Construction / Property Maintenance Manager

Job Title: Construction / Property Maintenance Manager

Location: Stockport 

Salary: £35,000 - £40,000 per annum

Job Type: Full Time,Permanent.

Are you:

Wanting to make a real difference to the lives of people looking to upskill in the construction industry?

A competent and experienced construction / property maintenance manager able to work across more than one trade?

Fed-up of working long hours that don’t provide you with a decent work / life balance?

About B4Box:

B4Box are a social value construction employer and training company.  We deliver construction projects whilst training and employing local people.

We offer people opportunities to develop within the construction industry, many of whom have faced tough circumstances and levels of disadvantage in their lives.

This helps to bring and develop new talent in the industry and address the sector’s skills shortages.

About the role:

B4Box have an exciting opportunity to join our Management Team as a Works Manager.

The ideal candidate will be comfortable leading and mentoring teams of operatives, apprentices, entry-level workers, and specialist sub-contractors to deliver projects to time, budget and quality standards.

We are seeking a manager with experience across one or more of the below programmes of work:

Voids / Whole house Refurbs – working closely with our Social Housing clients to deliver refurbishment and repair works on empty properties that need to be swiftly re-let.

Kitchen and Bathroom Replacement – working in customer’s homes to deliver full kitchen and bathroom refurbishments.  From design, to materials procurement, rip-out of existing and installation of new – including all trade elements.

Fire Stop and Fire Protection Works - delivering fire safety works to improve building structures and protect from fire.

Painting and Decorating – delivering decorating and treatment works on a variety of projects, including specialist fire protection paints, mould treatments and the painting of communal areas.

Retrofit - working with private and public clients to deliver energy saving retrofit works such as external wall insulation, internal wall insulation, triple glazing windows and doors.

Groundworks – delivering quality external works: including flagging, tarmacking, fencing etc.

Main Duties:

• Team Management: Manage several different teams of operatives working on different project sites.
• Financial Management: Pricing of works (e.g. using Nat Fed Schedule of Rates) and management of costs to ensure sustainable delivery of projects.
• On-time delivery: Agreeing project delivery timescales with clients and working with operatives to ensure projects are completed on-time.
• Organisation of Work: Ensure efficient delivery of work through effective planning and coordination of all resources, e.g. materials purchasing, team resources and specialist sub-contractors.
• Quality: Ensuring teams deliver to all client standards with a right-first-time approach to achieving required quality of work.
• Health and Safety: Ensure all operatives follow H&S procedures and all work is completed safely.
• Training and Development: Support the ongoing development of colleagues, operatives and trainees to increase their skills and productivity.
• Positive Partnership working: Collaborating with all stakeholders, from clients and customers to subcontractors and suppliers.

This list is not exhaustive and there is an expectancy to contribute towards other projects in line with the needs of the business.

About you:

Essential:

• Experienced in managing construction/ refurbishment/ maintenance programmes (2 years minimum)
• Full driving licence
• Good knowledge of health and safety principles and procedures
• Able to support colleagues and apprentices by working positively and supportively
• Able to commute to and from Stockport daily
• Able to set and adhere to quality, cost and time schedules
• A natural problem-solver, able to build positive relationships with clients, customers and colleagues

Desirable:

• Building trade / Health and Safety qualifications
• Experience of Social Housing repairs and maintenance works
• Experienced in managing a variety of trades
• Experienced in training and developing operatives and new entrant trainees
• Wanting to make a real difference to the lives and careers of local people
• Competent in use of ICT

What B4Box can offer you:

• Working for an organisation with a social mission committed to the training, employment and development of local people, many of whom have faced tough circumstances and disadvantage
• Permanent, full-time work with social working hours - no weekend or evening work, to help sustain a good work/ life balance
• Use of vehicle and fuel card
• Work local to Greater Manchester
• Pension
• A friendly, supportive team

We aim to be an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified applicants.

Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of; Construction Manager, Property Maintenance Manager, Maintenance Manager, Construction Lead, Head of Construction, Head of Property Maintenance, may also be considered for this role.