Maintenance Team Supervisor

JOBDESCRIPTION-Maintenance Team SupervisorJOB TITLE:Team LeaderJOB HOLDER:VacantREPORTS TO:HeadofAssetsManagement,Developmentand Maintenance.LOCATION: KilkennyPurposeofthePost Provide day to day leadership and line management to the team, coordinating and overseeing their workloads, providing support to ensure that the team delivers, monitoring any issues, and ensuring targets, Key Performance Indicators (KPls), and quality standards are met for our maintenance services. Furthermore, where and as appropriate liaising with external contractors to coordinate delivery of agreed job activity in line with Tar lsteach Housing Maintenance Policy. The organisation works across the South East and the Midlands. Objectives

• Toworkwithinthe overallmission,visionandpolicyframeworkforTarlsteach Housing.
• TocomplywithallareasofHealthandSafetyasdefinedunderourstatement,

or our contractors and staff.

• In conjunction with Tar lsteach Housing Technical department evaluate systems or facilities to determine

maintenance or repairs that need to be preformed following reviews of properties. With regard to our obligations under building control and the private rented standards.

• Work with the maintenance team and/or contractors to plan work priorities, obtain necessary supplies, and

assess skills needed to complete tasks.

• To work in conjunction with the head of department, to effectively cost and plan cyclical and

planned maintenance to assist with the creation of annual budgets.

• Assisting team with technical issues, problem solving and project delivery at all times to the highest

standards of safety and quality.

• Creating maintenance schedules, with inference to ensuring our services comply to our maintenance

standards and prioritisation levels, delegating tasks to team members

• Conducting site inspections and identifying areas requiring extra maintenance work, ensuring to

access appropriate sign off from senior management for additional costs.

• Supervising maintenance workers and ensuring they follow safe work practices
• Performing minor on-site repairs
• Scheduling contractors for major repairs as required
• Discussing maintenance concerns with the organisation and communicating these to Maintenance Workers
• Performing on-call and responding to emergency maintenance needs.

Working as part of the organisation Cold Weather Initiative and Business Continuity Plans. To ensure services remain operational at all times.

• Monitoring and ensuring compliance for all communal fire systems, including their maintenance

and upkeep.

• Developing maintenance budgets to recommend to senior management

as required.

• In conjunction with the Head of Department assessing new external

maintenance providers in line with organisation procurement policy. Involving and including the negotiating of vendor contracts

• Controlling and monitoring inventory
• Coordinating work performed by outside vendors, in terms of standards and quality.

Liaising effectively with finance department on authorisation of payments.

• Ensuring essential information is available and systems to input into our financial and housing

management systems are adhered too.

• Ensuring effective communication with tenants.
• To work in a partnership approach with all areas of the organisation: Housing support,

Housing Management and Finance.

• To perform any duty that may be required as assigned by line management.

EssentialSkills/Abilities

• Adegreeorotherrelevantqualificationinmaintenanceand/orconstruction.
• 3yearsexperience,aminimumof1yearinaleadershiprole.
• Afullcleandrivinglicenseandaccesstoacar.
• Extensive knowledgeofbuildingsystems suchasplumbing, electrical, and generalmaintenance.(IncBuildingControl,FiresafetyandPRAStandards).
• Excellentanalyticalandproblem-solvingskills.
• Abilitytoprioritizetasksandtodelegatethemwhenappropriate.
• Abilitytoidentifyissuesandtodeterminerepairsthatareneeded.
• Abilitytoplanmaintenanceschedulesinlinewithcompanystandards.
• Strongsupervisoryandleadershipskills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software as needed to complete reports, logs, and inventory.

Skills Ability to Prioritize Ability to identify issues Strong leadership skills