A well-established and reputable construction company in Macclesfield is recruiting for a temporary Maintenance Manager to lead a seamless, proactive, and tenant-focused repairs service. You will be ensuring equipment and facilities are well-maintained to minimise downtime. In this Maintenance Manager role you will lead a team, schedule repairs, manage budgets, and ensure safety compliance. You also identify issues and implement improvements for efficiency.
Benefits of the Maintenance Manager role:
£55k a year with possible earnings of £60k
6 month contract
Benefit of out-of-hours on call payments
Maintenance Manager duties:
Lead effective communication and coordination with tenants, colleagues, external contractors and suppliers to ensure repairs are delivered to required targets.
Oversee internal electrical and gas works, ensuring full legal and regulatory compliance.
Run day-to-day repair operations, including job creation, scheduling, task dispatch, appointment management, complaints handling and materials procurement.
Control budgets and maintain accurate ordering and payment processes to support service delivery.
Drive in-house team performance, ensuring KPIs are consistently met or exceeded.
Act as a key point of contact for residents, handling queries, complaints and compliments professionally.
Take responsibility for health and safety compliance, including task-specific risk assessments for relevant activities.
Coordinate the Out-of-Hours emergency repairs service and oversee any disrepair claims and related works.
Develop and refine processes, reporting tools and procedures to improve service delivery and support business development.
Provide strong leadership to staff, ensuring effective recruitment, training, appraisal, wellbeing, and promotion of equality, diversity and inclusion
We would love to speak to anyone who has experience in:
Extensive knowledge of Capita, Total mobile & DRS technologies
Experience managing a trades team
Building Trades qualification e.g. City & Guilds Adv / NVQ Level III
Professional or management qualification
Full UK driving licence
Strong communication skills and willingness to find better ways and approaches.
Proven skills in managing budgets exceeding £1m and ability demonstrate logical commercial financial acumen
Good understanding of health and safety legislations
Experience in a social housing background
Good knowledge of Capita, TotalMobile and DRS systems.
Able to analyse information and produce clear reports.
If you are interested in Maintenance Manager position, apply online now or contact Paris on 01217730966 or email paris.jones@niyaapeople.co.uk for a confidential chat.