Plumber

The Vacancy

Are you a skilled plumber looking to make a real impact in the community? WPS Responsive Maintenance is seeking a dedicated Plumber to join our team, working across social housing sites in the West Midlands. Your mission: help us achieve first-time fix success for our valued clients.

🔨 What You’ll Be Doing:

• Carrying out plumbing repairs and maintenance in social housing properties
• Diagnosing issues and delivering effective solutions on-site
• Ensuring high standards of workmanship and customer service
• Collaborating with a responsive maintenance team to meet client expectations

✅ What You’ll Need:

• NVQ Level 2 or above in Plumbing
• Full UK driving licence
• Experience in social housing or domestic property maintenance (preferred)
• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive attitude

💼 What We Offer:

• Competitive salary and benefits
• Supportive team environment
• Opportunities for growth and development
• A chance to make a difference in tenants’ lives

Given the nature of this position, you will need to undergo a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) at offer stage. Applicants with criminal convictions will be assessed individually, and we assure you that we do not discriminate based on an applicant’s criminal record or the details of any disclosed offenses. Additionally, certain roles may be subject to additional pre-employment checks.

To learn more about the checks included in this process, please click on the following link: National Security Vetting

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies.  Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:

• Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
• Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
• Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer.  We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.