Repairs Manager

Repairs Manager

Salary circa: £50,000 pa depending on skills and experience, with option of on-call allowance of up to £211 for a complete week with great benefits including Health Cash Plan

Permanent, full time (37.5 hpw Monday to Friday, with on call on a rota basis)

Based in Durham and working across the Northeast

Previous applicants need not apply

We can’t offer a CoS for this role

Home, a place where you belong

You’ll be responsible for the delivery of a customer focussed repairs and maintenance service, guaranteeing high levels of performance, productivity, quality, and a cost-effective service, delivering on our customer promise.

Through effective management of the repair’s teams, you’ll provide continuous service and service innovation with positive outcomes for our customers, colleagues, and stakeholders.

What you’ll do


* Management of repairs including damp and mould, disrepair, and sequenced works


* The management of internal trades, sub-contractors, materials, and supplier performance within policy


* Identifying and overseeing resource requirements in line with demand, to meet our delivery metrics, repair obligations, and customer satisfaction


* Health & Safety management of your teams and sub-contractors


* Accountable for financial performance and budget controls


* Develop engagement links and recognise the customer impact when works are taking place within local communities to ensure the customer’s voice is heard within all actions and decisions

Why join us

This is more than a job, it’s a place where you feel valued.

You get great training, support from friendly colleagues and a chance to make a real difference every day.

Be part of one of the UK’s top 10 Great Places to Work! 

You have


* Level 4 qualification in a construction related subject or strong equivalent experience


* Along with a relevant health & Safety qualification


* Experience in other building trade areas (multi skilled).


* A flexible approach, able to use your own initiative and judgement.


* A full current driving licence

Stronger together

We do our best work when we’re ourselves.

That’s why inclusion, wellbeing, and our diversity networks help make Home Group a great place to work! 

The practical bits


* Working Monday to Friday, you’ll also be asked to take part in our out of hours service on a rota basis, providing support to our colleagues, with an additional generous on call payment of £211 for a full week.


* You will work across our properties in the Northeast region.

Our office base is Mercury House, Durham.


* You must be able to use technology for logging jobs, complete online learning and collaborating with other colleagues.


* You’ll need a Basic DBS check done and we pay for that.

What’s in it for you?


* 34 days leave (including bank holidays and a me day to take off for whatever you fancy) increasing to 39 days.

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