Works Department Manager in Bexleyheath

Location: Bexleyheath Broadway, DA8
Hours: Full-Time | Permanent | 8:00am – 5:00pm
Salary: Competitive + Benefits
About Kelleher Group Maintenance
Kelleher Group Maintenance (KGM) is a growing M&E, Gas, and Specialist Works Contractor with a tailored, client-first approach to building maintenance. With nearly 50 years of industry experience, KGM has a strong track record of delivering high-quality results. Our culture is rooted in safety, service excellence, and environmental responsibility.
We are now seeking an experienced and proactive Works Department Manager to join our team and take a central role in ensuring the smooth delivery of all works.
About The Role
We are looking for someone to join our existing works department team and act as the link between management, works administration, and the Parts/Purchasing Department. You will ensure that all jobs requiring materials, plant, or equipment are coordinated efficiently and managed as one seamless process.
You will oversee the scheduling of engineers, allocation of resources, and communication with residents and clients, while making sure invoicing and reporting are accurate and timely. You will also manage the works administration team, ensuring all daily tasks are completed, chased, and up to standard.
This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who can take initiative, make decisions independently, solve problems, and drive process improvements. Common sense, organisation, and accountability are essential, as you will be central to the smooth delivery of all works across the department.
Key Responsibilities
Manage jobs from order to completion, ensuring materials, plant, engineers, and subcontractors are coordinated efficiently.
Act as the bridge between management, works administration, and Parts/Purchasing, ensuring jobs requiring materials or plant are managed as a single workflow.
Oversee engineer schedules and diaries, ensuring jobs are allocated efficiently and completed without delay.
Manage the works administration team, ensuring all daily tasks, updates, and reporting are maintained accurately.
Maintain regular communication with residents and clients, providing updates on job progress and completion timelines.
Ensure accurate invoicing and reporting, working with finance to maintain cash flow and track KPIs.
Allocate work to engineers and subcontractors efficiently, taking into