Gas Manager

Annual salary: up to £55,860.00 Gas Manager

Location:

Milton Keynes

Contract:

Permanent, 42.5 hours per week Salary: £55,860.00 per annum + Car Allowance

Mears Group is one of the UK's leading housing and care providers, committed to making a positive difference to the communities we serve. We work in partnership with local authorities, housing providers and other organisations to deliver services that improve homes, support communities and enhance the lives of our customers.

As Gas Manager, you will be responsible for the management of operational and commercial delivery, contractual performance and gas compliance activities across the contract.

• Oversee operational and commercial delivery, contractual performance, and client compliance.
• Ensure delivery meets contractual commitments, budgets, cash flow requirements, and client protocols.
• Manage gas compliance programmes and servicing activities within agreed timescales.
• Maintain compliance with health & safety legislation, company procedures, quality standards, and best practice.
• Lead and manage direct labour teams and supply chain partners.
• Drive productivity improvements, efficiency savings, and innovative solutions with Procurement.
• Promote a positive, customer-focused culture across all operations.
• Deliver contractual KPIs, customer satisfaction targets, and timely company/client reporting.
• Manage employee performance, coaching, development, and succession planning.
• Safeguard company assets in line with company policies.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, service users, and local communities.
• Manage client expectations and represent the business at meetings.
• Support business development initiatives and bid preparation activities.
• Participate in a 1-in-4-week on-call rota.

• Domestic Gas qualifications including CCN1, CENWAT, CKR1 and HTR1
• Proven track record of gas repairs, programmed servicing, repairs and installations management and delivery
• Proven commercial and performance management experience
• Ability to manage multiple sites and contracts
• Proven experience working within a customer-focused environment
• Contract and project management experience
• Experience motivating and inspiring a diverse workforce
• Strong governance, risk management and business control experience
• Full UK driving licence

• Plumbing Apprenticeship
• NVQ Level 2
• Domestic Plumbing or equivalent
• ILM accreditation or Level 4 Leadership and Management qualification
• IOSH or other health and safety qualification
• Experience working within social housing
• Experience working in partnership with local authority clients

• Family friendly policy to include enhanced maternity/paternity leave and much more.
• Generous Pension Scheme
• Sick Pay
• Refer a friend scheme (total award £1000)
• Share saver scheme
• Eye test vouchers
• Employee Assistance Programme (Access to Free counselling service)
• Wellbeing service (Access to trained mental health & wellbeing advisors)
• Mears Annual Family Fun Day for you and your family to places like Blair Drummond Safari Park, M&Ds Theme park, fully paid for including lunch
• Mears Rewards - A performance recognition platform whereby you can be rewarded in high street vouchers
• Volunteering Leave
  - Mears supports employees to undertake volunteering in the community, in support of our social value commitment
• Excellent training and development opportunities and 25 days holiday entitlement along with bank holidays.

All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK, Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship. To drive a Mears vehicle, you must be aged over 21 have held your licence over 3 months and have less than 9 points. Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant Background, Identity & Security checks before commencement of employment.

At Mears Group, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive, we are a Disability Confident employer, valuing individuality and ensuring equal opportunities for all. We proudly support the Armed Forces Covenant and are honoured to have achieved the Gold Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) to coincide with this, we hold an Endorser Award for the Career Transition Partnership, recognising our commitment to veterans transitioning into civilian careers.

In our continued effort to promote social mobility, we invite applicants to voluntarily share their background information during the application stages to help us better…