Repairs Manager

Posted 01 March 2019
Salary Negotiable
LocationBerkshire
Job type Temporary
Discipline Housing
ReferenceRM1_1551427513
Contact NameRoss Henderson

Job description

Repairs Manager

Berkshire

£30-£40ph

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.