Maintenance Supervisor

Hours:              36 hours per week

Requirement to work till 8.00pm on a rotational basis to support the 8:00am - 8:00pm service provision, receiving an additional payment at an enhanced overtime rate per week worked till 8:00pm

Role:                Permanent, Telford

Salary:             Up to £39,398.00 per annum depending on experience, plus essential car user allowance

The Role:

We are looking for a suitably qualified, enthusiastic, motivated and reliable Maintenance Supervisor to join our team. This is a great position for a candidate looking to make an impact in a growing and dynamic organisation.

The main purpose of this position is to supervise a team of multi skilled trades and heating engineers to deliver an excellent servicing and repairs service to our customers. You will therefore need to exhibit excellent leadership capability, evidencing qualities such as optimism, self-motivation, compassion, organisational skills, excellent communication skills and trustworthiness.

In addition to having the passion and skills to motivate your team to be the best they can be, you will also have strong technical knowledge in the delivery of quality cost effective repairs in the home. Knowledge of health and safety practices and regulations is desirable.

(For further details please see job description) 

 What You Will Need:

The successful applicant will need to have a flexible approach to work and a can-do attitude, to delivering the highest levels of customer service.

Given the environment you will be working in, you must be able to demonstrate effective communication, strong team working, organisational, interpersonal skills and maintaining high levels of confidentiality at all times. You will be expected to promote a positive, friendly and understanding attitude towards our customers and other colleagues in order to achieve consistency with the high levels of performance, efficiency and quality that is expected of our employees.

(For further details please see person specification)

 What You Get:

• In return, we offer you an interesting, challenging and rewarding opportunity to join a supportive Organisation 
• 22 days annual leave increasing with service to 30 days per annum plus bank holidays
• Employees can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days leave per annum
• Competitive pension scheme
• Health care options
• Free life assurance
• Discounted gym memberships
• Retail discounts scheme 

 Who Are We:

The Wrekin Housing Group is a socially minded organisation that makes a difference to people’s lives. We do this by:

• Providing more than 13,500 homes for affordable rent across Telford & Wrekin, Shropshire and Staffordshire.
• Delivering care services to older people, adults with learning difficulties and people with dementia.
• Channelling social investment across communities to create jobs and promote economic growth. We generate opportunities for people to gain employability skills, maximising the social value of our services and delivering wider community benefits.

At Wrekin you will be joining a team of more than 1100 colleagues who inspire positive change, communicate clearly, grow together and ensure that everyone matters. We make sure that all colleagues have the tools and training to flourish and contribute to our collective goal of making a difference to people’s lives.( https://www.wrekin.com)

 Our Inclusive Culture:

We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer. All applications are considered on the requirements of the role regardless of gender identity, nationality, ethnicity, marital status, age, disability, sexual orientation, religious belief or background. Please refer to our Equal Opportunities Policy below for further information.

The Recruitment Process

We have set a provisional close date of the 13th October 2023, but this may be sooner if we have sufficient applications.  The Group will hold a Recruitment for Attitude event on 6th October as part of the selection process.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact james.deakin@wrekin.com

Ref : WHG2212. Closing Date : 13/10/2023 - Interview Date : 20/10/2023