Supervisor

The Vacancy

🌟 We’re Hiring: Supervisor 🌟

📍 Location: Finsbury Park
💰 Salary: Competitive
🏢 Contract Type: Full-time

Are you a natural leader with a passion for delivering high-quality maintenance services? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment and know how to get the best out of your team? If so, we want to hear from you!

🔧 About the Role

As a Supervisor, you’ll support the Project Lead and manage a team of administrators, operatives, and subcontractors across various workstreams including Voids, Disrepair, Day-to-Day Repairs, and Planned Works. You’ll ensure service excellence, drive performance, and maintain high levels of customer satisfaction.

You’ll also step up to lead the contract when needed—making this a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to grow into a senior leadership role.

🗂️ Key Responsibilities

• Lead and support your team to meet KPIs and service standards
• Manage scheduling, inspections, and quality control
• Conduct 1-2-1s, toolbox talks, and team meetings
• Liaise with clients and produce performance reports
• Oversee health & safety and ensure compliance
• Support onboarding, training, and development of staff

🎯 What We’re Looking For

• Strong leadership and communication skills
• Trade-related qualifications (SSSTS, Asbestos Awareness, Scaffold Inspections)
• Experience in housing maintenance and site management
• Commercial awareness and ability to manage budgets
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and report writing
• A proactive, supportive, and assertive approach
• Must hold a valid UK driving licence

🚀 Why Join Us?

• Be part of a dynamic and supportive team
• Opportunity for career progression to Senior Supervisor or Contract/Operations Manager
• Make a real impact in your community
• Work in a collaborative environment where your ideas matter

📩 Ready to Apply?

If you’re ready to take the next step in your career and lead with purpose, apply today and help us build better communities—one repair at a time.

Given the nature of this position, you will need to undergo a Standard Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) at offer stage. Applicants with criminal convictions will be assessed individually, and we assure you that we do not discriminate based on an applicant’s criminal record or the details of any disclosed offenses. Additionally, certain roles may be subject to additional pre-employment checks.

To learn more about the checks included in this process, please click on the following link: National Security Vetting

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.