Multi Skilled Plumber

Role: Multi Skilled Plumber

Department: Estates & Facilities Management

Location: Carbrook, Sheffield

Salary: £32,613 - £37,020

Hours: 37       

Contract Type: Permanent

As a Multi Skilled Plumber, you will play a vital role in delivering quality reactive and planned maintenance and installations work tasks to the organisation. You will carry out new installations, maintenance, and repairs to heating and hot and cold plumbing services as well as drainage. In addition, utilise excellent customer service skills and attention to detail to ensure a professional and customer focussed service to ensure colleagues and stakeholders are satisfied with works carried out.

Key Responsibilities:

• First and Second fix plumbing and heating work on new installations. Installation of associated WC washroom and kitchen furniture.
• Undertake routine planned maintenance on mechanical equipment across our estate.
• Work on ventilation and extract systems to ensure they run effectively and efficiently.
• Make good to work areas that have been disturbed from works carried out.
• Liaise with Repairs and Maintenance team regarding building or equipment failures or where they deviate from specification or applicable regulations and request the supply of goods or specialist services as necessary. 

Skills and experience:

• Educated to City & Guilds or ONC Level 3 in a relevant subject or equivalent significant experience in the maintenance of buildings and building services in a commercial property environment.

• Be Gas Safe registered.
• Experience of using Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Teams and an Asset Management System.
• Experience of using handheld electronic devices such as PDA/tablet.
• Knowledge of current health & safety legislation, and buildings regulations.
• Hold a Full UK driving licence with the ability to travel throughout the Force area.
• An ability to work outside normal working hours and/or attend conferences/workshops on behalf of the Force which may necessitate overnight stays.

Skills and experience as documented in the role profile need to be evidenced in your application to be considered for interview.

For more detailed information relating to the role, skills and experience for this role, please click here to view the role profile.

What we offer:

We offer generous entitlements and supportive policies to enable a better work-life balance, some of which are listed below:

• A highly competitive salary and access to a generous pension scheme
• Generous annual leave allowance
• A wide range of family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave 
• Flexible working arrangements including flexi-time and hybrid working
• A transparent and collaborative team culture underpinned by our core values of Fairness, Integrity & Trust
• Comprehensive range of development and leadership courses to develop your career with South Yorkshire Police
• Employee Assistant Programme (accessible 24/7) offering confidential support and advice 
• Flexible lifestyle benefits such as: Blue Light Card, Company Shop, Cycle to work scheme
• Committed to embedding sustainability: South Yorkshire Police Sustainability Strategy 2020-2025 (yhrn.police)
• Membership to the Sports and Social Club
• Access to a wide range of staff support groups and networks

Eligibility:

Applicants must meet the minimum requirement checkable history criteria, which must be taken into account for individuals applying to work with South Yorkshire Police in any capacity. A minimum checkable history of 5 years is required for this role and successfully undergoing recruitment vetting procedure is a pre-requisite of employment with South Yorkshire Police.

Appearance & Standards:

South Yorkshire Police is committed to striking a proportionate balance between self-expression and the need to maintain role sensitive professional standards in dress and appearance. Officers, staff, and volunteers of South Yorkshire Police are permitted to have tattoos visible whilst on duty provided the tattoo is not considered to be unacceptable or otherwise inappropriate. Tattoos will be reviewed as part of the recruitment and selection process. 

South Yorkshire Police’s Key Values: 

At South Yorkshire Police we have 3 key values which run through everything we do Fairness, Integrity & Trust, the attached document details the key behaviours we expect all employees to adhere to.

Smarter ways of Working:

South Yorkshire Police is committed to developing working practices which assist staff to balance their personal and professional lives, whilst meeting the needs of the organisation. This in turn enables SYP to provide an outstanding service to the community.

There are 3 different categories as part of this which are: Fixed, Field and Hybrid. 

This role has been evaluated as a field role. 

Field: This applies to roles that do have a base, however, due to the nature of their duties is required to travel to other locations. Due to the nature of these roles, they cannot accommodate flexible working from home on a permanent basis. 

Contact details:

For further information about the role, please contact: Sally Gleave on 07825 203038

Closing Date: 20th January 2026

Closing dates are not normally extended, other than in exceptional circumstances and agreement is made between the Recruitment Manager and the Line Manager for the role.

Please note that, should you be successful at the interview stage and before appointment, the relevant pre-employment checks are required. These include references, medical clearance, vetting clearance and sickness absence criteria check.

Diversity & Inclusion:

Applications are particularly welcome from female and ethnic minority candidates.

It is really important to us that the department represents the community we serve, in order for us to provide the best service, utilising a range of backgrounds, experience and skills. We support and value all officers and staff and the unique experiences they bring to the role. We strongly encourage and welcome applications from these valuable underrepresented groups.

If you are from an underrepresented group and want to find out more about the support we can offer, please contact our dedicated team on positiveaction@southyorks.pnn.police.uk

In addition, we will look to support anyone who requires Part Time/Job share working hours. 

Documents to Review: 

For the Police Staff Recruitment Vetting Handbook - Please Click here

For Application Guidance and Tips - Please Click Here

For the FIT Values of South Yorkshire Police - Please Click Here

View our recruitment video:

https://youtu.be/2dGn5qti7_c