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As a Carpentry Team Manager, you will lead the delivery of responsive carpentry repairs across the Council’s housing stock, ensuring work is completed safely, efficiently and to a high standard. You’ll manage a large, mobile team of skilled carpentry operatives and work closely with contractors to meet service level agreements and landlord obligations. Using your technical carpentry expertise, you will oversee complex repairs, provide professional guidance to operatives, and ensure quality, compliance and right first time outcomes. You’ll play a key role in driving service improvements, monitoring performance, and managing change as part of an evolving repairs service. The role involves balancing internal and external resources, overseeing scheduling systems, controlling costs and ensuring excellent value for money, while keeping the customer experience at the heart of everything you do.
Job Responsibility:
Lead the delivery of responsive carpentry repairs across the Council's housing stock
Manage a large, mobile team of skilled carpentry operatives
Work closely with contractors to meet service level agreements and landlord obligations
Oversee complex repairs
Provide professional guidance to operatives
Ensure quality, compliance and right first time outcomes
Drive service improvements
Monitor performance
Manage change
Balance internal and external resources
Oversee scheduling systems
Control costs
Ensure excellent value for money
Keep the customer experience at the heart of everything you do
Requirements:
Experience managing a mobile workforce in a repairs or maintenance environment
Strong knowledge of health and safety, compliance and quality standards
Experience using scheduling systems and performance data to manage delivery
A customer focused approach, with experience responding to complaints and feedback
A proactive, improvement focused mindset with the confidence to lead change
Nice to have:
NVQ Level 3 or equivalent carpentry qualification
What we offer:
Leave entitlement up to 31 days + bank holidays
Potential hybrid working opportunities
Health and well-being support
Generous local government pension scheme
Range of discount schemes across leisure and culture