Contracts Manager – Planned Maintenance

Company: Hundred Houses Society Ltd, Cambridge
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Contracts Manager – Planned Maintenance

Location: Cambridge (with flexible home working)

Salary: £52,238 per annum plus car allowance £2,500 per annum

Type: Permanent

Hours: 37 hours per week

Other benefits:

  • A defined contributions pension scheme
  • Life assurance
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Private medical insurance
  • 28 days annual leave, with options to increase in certain circumstances

Due to continued development, this is an exciting time to join the Hundred Houses Society team and contribute to their future improvement plans.

Hundred Houses Society exists to provide great value, low-cost homes for the people of Greater Cambridge, continually investing and modernizing customer homes. With nearly 100 years of history, it is a society rooted in strong ethics.

You will manage the provision of the Planned Maintenance service to housing assets, ensuring best practices in housing asset management and maintaining housing decency.

The role’s overall purpose is to lead all planned maintenance investment works, including:

  • Delivering planned maintenance investment works and Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) projects to create sustainable, energy-efficient social housing
  • Managing contracts and contractor relationships
  • Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders
  • Managing budgets to ensure value for money
  • Developing a positive employee culture
  • Ensuring residents receive safe, well-planned services with effective communication

Reporting to the Head of Property & Sustainability, you will oversee contractors and consultants in contributing to the maintenance programmes, working closely with colleagues to coordinate housing priorities and projects, and additionally:

  • Develop new methods for service delivery and asset management
  • Ensure properties meet the Decent Homes Standard
  • Support sustainability and net-zero strategies

The ideal candidate will have:

  • A property degree or equivalent qualification (e.g., RICS/CIOB)
  • Technical knowledge of property surveying and construction
  • Experience in contract management within maintenance and construction
  • Health and Safety knowledge, including CDM Regulations
  • Experience supervising contractors in occupied properties
  • Procurement and contract management skills
  • Excellent communication, negotiation, and influencing skills
  • Strong written, numerical, and verbal skills with strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities
  • Exceptional customer care and interpersonal skills

We are committed to being a flexible employer and welcome discussions on location, hours, and working patterns during the application process.

We encourage early applications as the vacancy may close if sufficient qualified candidates apply.

To apply, submit your CV and a supporting statement or cover letter demonstrating your skills and experience relevant to the role.

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Posted: April 29th, 2025