Lead Maintenance and Contract Manager

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Job summary

An organization in property management seeks a Lead Maintenance and Contract Manager to oversee repairs, manage a mobile team, and improve service quality. This permanent position offers a salary of £60,000 to £65,000, hybrid working options, and numerous employee benefits, including 34 days of leave and a generous pension scheme.

Benefits

34 days leave including bank holidays

Health cash plan

Generous pension scheme

High street discounts

Flexible pay options

Qualifications

• Strong background in in-house and maintenance management/contract management.
• Experience in leading dispersed teams in maintenance or contract management.
• Confidence with data, budgets and contracts to make sound decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead a large, mobile team and contractors to deliver repairs, voids and servicing works.
• Drive improvements in cost, time, quality and customer experience.
• Champion change across the team and lead on strategic projects.

Skills

Building partnerships

Problem solving

Driving performance

Education

Degree level education

Membership of a professional body (CIOB, RICS)

Job description

Lead Maintenance and Contract Manager

Belmont, Durham with hybrid working, currently 2 days in the office and 3 days from home

Permanent, full time (37.5 hpw)

Salary £60,000 to £65,000 pa, depending on skills and experience plus car allowance and brilliant benefits!

Home, a place where you belong

If you like fixing problems, leading people and leaving things in a better place than you found them. And you want a role that gives you room to grow, shape change and do work that matters. Sound familiar? If so, this might be the move you’ve been waiting for!

As our new Lead Maintenance and Contract Manager, you’ll play a key role in our Maintenance team, helping us deliver repairs and services that really work for our customers. You’ll lead change with freedom and purpose, championing better ways of working and seeing ideas through from start to finish. It’s a big job, but a meaningful one. You’ll be part of a warm, motivated team where your voice is heard, and your work makes a visible difference.

What you’ll do

• Lead a large, mobile team and contractors to deliver repairs, voids and servicing works

• Build strong relationships with our maintenance partners and hold them to account

• Drive improvements in cost, time, quality and customer experience

• Take ownership of key contracts, resolving disputes and making sure work gets done right first time

• Champion change across the team and lead on strategic projects

• Keep a close eye on budgets, performance and safety, always putting customers first

Why chose us

Imagine finishing each day knowing you’ve made a real difference in our customers’ lives. That’s exactly what you’ll do here, working for a top 10 Great Place to Work in the UK!

You’ll get flexibility, autonomy and support to shape your role. We’ll back your development and encourage your growth every step of the way.

What you bring

• Been educated to degree level (or equivalent) with strong background of in-house and maintenance management/contract management

• Membership of a professional body, CIOB, RICS or equivalent

• Experience in leading dispersed teams in maintenance or contract management

• Strong skills in building partnerships, solving problems and driving performance, with a clear, calm way of communicating

• Confidence with data, budgets and contracts to make sound decisions

• A strategic mind, with the drive to deliver lasting change

Due to limits on our current certificates of sponsorship, we are not able to offer sponsorship to external candidates for this role. This remains under regular review

Job details

• Full time, 37.5 hpw Monday to Friday, flexible working hours (we’re open to agreeing a work pattern with you)

• Hybrid working, from home and our office in Belmont, Durham

• Able to use technology, for monitoring progress of works and budget management

• A full current UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle. We’ll pay your mileage.

A place where you belong

Great things happen when we can be ourselves at work. We want all our colleagues to be who they truly are here. Our internal diversity networks, peers and allies (Multicultural, LGBTQIA+ and Disability) support us all to be our best. Together we make Home Group a great place to work!

What’s in it for you?

• 34 days leave (including bank holidays and a “me day” to use for whatever you fancy), the potential to buy 5 extra days leave (subject to criteria), and paid time off for volunteering

• Save up to £1140 yearly with our health cash plan, covering dental, optical, and therapies

• Generous pension scheme with life insurance of 3x salary

• Enjoy flexible pay with Wagestream, allowing instant access to earned wages whenever you need it, along with budgets, save, and you’re your financial well-being

• Over 800 high street discounts on groceries, holidays and days out.

• We’re a top 10 UK Wellbeing employer our tools and support are here when you need them! W

• Grow Our Own colleagues (not literally of course!), when you’re ready for the next step in your career, you can grow with us!

• Explore our benefits in detail on our website.

Find out more

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