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Employer: Wates Group
Location: Skelmersdale, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Salary: Competitive
Closing date: 30 Mar 2025
The Vacancy
Here at Wates, we have an opportunity for an Operations Manager to join our Living Space Responsive Maintenance team in the West Lancashire area. This role will focus on projects within the social housing sector, so ideally, we are looking for someone who has experience of working in a similar field. Scope of works includes voids, electrics, kitchens, responsive and planned maintenance, to name a few.
You will be managing the contract/s as well as having the responsibility of a team to deliver the works, so being able to communicate at all levels is key. Due to the nature of works, the expectation is to be on site in Skelmersdale, so you will need to be flexible and live in the surrounding area.
The role is to act as the interface between the various clients at monthly review meetings and deliver all contracts to an extremely high standard, ensuring KPIs & Health & Safety are maintained to the clients' expectations and Wates' high standards at all times.
Key Accountabilities will include:
* Responsible for all regional delivery; building and maintaining an effective and motivated team
* Lead the division with an operational and commercial mindset, ensuring the team is aware of contract obligations and how they can influence profitability
* Ensure that all projects are set up with company governance maximized, production control in place, and productivity regularly monitored
* Develop relationships with all key clients to allow each contract to run in accordance with the brief and the clients' high expectations. Attend all client progress meetings, providing feedback, progress, and all KPI data as requested.
* Procure work by maintaining and developing contacts in the industry, with direct involvement in the strategic thinking applied to the Unit's tenders
* Work with all key supply chain partners to ensure all Operating Framework compliance details are in place before commencement of any projects
* Monitor and approve financial forecasts, ensuring that the best cost planning information is provided
* Drive compliance and operating excellence throughout the division at all levels.
To be successful in the role, you will already be in an operational leadership role and have experience in successfully managing maintenance teams and projects, being accountable for all disciplines from the bidding stage; from design and planning through to handover, all within time and budget.
We are particularly keen to speak to experienced Ops Managers with a repairs/planned background and experience of working with social housing/councils.
We are looking for you to have the ability to lead and influence at all levels to deliver outstanding results, successfully develop relationships to create future opportunities, and have a proactive approach to risk management and value-add.
Work for Wates
Wates is one of the UK's leading family-owned development, building, and property maintenance companies. Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.
We are driven by our purpose, 'reimagining places for people to thrive' and our three promises:
Thriving places - working with customers, partners, and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
Thriving planet - protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
Thriving people - creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in, and treated with care.
We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer. We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.
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