Contracts Manager - Responsive & Voids

Location

Yeovil office, covering around Bristol, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Somerset and Wiltshire. Typically working Monday to Friday 39 hours.

Overview

As a Contracts Manager for Novus, you'll see the impact and improvements your role delivers to customers and the team every day. This varied role offers the opportunity to work with and manage a skilled team in a secure environment with long-term contracts and opportunities to grow and learn. You will lead a small team of Site Managers delivering responsive repairs and void works in a Social Housing setting, ensuring contracts are completed to programme, with zero defects, within budget and with no risk to Health & Safety of the operation team, the client, or the public. The successful candidate will be client facing and have extensive knowledge of responsive repairs and voids within a Social Housing environment, with the team delivering around 65 responsive jobs daily and 12 voids per week.

You'll also look for ways to add real social value to the communities and customers you work with. You'll be supported by peers, the team, and management to solve problems and trusted to make decisions to grow and develop relationships and revenue.

What's in it for you?

• Attractive salary & benefits to suit you
• 27 Days Holidays & Bank Holidays - option to buy or sell holidays
• Company pension scheme - up to 7.5%
• Discounted Healthcare Scheme, High street & lifestyle discounts including Taste Card, a day paid volunteering per year, length of service awards, and more

Responsibilities

• Manage the selection and formation of site personnel teams (including sub-contractors) as determined by individual contracts
• Manage site personnel, work activities and resources to meet the requirements of individual contracts
• Control contract progress, focusing on completion within time frames and budget
• Ensure all necessary contract documentation/reports are accurate and produced on time
• Attend monthly client meetings to review performance and future planning of works
• Assist in the presentation of the contract brief to the client
• Ensure that WIP is maintained and KPIs are met, through a good understanding of PPP (Price per Property models) and Schedules of Rates

About You

As an experienced Contracts Manager you will have experience working within a responsive repairs and void works contract including both internal and external works, within a social housing environment. Ideally you will hold SMSTS or an associated NVQ, but if this has expired, we will support you to renew; the knowledge and skills that come with the qualification are essential to us. Our preferred candidate will be experienced, knowledgeable, be a self-starter who is focused on delivery and able to communicate well with the team to ensure daily operations run smoothly. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence to travel to sites daily along with a DBS check.

About Novus

Novus Property Solutions is a dynamic, award-winning property maintenance, refurbishment, compliance, and decarbonisation specialist with more than 700 colleagues in 19 locations across Great Britain, providing a combination of local knowledge and national strength. We are a socially and environmentally responsible family-owned business with a rich 128-year heritage, delivering bespoke services and solutions to a wide variety of clients. Our vision is to be the leader in building and maintenance solutions, delivered with compassion and care for the communities in which we operate.

At Novus Property Solutions we value people and are committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace that enables our people to bring their full selves to work. We understand that many people may not meet all criteria, so we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet every criterion or qualification. You may be just who we are looking for.