Maintenance Team Leader

Lead a team. Raise standards. Make a difference to people’s homes.

Great void works start with great leadership. Bring your maintenance expertise and people skills to Plus Dane, where you’ll lead a team turning empty properties into homes for new residents.

Salary: £47,289 per year | Merseyside | Permanent | 35 hours per week

Make an everyday difference

Make a practical difference for new residents through the quality of your team’s work on empty homes.

Lead and develop your team

Set clear expectations, give constructive feedback and support colleagues to build their skills.

Shape a better service

Use your practical knowledge and performance data to improve quality, efficiency and value for money.

Build on your experience

Put your maintenance expertise to work in a role combining people leadership, operational planning and preparing empty homes for new residents.

Alongside your salary, you’ll receive:

• 35 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays
• Three-day Christmas closedown
• Ongoing training and development

What the role is really like

Based in Merseyside, you’ll lead a maintenance team delivering void works to empty homes. You’ll balance quality, timescales and budgets to ensure properties meet our lettable standard.

Your week will combine planning void works, supporting operatives, supervising contractors and checking standards on site. You’ll work closely with schedulers and housing colleagues, using your judgement to resolve problems and keep work moving.

This is as much about organisation as practical expertise: you’ll keep accurate records, use maintenance and scheduling systems, interpret performance data and make sure materials are available when needed.

You’ll also provide support and cover for void works across the group when required.

We’re looking for a calm, positive leader who takes ownership, communicates clearly and puts customers and safe working at the heart of decisions.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll:

• Survey, plan and organise void works, with clearly defined work orders and effective use of people and materials;
• Lead and support your team through day-to-day supervision, feedback, appraisals and identifying training needs;
• Monitor budgets, contractor performance and service targets, using data to drive continuous improvement;
• Carry out pre- and post-work inspections, address defective work and maintain clear audit trails;
• Work with customers, colleagues, suppliers and contractors to resolve issues and complaints; and
• Work with health and safety colleagues to maintain safe systems of work and manage risks.

Could this role be for you?

You could be supervising a void works team, coordinating property maintenance or managing contractors and building works. If you can combine relevant maintenance experience with confident people leadership, we’d like to hear from you.

You’ll enjoy solving problems, helping colleagues succeed and finding practical ways to improve the customer experience. You’ll be comfortable working independently, managing competing priorities and staying focused under pressure.

What you really need

You’ll need:

• SMSTS or IOSH qualification, qualifications demonstrating sound literacy and numeracy, and an ILM coaching qualification or willingness to work towards one;
• Experience in asset management and maintenance, preparing empty homes for letting, supervising staff and managing operations, budgets and organisational change;
• Experience of contract procurement, project management and business planning, with knowledge of sector regulations, legal duties, health and safety, data protection and confidentiality;
• Strong IT, maintenance database and data interpretation skills, clear written and verbal communication, and the ability to work independently and collaboratively; and
• A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.

A further relevant qualification, such as a BTEC, HNC, HND or degree, and knowledge of Open Contractor, Documotive, P2P, Ipos or TotalMobile would be helpful, but are not essential.

Before you apply

Alongside day-to-day team leadership, you’ll need to support void works across the group. Be ready for a mix of site-based oversight, planning, administration and customer contact.

If that sounds like the kind of working environment you’d enjoy, we’d love to hear from you.

Plus Dane provides homes and services to over 30,000 people across Merseyside and Cheshire. We help individuals and communities thrive by tackling social inequality, and our values guide how we work together, achieve for our customers, take ownership, learn and grow.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect all colleagues to share this commitment.

If you need any adjustments to apply or attend an interview, please let us know.