Planned Maintenance Manager

Job Title: Planned Maintenance Manager

Location: Ashford, Kent, TN23

Salary: £55,701 to £60,213 pa depending on skills and experience Plus Lease car or cash alternative of £3,50 pa

Job Type: Full time, Permanent

Working Hours: 37 Hours Per Week

Closing Date: 23rd February 2025

About the Role:

There are increased responsibilities on Councils to ensure that well planned effective services are delivered which demonstrably meet all building standards and fire safety requirements.

You will be managing the provision of the Planned Maintenance service to the Council's housing assets. Ensuring best practice in housing assets management you will focus on always achieving and maintaining housing decency.

Providing line management to the Planned Maintenance team in the planning, delivering and recording of planned and aids and adaptations programmes, you will work closely with colleagues to ensure a coordinated approach to the delivery of corporate and housing priorities and projects along with:

• To develop and introduce new and/or better methods of providing and delivering the maintenance service and asset management.
• Identifying issues and prepare policy documents and reports and, if appropriate attend and represent the interests of the housing department at Cabinet meetings, Committees, Scrutiny meetings or any task group or working group.
• Assisting in the implementation of the Asset Management Strategy and taking a strategic view of the housing stock portfolio and making recommendations as necessary.
• Preparing the 30-year planned maintenance programme and associated budget.

About you:

To be proficient in this role it is essential that you have detailed knowledge of health and safety, particularly regarding CDM Regulations along with having experience in:

• Management within a housing setting
• Managing a planned maintenance service
• Development, production and supervision of various types of maintenance work to occupied properties in a housing setting.
• Procurement and contract management of various types of maintenance work.
• Managing large budgets.
• And good technical and communication skills to deal with contractors, outside organisations, tenants and the public.

It is a requirement of the role that you will be included in 'on-call' rota for maintenance-related matters.

Benefits:

We offer a wide range of benefits including:

• Hybrid Working - We are an organisation that puts people first and understands how important employee wellbeing is. We want to help you to balance your working life and home life and offer flexible ways of working to help structure your life in a positive and productive way; both at home and in the office. This maximises personal development and collaborative working.
• Competitive remuneration package - We offer an excellent salary linked pension scheme, generous annual leave with flexi time, free life insurance, supportive relocation package and opportunities for training and development.
• Generous annual leave
• Free life insurance
• Excellent salary linked pension scheme
• Supportive relocation package
• Opportunities for training and development

Additional Information:

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces Community.

Ashford Borough Council recognises the need to ensure the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults when they come into contact with the services we provide.

To find out further information about the role and to view the full job description, please visit the council's website.

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Candidates With the Relevant Experience or Job Titles Of; Planned Maintenance Project Manager, Construction Project Manager, Housing Project Manager may also be considered for this role.