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Repairs Operations Manager
Based in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire.
Full time, 37 hours per week.
Salary: £51,030 - £56,700

We have an exciting opportunity for someone with management experience in a repairs or property services environment and good knowledge of the social housing sector and the requirements of housing providers.

In this role, you’ll lead our multi-skilled, customer-focused operative teams delivering responsive services and related work programmes in Broxbourne. Ensuring teams are effective and efficient in the safe delivery of work for our customers, you will manage four Supervisors and a Qualified Supervisor, monitor and oversee expenditure for the repairs service, take responsibility for revenue related job allocation and spend management whilst leading on supplier, contractor and subcontractor management. You will also enjoy looking for better ways to do things, be able to identify and drive areas for improvement and to use data to inform how we shape our services in both the short and longer term, and how we forecast expenditure and deliver value for money.

We’re looking for someone with…

- A construction trade qualification or equivalent experience
- Good knowledge of construction and building maintenance
- A solid understanding of health and safety legislation and its application
- A full, valid driving licence and daily use of a car

You’ll also need experience of:

- Managing a responsive repairs service or managing delivery of major works programmes
- Delivering or overseeing compliance-related works in a related field
- Managing teams within a DLO (Direct Labour Organisation)
- Social housing environment and policy

We’re a social business, based in Hoddesdon and across southeast Hertfordshire, helping local people by renting or selling affordable homes. We offer services designed to help our customers live comfortably in their homes and we work to keep our buildings and estates maintained, offering support when money becomes an issue or when people get older. Our mission is to make a sustainable, positive change to the housing crisis for our customers and communities.

We enjoy a benefits package that offers something for everyone, including…

- 27 days’ holiday per year plus bank holiday (pro rata for part time colleagues).
- Buy and sell holiday scheme.
- Cross organisational bonus scheme.
- Up to 12% pension contribution.
- Life assurance cover.
- Funded health cash plan or subsidised private medical insurance.
- Discount vouchers.
- Enhanced family leave.
- Range of special leave.
- Car loans, cycle to work and electric car lease scheme.

The closing date for this vacancy is 2nd October 2024.

We are a Disability Confident employer, which means that we offer an interview to a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.

Other organisations may call this role Maintenance Manager, Facilities Manager, Maintenance Operations Manager, Building Maintenance Manager, or Maintenance Team Leader.

All our vacancies are open to flexible working arrangements, something we are really proud of. The extent to which flexible working is possible will vary between jobs according to the needs of the business and our customers.

We believe in the benefits of a diverse workforce and strongly welcome applications from those currently under-represented in the organisation, including LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual), and people under age 30.

So, if you’re looking for a great new role as a Repairs Operations Manager, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency