Gas Manager in Evesham

Annual salary: up to £49,987.00

Location: Evesham

Contract Start Date: 1st of July 2026

Contract: Permanent full time

Salary: £49,987.00 per annum, plus £4,000 car allowance and company benefits

Mears Group is delivering a long-term social housing repairs and maintenance partnership across the wider Midlands region. Providing housing repairs and maintenance services across a geographically diverse social housing portfolio covering market towns, rural communities and urban locations, the contract includes responsive repairs, planned maintenance and property services, with a strong focus on customer service, quality and community investment.

Due to continued growth across the contract, opportunities are available for experienced Gas Managers across South Worcestershire, North Gloucestershire, and surrounding areas.

About the Role:

• You will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of gas and heating service delivery, ensuring compliance with legislation, contractual obligations and Mears operating standards.
• Management of operational and commercial delivery in line with contract requirements, budgets and cash flow.
• Ensure full compliance with gas safety, health and safety legislation, company policies and industry best practice.
• Manage direct labour and supply chain resources to improve productivity and deliver cost efficiencies.
• Oversee programmed servicing programmes, ensuring all checks are completed within agreed timescales.
• Ensure accurate evidence is captured to demonstrate compliance with gas safety requirements.
• Promote a strong customer focused culture aligned to the Mears Red Thread.
• Ensure all reporting and KPI requirements are met within agreed timescales.
• Manage, coach and develop employees, ensuring performance and conduct standards are maintained.
• Protect company assets and ensure HR policies and procedures are followed.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, service users and local communities.
• Support business development activities and assist with bid preparation where required.

Key Criteria:

• NVQ Level 2 in Domestic Plumbing or equivalent.
• Domestic Gas qualifications including CCN1, CENWAT, CKR1 and HTR1.
• Proven experience managing gas repairs, servicing, installations and compliance delivery.
• Strong commercial and performance management experience.
• Experience managing multiple sites and contracts.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, motivate and develop a diverse workforce.
• Strong knowledge of health and safety regulations including COSHH.
• Excellent communication, leadership and organisational skills.
• Full UK driving licence.
• Experience in social housing and local authority contracts desirable.
• ILM or leadership qualifications and IOSH or health and safety qualifications desirable.
• Knowledge of renewable or alternative heating systems desirable.

Benefits:

• Family friendly policy to include enhanced maternity/paternity leave and much more.
• Generous Pension Scheme.
• Sick Pay.
• Refer a friend scheme (total award £1000).
• Share saver scheme.
• Eye test vouchers.
• Employee Assistance Programme (Access to Free counselling service).
• Wellbeing service (Access to trained mental health & wellbeing advisors).
• Mears Annual Family Fun Day for you and your family to places like Blair Drummond Safari Park, M&Ds Theme park, fully paid for including lunch.
• Mears Rewards - A performance recognition platform whereby you can be rewarded in high street vouchers.
• Volunteering Leave - Mears supports employees to undertake volunteering in the community, in support of our social value commitment.
• Excellent training and development opportunities and 25 days holiday entitlement along with bank holidays.

All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK, Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship. To drive a Mears vehicle, you must be aged over 21 have held your licence over 3 months and have less than 9 points. Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant Background, Identity & Security checks before commencement of employment.

If you need any help with your application process, we are here to support you. We will be accessible every step of the way.

At Mears Group, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive, we are a Disability Confident employer, valuing individuality and ensuring equal opportunities for all.

We proudly support the Armed Forces Covenant and are honoured to have achieved the Gold Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) to coincide with this, we hold an Endorser Award for the Career Transition Partnership, recognising our commitment to veterans transitioning into civilian careers.

In our continued effort to promote social mobility, we invite applicants to voluntarily share their background information during the application stages to help us better understand the diverse experiences of our candidates. This is to ensure we are committed to improving social mobility. We use the Social Mobility Index to assess and enhance opportunities for individuals from diverse backgrounds. These questions are optional and will not impact your ability to apply.