About the Role
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The successful General Manager will support our local Social Housing Capital Contracts operationally. You will be pivotal to the sound operational and Commercial performance of the contract you are working with, creating a high performing culture and foster professional and effective working relationships with our clients.
We are looking for someone who has experience in Capital Works and ideally within the social housing sector with a proven track record of delivering results.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Providing effective leadership, a strong approach to mentoring and motivation
2. Develop sustainable key Client/Stakeholder relationships
3. Follow appropriate training to fully understand the business operating systems to ensure compliant effective cost control and efficient operational performance.
4. Review, monitor and control Branch/Contract performance to ensure delivery of P&L is in line with or exceeding agreed budget levels.
5. Ensure at a minimum monthly structured reviews of the Branch/Contract that demonstrate stringent controls
6. Demonstrate control over all business governance, risk management processes and adherence to delegated authorities.
7. Ensure compliance with Health & Safety Regulations
8. Undertake H&S visits with the H&S team.
Role Criteria:
9. Demonstrable strong understanding of the principles of contract management
10. Effectively manage, support and resolve personnel issues.
11. Experience of effectively leading & managing a team
12. Working productively in a pressurised environment, acting decisively when faced with urgent issues while consistently maintaining a high level of service at all times.
13. Having a genuine understanding of industry and service delivery to a full range of clients
14. IT literate utilising Microsoft packages.
15. Identify areas of difficulty in terms of profit and loss
16. Experience of working in a repairs and maintenance environment
17. Experience of working within social housing
Benefits:
18. Family friendly policy to include enhanced maternity/paternity leave and much more.
19. Pension Scheme
20. Sick Pay
21. Refer a friend scheme (total award £1000)
22. Share saver scheme
23. Eye test vouchers
24. Employee Assistance Programme (Access to Free counselling service)
25. Wellbeing service (Access to trained mental health & wellbeing advisors)
26. Mears Annual Family Fun Day for you and your family to places like Blair Drummond Safari Park, M&Ds Themepark, fully paid for including lunch
27. Mears Rewards - A performance recognition platform whereby you can be rewarded in high street vouchers
28. Long service and additional holiday leave - Colleagues who stay for a period of time at Mears are rewarded for their service.
29. Volunteering Leave - Mears supports employees to undertake volunteering in the community, in support of our social value commitment
30. 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.