Contract Manager

Birmingham City Council; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Birmingham City Council is seeking a Contract Manager for its Planned Maintenance Team. This permanent full-time role requires overseeing housing maintenance for a large portfolio while ensuring safety, compliance, and effective strategy development. Join a forward-thinking team dedicated to improving community living standards and making a real difference.

Benefits

West Midlands Pension Fund Membership

Confidential Employee Assistance Programme

29 Days Annual Leave

Qualifications

• Experience in managing property maintenance programs.
• Understanding of eco funding and retrofit processes.
• Good report writing skills using Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Planned Maintenance of Birmingham City Council housing assets.
• Develop strategy for maintenance programs and oversee implementation.
• Ensure compliance with safety standards and regulations.

Skills

Property Maintenance

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Knowledge of Building Regulations

Understanding of Building Safety Act

Job description

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Contract Team Manager – Planned Maintenance

Permanent

Consultation grade - subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review

Working 36.5 hours per week

We have an exciting new role within the Planned Maintenance Team. The successful candidates will work alongside a knowledgeable and experienced team responsible for housing investment for the 57,000-council housing stock and help shape the future of the team.

Birmingham is a city on the move, join our Planned Maintenance Team and you can be a part of it. We’re a city with a vision. For our communities. For our people. For the future. Opportunity doesn’t wait. And neither do we. We’re building the Birmingham of tomorrow, using the largest property portfolio of its kind. Together, we can change millions of lives for the better.

Birmingham has a portfolio of circa 57,000 social housing units and this is your opportunity to play a part in looking after the maintenance, investment and safety of these properties.

The role entails managing the Planned Maintenance of Birmingham City Council Housing Assets. We are looking for someone with experience of property maintenance to help develop our strategy and implementation of the planned maintenance program.

Knowledge of building regulations, planned maintenance programming, eco funding, retrofit, and DESNES reporting, safety issues, compliance, understanding of the building safety act and relevant codes of practice, is essential for this role.

Good communication and team-working skills are important, and you should also have the ability to use Microsoft Office and other packages to prepare correspondence and reports.

If you want to thrive in an environment that promotes diversity and inclusivity, healthy lifestyle choices, wellbeing and balance.

We’ll empower you to be the best you can be.

We also offer:

• A range of benefits, including membership of the West Midlands Pension Fund, Car salary sacrifice scheme and a confidential employee assistance programme.

• 29 days’ annual leave increasing with length of service, plus the option to purchase additional days.

Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people.

We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.

For any informal enquires please contact: Darren Beazley via email on [e-mail]

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management

• Industries

  Government Administration, Housing and Community Development, and Specialty Trade Contractors

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