Maintenance Specialist - Hull.

About Dwelly

Dwelly is building the AI operating system for residential lettings. Its growing network of agencies provides its AI with real-world data, continuous feedback, and control over complete workflows, making exceptional service the standard for landlords and tenants. Today, Dwelly operates more than 15,000 properties and $470 million in GMV, making it one of the UK’s ten largest lettings operators. The company has raised $263 million.

We’re a fast-growing, product-focused company, backed by top-tier investors and led by a team with deep experience in real estate, technology, and operations.

Please note this role sits with Lime Property in Hull, Dwelly's integrated agency.

The role

We're looking for a multi-skilled Maintenance Specialist to join Lime Property's in-house maintenance team, looking after the 1,000+ homes we manage across Hull, Beverley and East Yorkshire. You'll get repairs fixed quickly for tenants and empty homes turned around fast for landlords. You'll work closely with our Property Managers and Property Specialists, and be the person they trust to get it right the first time.

What you'll own

Repairs in tenanted homes

• Fix general repairs first time: doors, locks, windows, blinds, kitchen units, sealant and similar
• Resolve minor plumbing jobs, from taps and toilet mechanisms to blocked traps and small leaks

Check-outs and re-lets

• Turn empty homes around quickly between tenancies through repairs, filling, making good and basic decorating and carpentry

Safety and compliance

• Fit and test battery smoke and carbon monoxide alarms
• Spot and report damp, mould and safety concerns, and flag specialist jobs (gas, electrical, roofing)

A well-run day

• Arrive on time and leave every home clean and tidy
• Keep your van stocked and log materials and progress on every job

What you'll bring

Must have

• 3+ years' experience as a handyman, maintenance operative or in a similar multi-trade role
• Confident across general repairs, decorating, minor plumbing and carpentry
• Full UK driving licence
• Able to pass a basic DBS check
• Friendly, confident communication with landlords, tenants and contractors.

Nice to have

• Experience with void / check-out works or lettings repairs
• Good local knowledge of Hull and East Yorkshire
• Comfortable using a smartphone app to receive jobs and upload photos

If you meet most of the must-haves and are excited by the role, please apply. We hire for ability and trajectory, not a perfect match to a list.

Compensation and benefits

• Competitive compensation, based on your skills and experience.
• Team and culture: A closely connected team, with regular get-togethers and company-funded social events.

What is it like being a Dwell-er?

Feel free to check out Dwelly Core Principles. That’s about what we believe in, how we operate and make decisions.

What we offer is not a fancy office or a static workplace. Instead, this is solving one of worlds’ most complex problems in the largest consumer industry in the world (residential rentals), to improve the experience for >30% of households (>5M in the UK, and >100M including EU and US) that live in rental homes.

This is about disrupting the largest, most antiquated industry in the world, with one of the strongest operational and technical teams that exist in the UK and the EU. We work hard, and we shoot for extremely ambitious results. But we want people to be proud of what they’ve built and be able to look back and say one day “hell yeah, that was me that did it all”.

• • Customer obsession rather than competitive focus
  • Passion for invention
  • Operational excellence
  • Long-term thinking