Supervisor

Do you have experience managing a working at height team and are looking to take the next step in your career? Metworks have an exciting opportunity to join our team looking after our working at height and project team. The team includes roofers, builder multis and groundworkers and therefore experience of managing a team is essential, alongside strong proven working at height technical experience. To be considered for the role you should have experience in site management and safety planning, including but not limited to working with a Health and Safety team to implement and monitoring RAMS. The ideal candidate should have experience with working at height equipment such as harnesses, scaffolding and ladders.

The role is based at our Beeston office near Nottingham but will be a mixture of out on site and in the office so it is perfect for someone looking for a mixture of in and out of office working. Sounds interesting? Apply now!!

Position Overview: We are seeking a technically minded individual to join our team as a working at height supervisor. In this role, you will step into a leadership position where you can utilise your expertise to oversee and guide a team of dedicated tradespeople. This is a fantastic opportunity to enhance your leadership skills.

Because our customers are at the centre of everything we do, you should be people-centric and be able to demonstrate the ability to lead your team to deliver right first-time repairs with excellent customer service, liaising with our dedicated planning and customer service staff as well as maintaining relationships with surveying staff and repairs officers to help us all remain compliant.

What you'll need to succeed:

A trade/construction qualification and a good knowledge of repairs and maintenance in a social housing environment, to deliver a quality repairs service in a partnership working environment.
A passion for delivering right first-time repairs.
A flexible approach to work patterns & workloads
Patience: The ability to remain composed and patient during challenging situations
Experience in using multiple business IT applications databases such as Microsoft office.
Commercial awareness to deliver value for money business solutions.
A team working approach in a diverse and complex environmentKey Responsibilities:

Lead, mentor, and supervise a team of tradespeople, ensuring quality workmanship and productivity.
Collaborate with supervisors, planners and managers to plan and deliver effective repairs.
Experience and ability to manage Health and Safety in a social housing repairs environment.
High level of technical knowledge and diagnosis skills in a housing maintenance environment
Able to manage problems and identify solutions
Ensure repairs are completed on time and within key performance indicators.
Handle administrative tasks related to the team
Able to stay calm under pressure
Able to plan work for multiple trade operative's minimising down time
Experience in complaints and collating information from all stake holders
Take part in an on-call rota (current rotation of 1 in 7, subject to change)

Qualifications:

Proven experience as a qualified/skilled tradesperson ideally in roofing/working at height
SMSTS, Desirable not essential
An understanding of CDM regulations
PASMA
TETRA
IPAF
IOSH Managing Safely
CISRS
Manual Driving LicenceWhat you need to do now

We encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity, take a look at the attached Job Description for more details and if it's the ideal job for you, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, and give a short statement (max 250 words) that demonstrate why you believe you are the right candidate for the role.

To meet our commitment to providing safe, high-quality services to our customers, this role requires a Basic check with the Disclosure and Barring Service once an offer of employment is made. A new check will be completed every three years.

Metropolitan Thames Valley provides affordable housing for people living in London, the South East, East Midlands and East of England.

We also offer a range of care and support services. Our specialist areas include older people, mental health and transitional services which provide intensive support to marginalised or vulnerable people.

We deliver training programmes, events and activities for our residents, designed to boost employment opportunities and foster stronger communities.

A member of the National Housing Federation the G15 ? which represents London?s largest housing associations ? we influence policy for the benefits of our residents and the wider sector.

In October 2018 like minded housing associations Metropolitan and Thames Valley Housing formally completed a partnership to form Metropolitan Thames Valley. We came together because we want to improve the services we provide and do more in our communities. We?ll do this by listening to our customers and working alongside them.

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