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Working Supervisor

Job details
Posting date: 04 December 2024
Salary: £40,023 per year
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 13 December 2024
Location: Lancaster, Lancashire
Remote working: On-site only
Company: The Guinness Partnership Ltd
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 11443

Summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a Working Supervisor to join our Empty Homes and Repairs team covering Lancaster & Morecombe on a full-time permanent basis.

Reporting into the Service Manager, you will be responsible for managing an area-based team to ensure that all works are delivered safely, to a high standard and within agreed timescales.

Please note: This role will be subject to undertaking out of hours call out duties on a rota basis. This is paid at £524 per week.

Key Responsibilities:

Manage contractors to ensure that all works are delivered safely, to a quality standard, within agreed timescales and all objectives are met.
Deliver high standards of work, relevant to the primary trade required for this role.
Carry out pre, post and intermediate site inspection visits.
Undertake quality checks on completed work, or work in progress.
Carry out associated secondary trade activities within acceptable quality standards to ensure a first time fix.
Support the Service Manager by providing updates on progress, issues and of any approved variations to the schedule.
Manage & monitor operative productivity & quality within the team.
Ensure SOR and any variation to initial scope information is accurately reflected in the Kirona / Accuserve systems.
Ensure that the team adhere to H&S process and actions identified in risk assessments are appropriately prioritised and completed, with the relevant systems updated.
Manage and control Guinness’s assets in line with legislation and company guidelines.
Ensure that investigation and responses to complaints and quality concerns are completed in a timely manner.
Support the protection and safety of our customers by ensuring safeguarding procedures are followed.
You’ll also be able to demonstrate the below Essential Skills:

Recognised competency in Carpentry or Plumbing.
Various secondary trade skills and experience outside of primary trade.
Ability to make decisions and solve problems seeking any advice required.
Experience of working in a customer focused environment within agreed performance targets.
Ability to correctly complete the relevant certifications, reports or other documentation.
Ability to accurately interpret technical data and instructions.
Good understanding of H&S within the built environment.
Ability to work with minimal supervision and demonstrate organisational and team management skills.
Full UK driving licence
Essential Qualifications:

NVQ Level 3 (City & Guilds) Trade Qualification.
Desirable Qualifications:

Level 3 NVQ in Site Supervision.
To apply please follow the online application process by submitting your CV or get in touch to learn more.

About Us
The Guinness Partnership is one of the leading providers of affordable housing and care services in England. We build and manage homes and provide housing services for around 140,000 customers nationwide. Guinness Property, our in-house maintenance service, delivers repairs to 55,000 of our homes. Our national teams deliver rapid-response housing repairs, maintenance, and improvement services to ensure our customers’ homes are safe and maintained to a high standard.
The Guinness Partnership is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all colleagues, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

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