Supervisor

The Vacancy

Here at Wates, we have an opportunity for a Voids Supervisor to join our Responsive Maintenance team in the Redditch area supervising, leading and overseeing the quality control operatives in accordance with Health and Safety and ensure good working practices of refurbishment work are met within Public and Private sectors.

Key Accountabilities will be to:

• Lead a team of reactive maintenance operatives and allocate work on a daily basis

• Attend pre-inspection works and advise operatives on job specifics

• Attend post-inspection works and inspect operatives’ workmanship

• Ensure large Multi-trade jobs are booked in by the scheduling team and are checked to clarify what trades and timeframes are required and if a pre-inspection is needed

• Deal and respond effectively for variation requests highlighted by the operative adhering to the appropriate client rules and procedures

 

We are looking for you to have worked in supervisory position ideally from a social housing/residential field previously and can effectively manage a team of reactive maintenance operatives, coaching and advising on the best working practices.

What we offer:

• Competitive salary, plus performance related reviews, opportunities for growth and advancement within the team

• Extensive corporate benefits including, Pension, Health and Wellness programme,

• Excellent range of learning and development activity to support your career progression.

• Industry leading family leave benefits to include 26 weeks fully paid maternity and up to 12 weeks fully paid paternity.

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies.  Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:

• Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
• Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
• Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer.  We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.