Repairs Supervisor, Social Housing - Van & Fuel Card

18 Recruitment Limited; West Kirby; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company van provided

Fuel card provided

Paid holiday entitlement

Job summary

18 Recruitment Limited in West Kirby is seeking an experienced Repairs Supervisor to lead a team of multi-trade operatives delivering responsive repairs, planned maintenance, and void property works across social housing portfolios.

You will ensure work is completed safely and to high standards, manage workloads, monitor KPIs, and provide guidance across carpentry, plumbing, plastering, decorating, roofing and general maintenance. A full UK driving licence and CSCS are required.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in social housing repairs and maintenance.
• Strong knowledge across multiple trades and health & safety compliance.
• Experience managing operatives, subcontractors and maintenance teams.
• Understanding of responsive repairs, planned maintenance and void refurbishments.

Responsibilities

• Supervise a team of multi-trade operatives, subcontractors and engineers.
• Manage day-to-day responsive repairs and planned maintenance.
• Allocate workloads and monitor productivity to meet SLAs and KPIs.
• Conduct inspections (pre, in-progress, post) for quality checks.
• Ensure repairs are completed right first time to high standards.
• Monitor operative performance, attendance and training needs.
• Provide technical guidance across trades (carpentry, plumbing, plastering, decorating, roofing).
• Ensure compliance with health & safety legislation, RAMS and company policies.
• Review RAMS and safety documentation; investigate resident concerns.
• Liaise with residents, clients, subcontractors, suppliers and internal teams.
• Monitor materials usage and control costs; complete reports and timesheets.
• Support continuous improvement and performance reporting.

Skills

People management

Health & safety knowledge

Team leadership

Communication

MS Office

Education

CSCS Card

SSSTS/SMSTS or IOSH Managing Safely

Full UK driving licence

DBS check

Job description

18 Recruitment Limited in West Kirby is seeking an experienced Repairs Supervisor to lead a team of multi-trade operatives delivering responsive repairs, planned maintenance, and void property works across social housing portfolios.

You will ensure work is completed safely and to high standards, manage workloads, monitor KPIs, and provide guidance across carpentry, plumbing, plastering, decorating, roofing and general maintenance. A full UK driving licence and CSCS are required.