Project Manager

The Vacancy

Here at Wates have an exciting opportunity for a Project Manager to join our Planned Maintenance team in the Tamworth/Derby area. You will be managing multiple projects within the area so we need someone who is flexible and ok with travel. Working with the team and the client (a social housing provider) to ensure the projects runs smoothly is key so you need to be a strong leader and have great communication skills.

The primary focus of this role will be to provide visible leadership and direction along with foresight and insight in the safe and profitable delivery of schemes to Wates.

Key Accountabilities will include:

• Develop and implement detailed programmes and schedules which allow accurate monitoring and reporting of progress.

• Identify the quality expectations and embrace these in the Quality Plan.

• Implement all statutory regulatory and company requirements for managing Health and Safety.

• Secure and manage the appropriate resources to deliver the project / scheme effectively and efficiently in a professional manner to ensure successful delivery within project constraints.

• Ensure there is a successful and smooth handover of the project, including support to customer/ end user throughout the handover process.

• Establish a communications plan and agree accountabilities for team members.

We are looking for a qualified, experienced and professional Project Manager from a property services/construction background who has experience of managing social housing projects.

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 included 26 weeks fully paid maternity and up to 12 weeks fully paid paternity.

A bit about us:

Wates Group is one of the largest and most successful family-owned private construction, development and property services companies in the UK. 

Within the Group, Wates Living Space is one of the UK’s leading providers of planned and responsive maintenance services in the social housing sector, maintaining over 500,000 homes nationwide every year. Our leading position within the maintenance sector has enabled the business to realise ambitious strategic growth, offering our clients a truly integrated national service for all of their maintenance requirements.

As a progressive and rewarding business we offer our people the opportunity to grow their careers whilst working together to deliver the promises we make to our customers.

 

Our company values of integrity, intelligence, performance, teamwork and respect for people, communities and the environment run through our business at every level and are at the heart of everything we do.

 

The wellbeing and safety of our people is our priority, therefore creating a zero harm culture and encouraging a healthy work-life balance is important to us.  Wates Group are a responsible and inclusive employer and are proud to have been recognised for this through accolades including C2E (Committed to Equality) and Investors in People (Gold).

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.