Floor Layer Full Time

Portsmouth, Hampshire
Insignis

To carry out high-quality floor laying installations, replacements, and repairs within occupied social housing properties, communal areas, and assisted living facilities. The successful candidate must be highly proficient in safety flooring, wet room installations, and cove former flooring, ensuring all works meet regulatory compliance, accessibility standards, and high-quality finishes for vulnerable residents.

Key Responsibilities

• Specialist Flooring Installation: Install a wide range of domestic and commercial flooring, with a heavy focus on vinyl, safety flooring (Altro, Polyflor, etc.), and lino in bathrooms and wet rooms.
• Cove Former Flooring: Expertly install cove formers and capping strips to create seamless, hygienic, and watertight floor-to-wall transitions-essential for assisted living environments and wet rooms.
• Preparation & Subfloor Work: Assess, prepare, and level subfloors using appropriate screeds, smoothing compounds, and ply-boarding prior to installation.
• Responsive Repairs & Voids: Carry out patch repairs or full floor replacements in both tenanted properties (reactive maintenance) and empty properties (voids) to tight turnaround times.
• Assisted Living Adaptations: Work closely with the adaptations team to install specialized slip-resistant flooring designed for elderly, disabled, or vulnerable residents.
• Customer Care: Deliver excellent customer service, respecting residents’ homes, minimizing disruption, and communicating clearly regarding work progress and drying times.
• Health & Safety: Maintain a clean and safe working environment, ensuring strict adherence to COSHH regulations (adhesives, primers) and correct use of PPE.

Person Specification: Experience & QualificationsEssential Criteria:

• Proven Experience: Demonstrable history as a professional Floor Layer, specifically within the social housing, local authority, or care/assisted living sectors.
• Technical Expertise: Advanced proficiency in cutting, welding (hot and cold), and laying safety vinyl, with specific, hands-on experience in cove forming and capping.
• Bathroom/Wet Room Specialist: Prior experience working on level-access showers and wet room flooring adaptations.
• Driving License: Full UK Driving License (a company vehicle is typically provided).