Total 1 Manager level Maintenance / Repair job vacancies in ML3 6BY

Job Description

Location: Multiple – East Kilbride and Hamilton

Hours: 35 hours per week

Duration: Permanent

Housing and Technical Resources is seeking to appoint an experienced Building Services Contracts Manager to lead and manage the delivery of the Council’s programmes of property investment, maintenance and repairs. Responsible to the Head of Property Services and a member of the Property Services Management Team, you will be responsible for ensuring the effective day to day management of capital and revenue programmes of works to both the Councils 420 operational establishments and 26,000 homes, together with strategic planning and management of a team of almost 700 employees.

Joining Property Services at a period of significant change, you will work with the Management Team to deliver the redesign of the Service and integration of existing teams to align with Council priorities and future programmes of work.

You will have a background of management within the property maintenance environment and will have demonstrable experience in managing teams of professional/technical/trades operatives to successfully deliver programmes of works and maintenance, efficiently and effectively.

With a track record of excellent service delivery, you will have the ability to communicate and interact constructively with a variety of stakeholders and partners, including team members, elected officials, trades unions and customers, this is an essential requirement of the appointment.

The successful candidate will have extensive experience workforce planning, allocation of resources and have the ability and skills to understand and manage budgets, including profit and loss reports.

You will have knowledge of Health and Safety within a construction and property maintenance environment and, ideally be a member of a professional or trades body or have relevant experience.

As part of our approach to good practice and safer recruitment we carry out a number of pre-employment checks for example, Identity, Asylum and Immigration and employment history etc. As this post involves accessing the public services network, the preferred candidate will be subject to the Baseline Personnel Security Standards (BPSS). The preferred candidate will be subject to a Basic Disclosure provided by Disclosure Scotland prior to a formal offer of employment being made.

Responsibilities

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Equal Opportunities and Armed Forces Community Covenant

South Lanarkshire Council is an Equal Opportunities employer and encourages applications from all members of the community.

As a user of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum competency/behaviour requirements for the position.

South Lanarkshire Council is committed to providing support to members of the armed forces, veterans and their families which is set out in the Armed Forces Community Covenant. Veterans are guaranteed an interview who meet the minimum requirements for the position.

The Individual

As an employee of South Lanarkshire Council you would also receive a wide range of benefits including:

• Enrolment in award winning local government pension scheme
• Up to 33 days annual leave
• Public holiday entitlement (up to 10 days)
• Occupational sick pay
• Family friendly policies - flexible working and leave, maternity/paternity leave, enhanced leave.
• Employee Discounts – including discounts at the cinema.
• Range of benefits to support you (Cycle to Work Scheme, Physiotherapy, Employee Assistance Program which offers practical and emotional support)

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme