Mechanical and Electrical Manager

£35,536 to £43,753 per annum

(New pay scales are under negotiation)

Permanent - Full Time

East Kent Housing is the first ‘Super ALMO’ in the country, managing over 17,000 properties on behalf of four local authorities. We’re an ambitious organisation and our mission is to deliver ‘a fresh approach for a better housing service in East Kent’.

We want to strengthen our asset management function through the appointment to this post, together with the additional posts of Planned Maintenance Manager, Surveyor, Electrical Surveyor, Maintenance Inspector (Mechanical), Maintenance Inspectors and Asset Administrator.

This role is based in Dover but the postholder is expected to be mobile and to work in all four Council offices.

Main Duties:

  • Manage a small team of specialists and administrators, and monitor external contractors and consultants, to ensure that East Kent Housing fulfils its contractual obligations to its client councils by delivering planned and cyclical maintenance programmes to quality, time and budget.
  • Analyse and interpret stock condition data to produce accurate mechanical and electrical planned maintenance programmes and efficient contract management of council managed budgets.

Essential Requirements:

  • Comprehensive knowledge of building maintenance and contracting relationships
  • Good understanding of staff management and team building
  • Comprehensive knowledge of European and UK contract law and large-scale, multi-organisation procurement practices
  • Proven understanding of direct and indirect budget management in a public sector or large-scale private sector organisation
  • Sound understanding of compliance with statutory landlord obligations
  • Experience of managing and motivating teams and successfully tackling under-performance
  • Experience of procuring maintenance contracts and managing the performance of contractors
  • Experience of working in the heating installation and servicing industry

In order for EKH to comply with its obligations under the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998, the post holder is required to have the following:

  • Work on gas heating systems - CENWAT
  • Gas fires - HTR1
  • Gas compliancy – CCN1 able to check LGSRs
  • Core domestic gas safety including flue gas analyser – CPA1.

For an informal discussion about this post:

Please contact John Titterton Stock Investment Manager on 01303 853764 or on [email protected].

Closing Date: Friday 16 May 2014

To apply:

Please return your application form to:

If you would like us to post an application form to you please call 01304 872799 or email [email protected]