Trade Supervisor

We are Places Management; we help to maintain over 80,000 properties across the UK, so our customers are proud to call them home.

We want you to join the Places for People Group and the 11,000 other colleagues on our journey; colleagues who have helped to build, manage, maintain places that people are proud to call home and stay active in. How do we do all this? We surround ourselves with passionate people, get things done people and can do people. Our people live and breathe our SPIRIT values; we are the place for spirited people.

**More about your role**

You will manage and deliver an effective repair works service to internal and external customers covering our national property portfolio area, whilst ensuring that Health and Safety and other legislative requirements are met.

You will supervise the carrying out of works, fault fixing and maintenance duties predominantly through the management of our own trade staff but utilising specialist contractors when necessary whilst confirming agreed timeframes are met and the standard of work is high ensuring all KPI's including high customer satisfaction is achieved.

**More about you**

Do you have experience of leading or managing a team of trade people? Are you looking to join an employer that will offer career progression?

We are looking for you to have an In-depth knowledge of one or more building trade, ideally with Advanced City & Guilds or Level 3 NVQ in a recognised trade or equivalent experience. Experience of contractor management and managing operational/trade people is a must with firm knowledge of best practice health and safety and statutory/legal compliance in the work place

Ideally with experience of working within domestic properties void and occupied with good knowledge of Schedule or Rates and being able to spec works as required.

A full driving license is essential for this role. This role is based around the Kent and East Sussex.

**Please Note: We are required to complete a basic DBS check for this role.**

**The benefits**

We are a large diverse and ambitious business, which will give you job security and all the challenge you could wish for. Here people can flourish, thrive, better themselves and work in fantastic communities with inspirational colleagues and customers.

We know that there's always more we can do to make you smile, that's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to help colleagues save money or make their lives a little bit easier which can include:

- Pension with matched contributions
- 35 days Holiday per year
- Company van provided
- Excellent sick pay
- Training
- Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more

**What's next?**

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