Plasterer
Location: Evesham
Contract Start Date: 1 July 2026
Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent, 42.5hrs per week, Monday to Friday
Salary: £33,667.00 + company van and fuel card, with additional opportunities for overtime. There is also an optional out-of-hours call rota, providing the chance to further enhance your overall earnings.
Join us on our new, exciting contract
Mears Group is delivering a long-term social housing repairs and maintenance partnership across the wider Midlands region.
Providing housing repairs and maintenance services across a geographically diverse social housing portfolio covering market towns, rural communities and urban locations, the contract includes responsive repairs, planned maintenance and property services, with a strong focus on customer service, quality and community investment.
Due to continued growth across the contract, opportunities are available for experienced Plasterers across South Worcestershire, North Gloucestershire, and surrounding areas.
About the Role:
You’ll be responsible for a range of tasks including patch repairs, full wall skims, ceiling works, and making good following other trades. Working in residents’ homes requires a professional approach, attention to detail, and a commitment to maintaining a clean and respectful environment.
With a steady flow of work and a strong focus on improving housing standards, this is a great opportunity to be part of a team that’s making a real impact in the community. We’re looking for someone experienced in domestic plastering, confident working independently, and committed to getting the job done right the first time.
Duties:
- Carry out responsive plastering repairs in occupied properties
- Complete patch repairs to walls and ceilings following leaks, electrical work, or other trades
- Preparing surfaces and applying plaster, bonding, boarding, rendering, and skimming
- Repairing damaged walls and ceilings, including patchwork and full re-plastering
- Apply full skims to walls and ceilings where required
- Make good around door frames, windows, sockets, and pipework
- Prepare surfaces to ensure a smooth and durable finish
- Mix and apply plaster using appropriate tools and techniques
- Maintain a clean and tidy work area, protecting residents’ belongings and flooring
- Ensure all work complies with health and safety regulations and company standards
- Record job details, materials used, and completion notes using handheld devices or job sheets
- Work respectfully in residents’ homes, maintaining a professional and courteous manner
- Identify and report any additional works, safeguarding concerns, or property issues
- Participate in the out-of-hours emergency rota when required
- Provide high levels of customer care at all times
- Adhere to all health and safety policies and procedures
Role Criteria:
- Proven experience in domestic repairs and maintenance in a plasterer position
- Full UK driving licence
- Ability to work independently and manage workload effectively
- Strong fault-finding and problem-solving skills
- Excellent customer service skills, with experience working in occupied homes
- Good understanding of health and safety regulations and safe working practices
- Ability to use handheld devices or job management systems to record work
- Willingness to participate in out-of-hours emergency rota
Benefits:
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Family-friendly policies, including enhanced maternity/paternity leave
- life assurance
- Van & Fuel card
- Refer a friend schemes
- Generous pension scheme and sick pay
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mears Rewards – access to discounts across major retailers, including supermarkets
- Excellent training and development opportunities
- Annual Mears Fun Day (previous locations include Alton Towers and Drayton Manor)
- Volunteering leave – up to two days per year to support community initiatives
All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK, Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship.
To drive a Mears vehicle, you must be aged over 21 have held your licence over 3 months and have less than 9 points.
Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant Background, Identity & Security checks before commencement of employment.
Apply below or to discuss your application further; contact:
Joe Monger ([email protected])If you need any help with your application process, we are here to support you. We will be accessible every step of the way.
At Mears Group, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive, we are a Disability Confident employer, valuing individuality and ensuring equal opportunities for all.
We proudly support the Armed Forces Covenant and are honoured to have achieved the Gold Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) to coincide with this, we hold an Endorser Award for the Career Transition Partnership, recognising our commitment to veterans transitioning into civilian careers.
In our continued effort to promote social mobility, we invite applicants to voluntarily share their background information during the application stages to help us better understand the diverse experiences of our candidates. This is to ensure we are committed to improving social mobility. We use the Social Mobility Index to assess and enhance opportunities for individuals from diverse backgrounds. These questions are optional and will not impact your ability to apply.
