Repairs Manager

Repairs Manager

Location: Newent, Gloucestershire

Salary: Circa £44,500 per annum

The Vacancy

This vacancy is a 12-month fixed term contract - 37 hours per week

We are currently seeking a Repairs Manager to support the Head of Repairs who wants to make a difference and help deliver our purpose for warm, safe and affordable homes for our tenants.

Your key responsibilities will include ensuring that the team of office and field-based staff is motivated to support the successful delivery of day-to-day responsive repairs, planned and cyclical works, meeting and exceeding customer service and quality standards. You’ll manage the teams who deliver emergency, urgent and routine repairs, and voids repairs works on Two Rivers Housing properties as well as external clients. To achieve this you will lead the operative and back-office workforce effectively and carry out all performance reviews ensuring that staff are supported, mentored and developed to achieve their full potential.?

We recognise that no candidate will meet every desired requirement, so if your experience looks a little different and you think you can bring your great skills and can-do-attitude to the role, we’d love to hear from you.

Experience you’ll possess

• Experience of managing Trades and facilities teams within a domestic repairs /maintenance industry.?

• Experience of providing great customer focussed service.

• Knowledge of health and safety and CDM legislation.

• Leadership and Management qualification (ILM or similar) or working towards the same.

• Successful responsibility for achieving on target KPI performance

• Maintenance NVQ to level 3 or equivalent.

• A good technical background linked to a relevant trade.

• Ideally a Health & Safety Qualification (IOSH, NEBOSH).

Due to the nature of the role a full driving licence is required.?

We are keen to invite the best people to join us as soon as possible so we will be interviewing and hiring on an ongoing basis. We might close the advert early if we find the right candidate.

Here at Two Rivers’ Housing, we are a progressive and forward-thinking housing association driven by our mission and values to create great homes and support our communities. We are really proud to have been recognised for gaining and maintaining Gold in RoSPA for health and safety standards, as well as being Gold accredited in Investors in People.?

Our comprehensive package of employee benefits includes pension options, health cashback plan, competitive holiday entitlement, insurance/accident cover and more.

Closing date: - 9th March 2024

Interview date: - To be confirmed