Foreperson

**Introduction**

Evolve Facility Services was established in 2010 and is one of the largest in-house service providers in the UK, with offices in Widnes, Liverpool, Manchester, Carlisle and County Durham.

We’re proud to be part of The Riverside Group family, and look after around 80% of Riverside’s stock - that’s over 40,000 properties based across the North West and North of England.

Our Mission is to keep our customers’ homes safe, secure and well maintained - it’s what we do.

We’re now looking for a Foreperson to join our friendly team in Chester - Le
- Street to oversee all line management activity for operational frontline colleagues and to support high quality service delivery to our customers.

**The difference you’ll make**

You’ll play a crucial role in supporting and managing our frontline colleagues to provide an excellent service to our customers by reviewing work output and assessing the technical standard of completed works ensuring that works meet the expectations of both Evolve and our customers.

You will escalate below standard work or quality to the Supervisor for further advice or action and will also monitor progress of scheduled repair works ensuring that work is completed in a timely manner.

You will work as part of a team and support the Supervisor to ensure all relevant documentation is accurate and available utilising systems to ensure efficient, cost effective ways of working are optimised.

**So, who are you?**

We’re looking for someone with relevant experience in the building industry, ideally working within a customer focused housing repair and maintenance team.

You can act upon your own initiative, you work well as part of a team and also have good leadership skills to manage, motive and challenge your team to achieve to be high performing.

A relevant building/maintenance qualification is desirable.

**Enjoy the rewards**

We’re asking a lot from our new Foreperson, but this is a job that offers you the opportunity to work as part of a great team supporting our colleagues to provide the best possible service for our customers and the communities we serve.

As part of the Riverside family, we’re focused on being an employer of choice, where people thrive and your voice is truly heard. You’ll enjoy competitive pay, and a wide range of benefits, including:

- 20 days’ annual leave plus 8 UK bank holidays
- A company van for business use
- A defined contribution pension scheme
- Access to wellbeing benefits, such as our Employee Assistance Programme, Staff Groups and The Workplace Trust
- Fantastic colleague discounts at a host of retailers

If you’re the kind of person that wants to do a really great job and make a difference to our customers and colleagues, we think you’ll love it here.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: Up to £28,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company car
- Company pension
- Life insurance
- Store discount
- Wellness programme

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday

Licence/Certification:

- Driving Licence (preferred)

Work Location: One location

Application deadline: 03/01/2023
Reference ID: EFS982