Property Maintenance Manager

Tulip Recruitment; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading property management firm in Basingstoke is looking for a Property Maintenance Manager to lead the operational delivery of property services. This role involves managing a direct labour workforce and contractors, ensuring high-quality, customer-focused maintenance while adhering to health and safety regulations. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in planning and budgeting, along with strong leadership and communication skills. This position offers competitive benefits including flexible working, generous holiday, and a robust pension scheme.

Benefits

25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays

3 additional paid wellbeing days

Flexible working options

Industry leading pension scheme

Private medical insurance options

Qualifications

• Experience managing a direct labour workforce and contractors for maintenance services.
• Demonstrable knowledge of customer-focused workstream delivery.
• Ability to track and forecast budgets while mitigating risks.

Responsibilities

• Lead operational delivery of property services focusing on responsive repairs.
• Provide clarity of expectations and support team performance.
• Ensure high-quality data and maintain safe working practices.

Skills

Managing direct labour workforce

Planning delivery of workstreams

Commercial acumen

Health, safety and environmental legislation knowledge

Proficient use of Microsoft Office

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Due to continued growth, our client located in Basingstoke is seeking a Property Maintenance Manager to join their team on a full time, permanent basis. This is an exciting opportunity for a candidate who thrives in delivering customer centric, high quality, value for money property maintenance and improvements.

Based in Basingstoke however covering North Hampshire & Surrey, there will be some travel involved so you should be happy to travel, have access to a car and a full UK driving licence.

This role is subject to a basic DBS disclosure.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead on operational delivery of property services workstreams both residential and non-residential portfolio focusing mainly on responsive repairs.
• Set direction within the team by delivering clear expectations, providing clarity of requirements and supporting the team and individual performance.
• Deliver the right outcome for customers in a safe and timely way through a team of trade operatives.
• Maintain high quality data.
• Set and maintain high levels of safe working practices in line with Health and Safety legislations and CDM.
• Ensure a detailed local knowledge of customer, asset and investment needs across the area.

Required Skills

• Experience of managing a direct labour workforce and contractors for the delivery of maintenance services.
• Demonstratable knowledge of planning the delivery of workstreams in a customer focused environment.
• Ability to plan, track and forecast income and expenditure against relevant budgets, to deliver a value for money service whilst taking actions to mitigate any risks.
• Ability to operate with commercial acumen.
• Knowledge of relevant health, safety and environmental legislation with focus on compliance within all activities undertaken by the teams.
• Proficient use of Microsoft office suite with Intermediate or advanced Excel skills.

Benefits

• 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays (with an extra day every year up to 30 days).
• 3 additional paid wellbeing days and 2 paid volunteering days.
• Industry leading pension scheme, up to 12% matched contributions plus life cover at 4x your salary.
• Flexible working - we're committed to giving people flexibility as widely as possible.
• Options for private medical insurance, dental insurance & critical illness cover.
• Discounted travel insurance.