Planned Works Manager

Up to £62,500 dependent on skills and experience
Bedford, Permanent, Full time

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a candidate to join bpha's In House Maintenance Service, who make a difference to our customer's lives everyday by delivering a high-quality Decent Homes improvement service, designed around them.

We operate across Bedfordshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and surrounding areas, and we utilise the latest technology to ensure that we not only deliver a great experience for our customers, but for our colleagues as well.

Would you like to be a part of our new in-house repairs & maintenance service where you are valued as a key member of our workforce and can truly make a difference to our customer's lives?

We are currently looking for a Planned Works Manager to be responsible for ensuring that all works delivered by the planned works team offer value for money, an excellent customer experience, and operate within the constraints of the budget.

What you will be doing:

Responsible for ensuring that IHMS planned works team operate within a strong culture of health, safety, environment, and quality
Responsible for developing a highly motivated, empowered, and engaged planned works team
Develop, implementing, encouraging, and maintaining a planned works team who have a customer centric, right first-time culture
Ensuring that that all required surveys are planned and undertaken, customer choices recorded, and delivery planned to meet the need of the bpha programme and the expectations of our customers. Using data to identify opportunities for efficiencies, and effective programme management.
Responsible for maintaining supplier relationships in conjunction with the Service Delivery Manager, Commercial Manager and H&S Lead.
Responsible for ensuring that all works delivered by the planned works team offer value for money and operate within the constraints of the budget We'd love to meet someone with:

Minimum 3 years in management position within planned property maintenance or similar service

Experience of using data effectively to deliver large construction programmes or projects.
Ability to take ownership of issues/problems and personally see them through to delivery
Good general all round construction knowledge is desirable
Good and relevant health and safety knowledge and qualifications
An experienced line manager, with the ability to inspire, lead and create large teams

Experience of working within tight time restraints, overcoming logistical challenges, and planning
Educated to HNC, HND, CIOB, an equivalent degree or substantial experience in a similar role
CSCS/SMSTS or equivalent(s)
Knowledge of Decent Homes Programmes is desirable  

Amongst what we offer you is:

28 days holiday PLUS Bank Holidays
A generous contributory pension scheme
Private health care
Free life assurance
Access to an extensive suite of well-being services and tools including a digital gym
Opportunities for learning and development
Discounted gym membership
Retail discount scheme
Hybrid Working Please note the successful candidate will need to complete a basic DBS application.

We reserve the right to close this recruitment if it is deemed that we have received a suitable number of applications. On this basis we would advise that applications are submitted as soon as possible