Assistant Maintenance contracts manager wanted in Kent £37,309 Permanent role

Assistant Maintenance Contracts Manager
Kent
£37,309 Salary
must be able to use your own car

The role will be to assist the Contract Manager managing the building and electrical contract which delivers around £9 million of responsive and planned maintenance each year.

The contract is a new 10 year Term contract recently procured beginning in January 2020. We are looking for a candidate with contract experience ideally within a building and construction environment. They should have the ability to adapt quickly to a changing environment as they will be helping the contract manager with the recovery programme due to COVID.


Re s p o n s i b i l i t i e s

* To manage contractors to ensure performance of the contract exceeds our minimum standard
* Project manage small refurbishments or major repairs of our properties, including the decanting of our tenants
* Prepare basic specifications to enable our contractors to quote for works
* Manage small budgets of 50K and works associated with it
* Liaise with our contractors to ensure any fire risk assessment works are completed
* Co-ordinate the reconciliation of works and costs provided to external clients
* Review tenant improvement requests and give approval where appropriate and check completed works.
* Provide support to the Project Managers within the Asset Team

Experience

* Proven project management or contract experience
* Detailed knowledge of using a variety of JCT and partnering contracts
* Ability to communicate and influence contractors, colleagues and other stakeholders
* Proven influencing and negotiating skills to resolve problems
* Sound judgement and prioritisation skills
* Ability to work within tight deadlines, under pressure and deliver projects on time, within budget and to the required standard
* Experience of dealing effectively with customer complaints and able to demonstrate an understanding of what provides excellent customer service.
* The ability to work as part of a team, along with the ability to prioritise the workload of self and others.
* ICT skills, competent with word packages including Excel and Word

Must hold a valid UK driving license and have own vehicle for business use.

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