530 Necessary Repairs jobs in the United Kingdom

3 months contract with local authorityThe primary objective of this role is to deliver a comprehensive surveying service for Housing Services, ensuring compliance with specifications, procedures, and legislation. This position is crucial for maintaining the quality and efficiency of housing services, particularly in areas such as responsive repairs, project delivery, and resident consultation.Responsibilities:Deliver and monitor a responsive day-to-day repairs service.Provide surveying services, ensuring timely, cost-effective, and quality delivery of works and service programs.Conduct physical pre-inspections of council properties in both tenanted and communal areas.Accurately diagnose complex repairs for occupied and vacant properties, ensuring timely completion to prevent financial losses from disrepair claims.Develop precise repair specifications for complex and technical issues, maintaining professional standards, especially for structural defects.Ensure effective consultation with residents regarding the Section 20 process.Liaise with and efficiently monitor repair contractors.Recommend cost-effective solutions to repair issues.Perform quality checks and post-inspections of completed work orders as needed.Apply safeguarding principles during home visits, reporting any concerns about vulnerable residents or children to Housing Staff or Social Services.Requirements Strong understanding of housing services, specifications, procedures, and relevant legislation.Experience in delivering and monitoring responsive repair services.Proficiency in diagnosing complex repair issues and developing technical repair specifications.Ability to consult effectively with residents and liaise with contractors.Experience in quality control and post-inspection of completed works.Knowledge of safeguarding principles and procedures.

Repairs Surveyor Location: TeddingtonSalary: £48,195 per annum

Who we're looking for

We’re looking for a Repairs Surveyor to deliver a responsive property surveying service across all of our homes to make sure our customers are kept safe and at the heart of everything we do.

A typical day for you would include carrying out technical surveys on properties and providing advice and managing delivery of works and major repairs and disrepairs projects. You’ll also scope and monitor void/empty homes properties.

You’ll have experience of surveying with a residential property environment and will be able to demonstrate your knowledge of building maintenance and diagnostic techniques as well as resolving long standing damp and mould issues.

Due to the nature of the role being within occupied premises, you will be asked to complete an enhanced DBS check if offered the role.

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Closing date for applications is 9 November

A client within the Public Sector based in Swindon is currently recruiting for a Voids Repairs Manager to join their Building Services & Maintenance team as soon as possible. The client is offering a full time, temporary position on an ongoing basis with the ideal candidate having experience of working within a local authority within a housing environment.

The Role
Key purpose of the role is to manage vacant property repairs and minor aids and adaptations in a way that is both customer focused and forward thinking to the Council’s housing stock. The post holder will embrace locality working, support local tenant groups, involve residents and work with partners to improve services.

Key responsibilities will include but not be limited to:
• Ensuring empty homes are repaired quickly and relet in accordance with the Vacant Property Relet Standard
• Managing minor adaptations to improve everyday living for tenants
• Maintaining expenditure within the available budget
• Ensuring all building work complies with Health & Safety and CDM Regulations
• Carrying out stock surveys and updating computer records to support business planning
• Managing tenant satisfaction surveys and responding to feedback
• Attending locality, tenant and leaseholder meetings and preparing reports
• Managing staff, recruitment, and development within the team

The Candidate
To be considered for this role you will require:
• HNC or equivalent in Construction, or equivalent time-served experience
• Current Full Driving Licence
• At least 2 years’ experience of managing staff
The below skills would be beneficial for the role:
• Detailed knowledge of construction health & safety, CDM, planning and building regulations
• Experience of budget management and contract administration
• Proven commitment to partnership working and engaging service users

The client is looking to move quickly with this role and as such are offering £42 per hour Umbrella LTD Inside IR35 (approx. £5 per hour PAYE).

How to Apply
If this position sounds of interest, email a copy of your up-to-date CV to or call Amy at Service Care Construction on
to discuss the vacancy in more detail.
Also, if this role is not of interest to you, but you are looking for new opportunities, please still get in touch as we cover all construction-related vacancies across the region.

Referral Bonus
If this role is not suitable for yourself, but you know someone who may be interested, please pass on their details, or forward these details to them. If they are successful in applying, you will receive a 50 referral bonus upon completion of an initial probationary period.

Interim Repairs Delivery Manager – 6 Month Contract

London (4 days per week in office) | £300–£350 per day | ⏳ 6 months

We’re seeking an experienced Repairs Delivery Manager for a 6-month interim contract . This role focuses on leading a team of Repairs Officers to deliver a high-quality responsive repairs service, with particular emphasis on managing cases relating to damp and mould .

The role:

• Line manage and support a team of Repairs Officers.
• Take the lead on damp and mould casework, ensuring swift, effective and customer-focused resolutions.
• Oversee day-to-day repair operations and monitor contractor performance.
• Use data and insight to drive service improvements and identify recurring issues.
• Manage escalations and complaints, maintaining a high standard of customer care.
• Work collaboratively with internal teams and external suppliers to ensure best outcomes.

About you:

• Strong experience in housing repairs or property services.
• Proven leadership skills with experience managing teams.
• Knowledge of damp and mould case management.
• Track record of delivering service and performance improvements.
• Customer-focused, solutions-oriented, and collaborative.
• Confident using IT systems and performance reporting tools.

Interim Repairs Delivery Manager – 6 Month Contract

London (4 days per week in office) | £300–£350 per day | ⏳ 6 months

We’re seeking an experienced Repairs Delivery Manager for a 6-month interim contract . This role focuses on leading a team of Repairs Officers to deliver a high-quality responsive repairs service, with particular emphasis on managing cases relating to damp and mould .

The role:

• Line manage and support a team of Repairs Officers.
• Take the lead on damp and mould casework, ensuring swift, effective and customer-focused resolutions.
• Oversee day-to-day repair operations and monitor contractor performance.
• Use data and insight to drive service improvements and identify recurring issues.
• Manage escalations and complaints, maintaining a high standard of customer care.
• Work collaboratively with internal teams and external suppliers to ensure best outcomes.

About you:

• Strong experience in housing repairs or property services.
• Proven leadership skills with experience managing teams.
• Knowledge of damp and mould case management.
• Track record of delivering service and performance improvements.
• Customer-focused, solutions-oriented, and collaborative.
• Confident using IT systems and performance reporting tools.

As a Repairs Team Leader, you will be responsible for the incoming repair assessment of factory returned gas analysis equipment, working with the Service Team Leader to provide quotes to the customer, prioritization of tasks and allocating workload. There will also be a requirement to perform repair and full test of the units prior to being returned to the field. Generation of data to inform KPIs and drive improvement across the Repair function.
This role requires an individual who can work on their own initiative, diligent, with excellent attention to detail and the ability to communicate results and observations in both written and verbal forms. You will have close interaction with multiple teams across the company, including Manufacturing, Instrumentation, Engineering and Service.
The role may require travel to customer sites of approximately 30% of time.
**In this role, your responsibilities will be:**
+ Assessing priorities and setting the daily workload of bench repairs team.
+ Maintain a repair tracking system to log all work and failures.
+ Incoming repair assessment of field returns
+ Report writing and assisting in preparing of customer quotations.
+ Carrying out of repair and test of the field returns which could involve the following:
+ Feedback to design teams on all failures of our products to aid continuous improvement.
+ Maintain the work area to a safe and clean status, working to ESD procedures where vital.
+ Be an active member of the team, supplying ideas for continuous improvement at all levels within the company.
+ Disassembly, parts replacement, and full reassembly of the returned units
+ Carry out component test of lasers and detectors when required.
+ Optical alignment of gas sensor sub-components including optical cells and laser modules
+ Full system test of repaired production gas analytical equipment
**Who you are:**
You are a person that owns an effective team by establishing common objectives. You continuously work to make improvements and tackle issues for the benefit of the company and the customers. You focus on priorities and set stretch goals. You accurately complete assignments when working with peers, supervisors, and customers to accomplish Company objectives. You are diligent, accepts responsibility and collaborates in carrying out instructions.
**For this role, you will need:**
+ Relevant engineering degree or equivalent experience in electronics.
+ Experience of leading and mentoring repairs teams would be advantageous
+ Experience of Assembly/Test/Debug /Repair and preferably gas handling.
+ Technically proficient, and able to use scientific equipment.
+ Self-directed and motivated in a team environment.
+ Quick to learn and adapt to new situations and environments.
+ Excellent communication skills, including written and oral reporting.
**Preferred Qualifications that set you apart:**
+ Experience in gas handling and processing
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Job Description

Interim Repairs Delivery Manager – 6 Month Contract

London (4 days per week in office) | £300–£350 per day | ⏳ 6 months

We’re seeking an experienced Repairs Delivery Manager for a 6-month interim contract . This role focuses on leading a team of Repairs Officers to deliver a high-quality responsive repairs service, with particular emphasis on managing cases relating to damp and mould .

The role:

• Line manage and support a team of Repairs Officers.
• Take the lead on damp and mould casework, ensuring swift, effective and customer-focused resolutions.
• Oversee day-to-day repair operations and monitor contractor performance.
• Use data and insight to drive service improvements and identify recurring issues.
• Manage escalations and complaints, maintaining a high standard of customer care.
• Work collaboratively with internal teams and external suppliers to ensure best outcomes.

About you:

• Strong experience in housing repairs or property services.
• Proven leadership skills with experience managing teams.
• Knowledge of damp and mould case management.
• Track record of delivering service and performance improvements.
• Customer-focused, solutions-oriented, and collaborative.
• Confident using IT systems and performance reporting tools.

Job Description

Interim Repairs Delivery Manager – 6 Month Contract

London (4 days per week in office) | £300–£350 per day | ⏳ 6 months

We’re seeking an experienced Repairs Delivery Manager for a 6-month interim contract . This role focuses on leading a team of Repairs Officers to deliver a high-quality responsive repairs service, with particular emphasis on managing cases relating to damp and mould .

The role:

• Line manage and support a team of Repairs Officers.
• Take the lead on damp and mould casework, ensuring swift, effective and customer-focused resolutions.
• Oversee day-to-day repair operations and monitor contractor performance.
• Use data and insight to drive service improvements and identify recurring issues.
• Manage escalations and complaints, maintaining a high standard of customer care.
• Work collaboratively with internal teams and external suppliers to ensure best outcomes.

About you:

• Strong experience in housing repairs or property services.
• Proven leadership skills with experience managing teams.
• Knowledge of damp and mould case management.
• Track record of delivering service and performance improvements.
• Customer-focused, solutions-oriented, and collaborative.
• Confident using IT systems and performance reporting tools.

We have an incredible opportunity to join us as a Customer Advisor (Repairs) within our repairs team!

This is your chance to make a great impression on our customers as you’ll be the first point of contact for our residents and stakeholders in reporting and diagnosing repairs, servicing and other related requests.

We own and manage c.7,500 homes in the east of England, working closely with other agencies and stakeholders within our communities. We build on the good foundations we have in place in being a customer-centric organisation, investing in our existing homes - including our zero-carbon journey - as well as building new homes.

A lot of our roles come with options around home and office flexible working, as well as a generous annual leave allowance and other benefits.

Requirements

Outline of Key Responsibilities.

• Deal with all contact relating to repairs, servicing and other requests. This will be via our multi-channel services available to our tenants and residents
• Communicating with residents to diagnose repairs, to ensure as much as possible these are right first time
• Deal with queries around our repairs service from residents and other stakeholders. This includes but is not limited to repairs responsibilities, as well as timeframes and priorities
• You will take ownership of service failures and complaints, dealing with these in an efficient and effective way
• You’ll follow standard policies and procedures, whilst recognising in some instances we may need to make adjustments to deal with a particular resident’s situation

We are looking for someone who has.

• Experience working in customer service or a call centre background
• Experience of dealing with high volume calls
• Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines
• You’ll have experience of dealing with and resolving difficult situations
• The ability to identify and bring attention to changes in types of customer requests and areas where our responses to customer requests could be improved

Benefits

In return, we are offering.

• An annual salary of £25,863.29
• We are committed to providing a healthy work-life balance for employees and their families, as such we operate hybrid working conditions from home and our office in Bury St Edmunds
• Annual Leave - 28 days per year, (plus bank holidays) increasing to 32 days when you reach your 3rd year with us. To give greater flexibility around your holidays you can also buy, sell or carry over up to 5 days of annual leave each year
• Pension – between 7% - 12% dependant on individual contribution
• Life assurance - a payment of X3 your salary.
• Annual Flu Jab - provided each winter to all employees.
• Electric Vehicle salary sacrifice scheme - plus we currently have free electric charging points
• Competitive medical cashback plan

At Havebury we operate a no closing date policy and evaluate candidates upon application. Therefore please apply without delay.

Due to the nature of some of our roles involving work with vulnerable members of society, this post may be subject to a Basic Criminal Disclosure, which will be carried out when a conditional offer is made.

Please ensure you fully answer the questions on the application form.