Senior Maintenance Operative

Location: Leatherhead

Salary: £42,840 per annum

Vacancy Type: Permanent, Full Time

Closing Date: 27th June 2026

They’re looking for a skilled and motivated Senior Maintenance Operative to join their Maintenance Services team within Mount Green, based in Leatherhead, Surrey. This is a hands-on role where you’ll deliver high-quality repairs and maintenance while also stepping up as a lead operative on site.

You’ll play a key role in ensuring work is completed safely, efficiently and right first time – supporting colleagues, mentoring apprentices, and helping drive service quality across the team.

What you’ll be doing

• Delivering a wide range of responsive repairs, void works and planned maintenance
• Diagnosing issues and completing high-quality repairs right first time
• Acting as a senior point of contact on site, supporting operatives and apprentices
• Carrying out quality checks and identifying improvements to services
• Supporting supervisors with job updates, risks and resource needs
• Ensuring full compliance with health & safety, safeguarding and company standards
• Providing a great customer experience — clear communication and professional service at all times
• Using mobile systems to manage jobs, materials and updates in real time

What they’re looking for

• Strong multi-trade experience in housing or building maintenance
• Relevant trade qualification (NVQ Level 2/3, City & Guilds or equivalent) or significant experience
• A commitment to quality, safety and customer service
• Confidence working independently and supporting others on site
• Good communication skills and a collaborative approach
• Comfortable using mobile technology or job management systems

It’s a bonus if you’ve:

• Supported or mentored apprentices or junior operatives
• Worked within social housing, repairs or voids
• Experience identifying quality or compliance issues

Discover The Organisation

The organisation is a leading housing provider. They manage around 40,000 homes, serving 93,000 customers across their portfolio of affordable properties for general rent, shared ownership and sale, alongside specialist accommodation, with an ambitious house-building programme.

Their mission is to provide quality homes and services for people whose needs are not met by the open market.

They’re looking for like-minded people to join their team of over 900 talented colleagues who embody their values of being ethical, ambitious, passionate, agile and commercial, as well as people who want to make a difference and transform people’s lives.

They are a Disability Confident Employer and working towards accreditation for becoming a Disability Confident Leader, which allows them to record and report on disability, mental health and wellbeing in the workplace to better support their colleagues. They have also achieved accreditation for being an Advanced Employer for Investing in Ethnicity Maturity Matrix. They are committed to being a Menopause Friendly employer and working towards accreditation their Menopause Friendly accreditation.

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for the organisation, please do not hesitate to apply.