Section Manager

at  Wates

Here at Wates, we have a rewarding opportunity for a Section Manager to join our responsive maintenance team in the West Lancashire area on a FIXED TERM CONTRACT FOR 6 MONTHS. This role will involve working with our existing social housing providers so ideally, we are looking for someone with experience in this field.
You will provide a supervisory role to a team of maintenance operatives and key responsibilities will include:
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Ensuring works are programmed and delivered in line with legal requirements and KPI targets

• Attend pre- and post-inspection works and advise on appropriate action and job requirements, and assist with design solutions
• Make sure that all operatives and sub-contractors in the team adhere to Company rules and regulations
• Provide on-going support, feedback and development to the team
• Build and maintain good working relationships with client representatives and attend client meetings, when required
• Deal and respond effectively to variation requests highlighted by the Client and Subcontractors and keeping records for the company
• Produce reports on H&S, Programming and Labour attendances when required

Due to nature of these works we are ideally looking for candidates who have previous experience within the repairs and maintenance field having worked on complex works to the point of completion within the social housing maintenance sector.
Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies. Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.
We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:
Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in, and treated with care.
We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer. We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.

Please refer the Job description for details