Repairs Manager
Job description
Repairs Manager
Berkshire
£28-30ph
Experienced Repairs Manager required to have a responsibility in relation to voids and responsive
repairs work, Providing strategic monitoring and effective long-term management of the repairs
and maintenance services to the Council's housing assets, utilising specialist professional
expertise to direct and influence the Neighbourhood Housing Service within the borough.
The management of the repairs, maintenance, voids, caretaking and cleaning service to the
housing stock (6,200 tenanted properties, 1,100 leasehold properties) which delivers over circa
24,000 repairs every year at a value of circa £5m per annum.
Ensuring a programme of works for voided rental property is developed and monitored to link void
repairs to the stock condition survey attributes and stock sustainability outputs
Working in close collaboration with the Client Manager, the Programme Delivery Manager, The
Health & Safety and Statutory Compliance Manager and the Repairs Maintenance and Investment
(RMI) Service Partner to support the development of and transition to a fully integrated housing
asset management function, including an alternative pricing mechanism, that is intelligence led to
best optimise the use of available resources to maintain, improve and regenerate the condition
and availability of social housing to the Borough's residents.
The effective monitoring of Housing Revenue Account (HRA) contracted services in conjunction
with neighbourhood teams e.g. environmental services, refuse collection etc.
To monitor delivery of the response repairs service, caretaking and cleaning services and void
refurbishment programme, working in partnership with the RMI Service Partner to ensure that all
services/projects are delivered in line with the RMI Contract.
Prepare performance monitoring reports in relation to all performance indicators contained in the
RMI Contract and provide trend analysis and budgetary projections to the Client Manager and
Service Lead Housing (People).
To work in close collaboration with the Client Manager, the Programme Delivery Manager, Health
& Safety and Statutory Compliance Manager and the RMI Service Partner to develop and
implement a fully integrated housing asset management function that is intelligence led to best
optimise the use of available resources to maintain, improve and regenerate the condition and
availability of social housing to Slough residents.
To ensure that a programme of works to voided rental property is developed and monitored to link
void repairs to the Stock Condition Survey attributes and Stock Sustainability outputs.
To ensure that a programme of Quality Control/Quality Assurance are undertaken to all void
properties and to a representative sample of completed works within the RMI Contract.