Post Construction Manager
| Posting date: | 27 February 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £52,908.00 to £58,787.00 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 March 2026 |
| Location: | B37 7YD |
| Company: | Platform Housing Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 0424 |
Summary
Can you help make a real difference to our homes and communities? We have an amazing opportunity for a Post Construction Manager to join a dynamic, dedicated and growing team responsible for managing the post-handover phase of our housing developments.
This is a high-impact role working across departments to ensure that our built property portfolio, whether General Needs or Shared Ownership continues to meet the highest standards of quality.
Responsible for defect resolution, structural warranty claims, and large-scale remediation projects where properties have been built with significant latent defect issues. The team manages anywhere from a handful to 50-60 homes at a time, and collaborates closely with contractors, warranty providers, and internal departments to ensure residents receive high-quality, safe homes.
You'll develop and implement the Construction & Latent Defects plan, manage resources, and act as the legal liaison and technical lead for disputes for defect resolution after handover and for latent defects.
You'll ensure that post-construction issues are effectively identified, managed, and resolved, coordinating remediation work on-site as needed.
This role is crucial in ensuring quality, maintaining housing stock integrity, and protecting the interests of both tenants and shared owners.
The Role:You'll approach this role with empathy and an understanding of our customer demographics.
You'll hold knowledge and experience in the built environment sector, understanding of contract, insurance principles, defect diagnosis, and managing contractors.
You'll be experienced in residential construction process, inspection, regulations with health and safety legislation.
You'll hold excellent communication, networking, problem-solving, and organisational skills and have a strong understanding of development procedures and have the ability to read plans and specifications.
To join our team, you'll also have;
-Degree/NVQ Level 6 in a construction-related discipline (essential), membership in RICS/CABE/CIOB/ICWCI (desirable) or equivalent relevant experience.
-Driving license, access to a car and flexibility to work across geographical areas.
-Excellent communication, networking, problem-solving, and organisational skills.
-Strong understanding of development procedures and ability to read plans and specifications.
-The collaborative skills to work with warranty providers, internal teams, and external stakeholders to ensure high-quality outcomes.
This role brings extensive travel across central UK to our sites and offices.
Some of the great benefits we can offer you:
-Up to 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) with the opportunity to buy and sell leave
-Family friendly policies including generous Paternity, Maternity, Shared Parental and Adoption leave plus 3 days paid Urgent Domestic Leave
-Medicash membership for all employees which includes access to an employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership and exclusive discounts
-Health Cash Plan worth up to £1700 p/a with cashback for dental, optical, physio and complementary therapies and more
-Pension scheme with minimum employee contributions of up to 3% and Platform will contribute up to 12% (inclusive of life assurance and dependent on employee contributions)
-Learning and Development opportunities
-Employee reward and recognition scheme with wellbeing hub and discount from a wide range of retailers
How to Apply:Are you ready to take the next step in your career with a dynamic, purpose-driven social housing group.
We offer an inclusive, supportive environment with a strong focus on wellbeing and work-life balance. Click “Apply now” to complete the online application and upload your CV.
For more information about the role, please see the attached job description. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Stephen Knowles (Head of Quality and Post Construction) at Stephen.Knowles@platformhg.com
Interviews:First-stage interviews are expected to take place via Microsoft Teams during the week commencing 23rd March,
We encourage early applications, as we may review and progress candidates ahead of the closing date.
We do not require recruitment agency support at this time - all speculative CV's will be treated as a direct application
This is a high-impact role working across departments to ensure that our built property portfolio, whether General Needs or Shared Ownership continues to meet the highest standards of quality.
Responsible for defect resolution, structural warranty claims, and large-scale remediation projects where properties have been built with significant latent defect issues. The team manages anywhere from a handful to 50-60 homes at a time, and collaborates closely with contractors, warranty providers, and internal departments to ensure residents receive high-quality, safe homes.
You'll develop and implement the Construction & Latent Defects plan, manage resources, and act as the legal liaison and technical lead for disputes for defect resolution after handover and for latent defects.
You'll ensure that post-construction issues are effectively identified, managed, and resolved, coordinating remediation work on-site as needed.
This role is crucial in ensuring quality, maintaining housing stock integrity, and protecting the interests of both tenants and shared owners.
The Role:You'll approach this role with empathy and an understanding of our customer demographics.
You'll hold knowledge and experience in the built environment sector, understanding of contract, insurance principles, defect diagnosis, and managing contractors.
You'll be experienced in residential construction process, inspection, regulations with health and safety legislation.
You'll hold excellent communication, networking, problem-solving, and organisational skills and have a strong understanding of development procedures and have the ability to read plans and specifications.
To join our team, you'll also have;
-Degree/NVQ Level 6 in a construction-related discipline (essential), membership in RICS/CABE/CIOB/ICWCI (desirable) or equivalent relevant experience.
-Driving license, access to a car and flexibility to work across geographical areas.
-Excellent communication, networking, problem-solving, and organisational skills.
-Strong understanding of development procedures and ability to read plans and specifications.
-The collaborative skills to work with warranty providers, internal teams, and external stakeholders to ensure high-quality outcomes.
This role brings extensive travel across central UK to our sites and offices.
Some of the great benefits we can offer you:
-Up to 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) with the opportunity to buy and sell leave
-Family friendly policies including generous Paternity, Maternity, Shared Parental and Adoption leave plus 3 days paid Urgent Domestic Leave
-Medicash membership for all employees which includes access to an employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership and exclusive discounts
-Health Cash Plan worth up to £1700 p/a with cashback for dental, optical, physio and complementary therapies and more
-Pension scheme with minimum employee contributions of up to 3% and Platform will contribute up to 12% (inclusive of life assurance and dependent on employee contributions)
-Learning and Development opportunities
-Employee reward and recognition scheme with wellbeing hub and discount from a wide range of retailers
How to Apply:Are you ready to take the next step in your career with a dynamic, purpose-driven social housing group.
We offer an inclusive, supportive environment with a strong focus on wellbeing and work-life balance. Click “Apply now” to complete the online application and upload your CV.
For more information about the role, please see the attached job description. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Stephen Knowles (Head of Quality and Post Construction) at Stephen.Knowles@platformhg.com
Interviews:First-stage interviews are expected to take place via Microsoft Teams during the week commencing 23rd March,
We encourage early applications, as we may review and progress candidates ahead of the closing date.
We do not require recruitment agency support at this time - all speculative CV's will be treated as a direct application
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