablet based diary system to allow jobs/works to recorded centrally. The successful candidate will ensure good quality workmanship which complies within regulations and follow safety requirements. 
 
If you're interested in this vacancy then we look forward to hear from you!
 

Closing date: Midnight on 16 November 2025

Interviews will be held: 20/21 November 2025

The Council operates an equal opportunities policy, and we welcome applications from all parts of the community.

About You

The successful candidate will require knowledge and be able to demonstrate good practice in relation to health and safety regulations. They will have extensive experience of working in an operative based role, the ability to work at height and a full, clean driving license. Please be aware that the successful candidate will be required to be available and flexible to work on the out of hours emergency all out rota. Experience with common construction tools, computer literacy with tablets/smartphones would be beneficial. 
 
The successful candidate will have a GCSE or equivalent in both Maths and English, be physically fit due to the nature of the role and have good safety awareness. The role requires the individual to be reliable, punctual and have the ability to work under pressure. It will also require working outside and in adverse weather conditions, undertaking site/home visits to customers and some evening and/or weekend working. Please note this will require a DBS check to be completed prior to employment commencing. 

 

About Us

Great Yarmouth Borough Council has the goal to achieve excellence for the Borough. We don’t just say we are ambitious; we mean it. We are always looking at the ways in which we can improve and be the best that we can, providing the best for the people who live, work, visit and operate businesses in the Borough.

We have big plans for the future and massive opportunities ahead. We are one of the most successful enterprise zones in the country, Great Yarmouth is England’s offshore energy hub and Norfolk’s biggest seaside resort at the edge of the Broads National Park. The challenges we face in the borough are wide, but our commitment to achieving more has never been so focused.

We know that our team members are our most valuable asset, working hard to achieve our short and long term goals. Find out more about the people who work with us, and if you are as ambitious as we are, apply now and be part of our team.

We offer a range of exciting benefits as an employer and are committed to a policy of equal opportunity in employment and the services we provide.

There is more information on the Jobs page of the Great Yarmouth Borough Website, with details of how to apply and the recruitment process. You will also be able to find more details regarding DBS checks (if relevant for the job role), Right to Work checks, along with details of our values and behaviours, agile working and our Privacy Notice.

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