Gas And Plumbing Supervisor

I am currently working alongside a social housing employer who are looking forward to welcome a Gas & Plumbing Supervisor, to work as part of a busy team to assist our Contract Managers in delivering a quality repairs service to our housing stock as well as commercially, with an aspiration to deliver upper quartile performance.

About the role

You will have responsibility for the supervision of our Gas and Plumbing trade staff and sub-contractors.

This will involve the allocation of their work, monitoring their productivity, carrying out site inspections to ensure standard of work meets customers' needs and expectations, and works are carried out within health and safety and legislative requirements.

Duties include:

• Responsible for raising repair jobs and allocation of work to trade operatives
• Supervise the effective use of resources - staff, materials and transport Carry out regular meetings with staff including skills assessments, tool box talks, one to
• ones, van stock checks
• Determine work programmes, ensuring that programming of work is in the right order at the right time
• Monitor the productivity and quality of work of individual staff and address training
• needs and development where necessary
• Ensuring that all Health and Safety policies are adhered to and all employees are adequately trained
• Be responsible for programming work to ensure targets set are achieved

You'll be part of a team that relies on each individual to play their part to the best of their ability. As well as the colleagues that you work closely with every day, you'll also be part of Team Reading, playing your personal part in making Reading a successful and vibrant place. Our vision is to ensure that Reading realises its potential as a great place to live, work and play, and that everyone shares the benefits of this success. Our values and behaviours guide how we will achivee this:

Work Together as one team - champion and inspire a culture which ensures that all employees across the organisation work together to provide excellent outcomes for Reading

Drive Efficiency - create an environment in which resources are used efficiently and employees' skills are developed and used effectively

Be Ambitious - aspire to deliver excellence and inspire and support others to reach their potential

Make a Difference to Reading - inspire a culture in which the customer is the focus and where change is welcomed as an opportunity

About you

This is an exceptional opportunity; as such we are looking for people with:

• Demonstrable trade experience
• A recognised apprenticeship or have City & Guilds trade qualification
• Experienced understanding of customer fulfilment
• Excellent communication skills
• Good commercial understanding and focused on delivering a high-quality service (measured through a range of KPIS)
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team and organise others into effective team working
• Ability to assess the work of others, give constructive and accurate feedback, set and monitor performance targets
• Experience and knowledge of working with IT systems and handheld technology

Our offer

We offer a supportive environment to grow and develop your career with the opportunity to put your ideas across. Innovation and ambition is strongly encouraged, and you'll get a great feel for that working in our friendly and collaborative environment.

A competitive salary alongside a range of benefits including:

• Generous holiday entitlement - 25 days holiday each year plus bank holidays - rising to 33 days after 10 years' service, with the option to buy additional leave
• A wide range of flexible working opportunities
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Life Assurance - three times your annual salary (for members of the LGPS)
• Season Ticket Loan - a loan to help with the cost of your rail or bus journey, to and from work
• Lease car salary sacrifice scheme allowing you to lease a brand new, greener car for three years. The monthly fee includes insurance, servicing and road tax

If the above opportunity is a role that you do not want to miss out on then please do apply asap.

If you require further information then please feel free to contact me with the below contact information.

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