Portakabin is currently recruiting for a Painter to join our progressive Hire Division in Birmingham. You will refurbish and fit out the complete range of Portakabin buildings to the highest possible standards, specialising in the area of painting and decorating.

As a Painter you will work effectively as part of a team to ensure timescales for completing work are achieved and quality standards reached. You will also be responsible in developing customer relationships in order to provide excellent levels of customer service.

Flexibility is required in this role due to the workload of projects and rectifications which are based on and off site.

Your working pattern will be 39 hours per week, Monday to Thursday 07:45 to 16:30 and finishing early on Friday at 15:30 (inclusive of lunch breaks).

Role Details

Starting salary: £30,602.52 p.a / £15.09 per hour*

Opportunity to earn additional hourly rate between £0.27-£4.46 (£547 - £9,044.88 per annum*) based on skill set and behaviours.

• Role based: Smethwick, B66 1AT

• Contract type: Permanent

• 24 days annual leave + bank holidays

Role Responsibilities

• Plan and undertake the preparation/decoration of all external product surfaces

• Apply internal finishing such as internal partitions, trims, configure interior layout, painting.

• Carry out basic joinery tasks inclusive of partition walls, doors, windows etc.

• Carry out basic plumbing tasks inclusive of sink and toilet assembly, waste and drainage, copper and push fit fittings etc confirming drawing details.

• Undertake basic electrics inclusive of installing trunking and cable runs, sockets, heaters, lighting etc, supporting in the preparation and first fix, under the supervision of an electrician

Benefits & Opportunities

• Ability to buy up to 5 days more annual leave

• Annual Christmas closure of the business

• Reward packages including merit rating scheme

• Contributory pension and Life Assurance scheme

• Health & wellbeing services including free health helpline to support services and discounted gym memberships

There is also great opportunity for career progression within Portakabin. Roughly one third of our roles are filled by internal candidates!

Our Ideal Candidate

We’re looking for someone with basic painting skills gained in construction as well as a basic understanding of industry trades such as plumbing, painting and electrical work.

The ideal candidate will also be a problem solver and used to planning and organising their work.

Even if you do not match all of our ‘ideal’ criteria we would still be very keen to receive your CV as we love developing our people and may feel that you could be developed into this role.

About Portakabin

As innovators in the science of building, we provide modular buildings for hire and sale, as well as supplying refurbished buildings and construction site accommodation. We deliver building solutions for organisations of any size, in sectors ranging from manufacturing, education and health to transport, utilities and construction.

Portakabin remains in the ownership of the York based Shepherd family and now employs more than 2,000 people across ten European countries.

As an equal opportunities employer, Portakabin is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective colleagues. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives and hire great people to build talented and diverse teams.

We are committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout the application, recruitment, and onboarding processes for candidates that require additional support and/or adjustments to be made.