Capital Works Manager

• Interim role with well respected housing provider
• Competitive day rate

About Our Client

This established community focused rural housing group with over 10,500 homes across Shropshire.

Job Description

The post holder will work closely with the Investment manager to deliver the programme in particular:

• Ensuring that programmed works are completed as programmed, on time, within budget and with high customer satisfaction.
• Undertake the role of Principal Designer under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 ensuring that all key stakeholders are aware of and contribute to maintaining compliance with health and safety legislation / best practice and safety standards and any legal requirements are maintained and met at all times.
• Maintain and use the Group's Asset Management database, to manage contracts and ensure that the database is current and that the Group's asbestos register is maintained and up to date.
• Direct management of 9 key colleagues that manages the investment requirements for the organisation, including mentoring of 2 apprenticeship roles.
• Managing circa 7 million to ensure that expenditure remains within prescribed budgets, including monitoring the effectiveness of consultants and contractors in respect of delivery cost and quality of work.
• Overall responsibility for meeting asbestos regulatory requirements and KPIs.
• Overall responsibility for the contracts management module within the asset management system and development of appropriate policies and procedures to meet the aims of the asset management strategy.
• Responsible for setting annual targets and objectives and monitoring performance of colleagues in the team and to carry out colleague appraisals and monthly 1-2-1s.
• Effective Customer involvement and consultation.

The Successful Applicant

A successful Capital Works Manager should have:

• Social housing or public sector experience.
• Experience and understanding of effective partnership working within construction.
• Experience of managing or leading customer/customer involvement activities.
• Able to operate within a quality assurance framework and contribute to its development.
• Computer literate.
• Building Maintenance/construction degree, OND, HND or equivalent.
• Professional qualification (or working towards) e.g. RICS, CIOB, RIBA -or equivalent.
• Hold BOHS - P405 Managing Asbestos in Buildings.
• NEBOSH National Certificate in Construction Health and Safety.

What's on Offer

• A competitive day rate.
• Initial interim role with potential to be made permanent.
• Agile working.

Join us in delivering high-quality property services in Shropshire. Apply today and take the next step in your property management career.