Operational Repairs & Maintenance Team Leader

City of York Trading; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A housing management company is seeking an experienced Operational Repairs & Maintenance Team Leader to manage repair and maintenance operations. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background, team management experience, and proven abilities in quality control and budget management. You will oversee a dedicated team, ensuring efficient service delivery while maintaining high standards of quality. This is a temporary position based in York, offering £22.21 per hour for a minimum of 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in supervising and managing a team.
• Knowledge from a trade background such as plumbing or electrical.
• Experience in quality control and budget management.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and control a team dealing with repairs and maintenance.
• Assess and specify work needed via comprehensive inspections.
• Promote quality service delivery and tenant participation.

Skills

Team management

Technical knowledge in construction

Time management

IT skills

Influencing skills

Problem-solving

Education

Relevant technical qualification (HNC)

Job description

Have you a compelling track record of asset / project management and delivering major works contracts, within social housing?

Are you available to start work immediately?

Our York based client is looking for a self-motivated Operational Repairs & Maintenance Team Leader to join them on a temporary basis and play a crucial role, by providing technical solutions and support on complex repairs and maintenance issues, across their customers homes.

You will be responsible for ensuring that the progress disrepair cases is appropriately managed, including accurately diagnosing issues, specifying orders, and monitoring remedial works through to completion, while considering all necessary repairs.

This role is initially for a minimum of 3 months, possible longer, with rate of pay of £22.21 per hour, minimum 37 hours a week, Monday to Friday.

Key responsibilities

• Supervise, plan, organise, deploy and control a team employed on repairs and maintenance on the clients’ extensive housing stock, to ensure the provision of a lean and efficient service which offers value for money.
• Accurately assess, specify and value the extent of the work to be undertaken through a comprehensive inspection process as necessary, in full compliance with budgetary and policy constraints, the relevant contract terms, conditions and specification including all materials and plant required. Working with both internal trades staff and sub contractors.
• To be actively involved in continuously assessing at the point of contact with the customer the quality of delivery of the service through reinforcing and encouraging expected behaviours from the operatives and solving operational problems which are referred to the post holder.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate :

• Experience of supervising / managing a team and embedding / driving a culture of continuous improvement.
• Candidates will have significant technical knowledge having come from a trade background (i.e., plumbing, electrical, carpentry etc) or a relevant construction background (HNC etc) and have extensive proven experience.
• Have a sound knowledge of construction methods, technology and materials, coupled with excellent time management, IT and influencing skills, as well as a proactive and flexible approach.
• Experience of identifying and implementing initiatives to promote positive tenant participation.
• Ability to develop and maintain constructive working relationships across teams.
• Experience of quality control and checking service provision.Experience of controlling expenditure in accordance with budgetary constraints.

Please only apply for this position if you have the skills and experience as outlined above. For an informal discussion about the role please contact us or please send your CV and / or completed application form (including two referee details) to [e-mail].

Regrettably we are unable to respond to every application we receive. To apply for this vacancy you must be able to work in the United Kingdom.