Senior Supervisor

Skilled Careers; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in housing management seeks a Senior Supervisor to oversee repairs and maintenance contracts in Hertfordshire. This role involves managing a team, scheduling refurbishments, and ensuring compliance with health and safety standards, offering upskilling in a positive and flexible environment.

Benefits

Upskilling and development

Positive flexible environment

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years in a supervisory or senior supervisory role within social housing maintenance.
• Proven experience managing supervisors/teams and multi-trade contracts.
• Strong knowledge of housing standards and health & safety compliance.

Responsibilities

• Supervise a team of three Repairs Supervisors and ensure high-quality resolution of repairs.
• Allocate work across repairs, voids, and upgrades ensuring budget control and timely delivery.
• Conduct site inspections and manage performance/attendance issues.

Skills

Communication

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Job description

My client is looking for a Senior Supervisor for a role based in Hertfordshire

Due to contract wins they are looking to increase their in house workforce with a new senior supervisor. Here you will be focused on managing 3 supervisors and in turn support the running of their day to day occupied repairs and maintenance, kitchen and bathrooms and void contracts. These contracts are a mix of framework and nominated contracts undertaken on behalf of London Boroughs, District Councils and Housing Associations.
• Please be aware that although this position will be based in the head office, travel will be required to monitor the contracts and liaise with clients under your remit. This will mean you must have a full UK driving licence as a company vehicle will be supplied for this role

Key elements of the role and your responsibilities
• Day-to-day repairs: coordinating reactive repairs and ensuring high-quality resolution
• Void property management: accelerating turnaround with precision and accountability
• Kitchen & bathroom refurbishments: scheduling, supervising, and delivering full upgrades
• You ll supervise a team of three Repairs Supervisors, foster strong performance, uphold compliance with all KPIs, SLAs, and health & safety regulations, and maintain excellent tenant and stakeholder relations

What you need to bring to the role as the successful applicant to the
• Lead and mentor 3 Repairs Supervisors and their respective teams
• Allocate work seamlessly across repairs, voids, and upgrades, ensuring job quality, budget control, and timely delivery
• Conduct site inspections, detailed record-keeping and generate management reports
• Oversee H&S, risk assessments, and compliance
• Liaise with tenants, housing officers, planners, tradespeople, and suppliers
• Provide clear managerial feedback, manage performance/attendance issues, and implement continuous improvement opportunities
• Minimum 3 years in a supervisory or senior supervisory role within social housing maintenance (reactive works, voids, kitchen/bathroom refurbishments)
• Proven experience managing supervisors/teams and multi-trade contracts
• Strong knowledge of housing standards, Schedule of Rates, health & safety compliance
• Excellent communication skills and stakeholder management
• You must have a full UK driving licence as a company vehicle will be supplied

Hours and pay
• £50,000 - £55,000 per annum
• Upskilling and development
• Positive flexible environment

Next step to apply for this senior supervisor role:

As a candidate ideally with similar experience, you will already know the technical specifications of this role, but following your application of interest, you will have the role explained in more detail