Project Manager (Planned Works)/Building Surveyor
Are you ready to use your experience of refurbishments and managing budgets to make moments that matter for our customers? As Accent’s Project Manager (Planned Works), you’ll be responsible for the delivery of planned works for our homes across the West Yorkshire region.
About the role and person:
- 35 hours per week
- Permanent
As our Project Manager (Planned Works), you’ll use your budget management and forecasting skills to ensure planned works such as kitchen/bathroom refurbishments meet our statutory obligations whilst also having the autonomy to use your knowledge of our homes to make changes and prioritise works that will make a difference to our customers across the region. You’ll have strong stakeholder engagement skills, managing contractors to ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget, meeting quality expectations. It’s an exciting time to join the team, last year was the most successful for delivering planned works and we’re looking to build on that success. We’ve also recently onboarded new suppliers, so you’ll make a huge impact on building relationships across all workstreams.
Salary
The spot salary for this post is £45,148 per annum for applicants who fully meet the requirements of the post. Applicants, who do not meet all the requirements of the post, will start 5% or 10% below the spot salary.
You’ll also receive an additional £1,250 per annum as an essential car user.
What will you get from us?
In addition to a competitive salary, we also have a focus on employees’ development. We support both professional and personal development, ensuring everyone has a development plan and provide access to a wide range of internal and external learning resources.
You’ll also receive:
- 28 days paid holiday (pro-rata excluding bank holidays) per year rising by 1 day per year up to a maximum of one working week.
- A choice of Pension Schemes including a Defined Benefit Scheme with a 7.5% member contribution or a Defined Contribution Scheme with a 4% member contribution and 4% employer contribution. Both pension schemes provide Life Insurance Cover.
- Option to purchase additional holiday of up to 2 of your working weeks (at managers discretion).
- Employee Assistance Programme.
- "Hapi" Benefits App with multiple discounts.
- Cycle to work scheme.
Do you have what it takes to be our Project Manager (Planned Works)?
You’ll have:
- HNC/Degree/Diploma level education or equivalent construction experience with sound knowledge of residential maintenance, refurbishment, PAS 2035 and insurance claims.
- Knowledge and understanding of health and safety issues affecting residential properties (e.g., asbestos) and understanding of construction health and safety legislation (including CDM 2015)
- Experience of managing multiple priorities and budgets simultaneously.
- Numerate with excellent budget control and forecasting abilities.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to provide high quality monthly and quarterly reports.
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills to manage internal and external relationships.
- The drive to own the customer experience and commitment to achieving positive customer outcomes.
- A full driving license and access to a car.
For a full job description of this role please click here.
This position is subject to a successful DBS check.
Interviews
Interviews for this position will take place on Tuesday 8th October via Teams.
Location
The successful candidate will be contracted to our Bradford office but will be expected to be in the field up to 50% of the time across the West Yorkshire region.
We’re a keen promoter of agile working and encourage the use of working from home, as long as we meet our customer’s needs.
We’ll provide you with the equipment and software that you’ll need for the purpose of your role however it will be your responsibility to have an appropriate space to work from as well as a suitable broadband connection/provider.
Who are Accent?
At Accent, we believe that everyone should have access to an affordable, sustainable, and safe home, and our work across the country aims to do just that.
We’re a national organisation, but with a community focus. We were formed in 1966 and have grown in the time since, and now provide homes and services to over 40,000 customers.
We understand the impact our work can have in creating better places for people to live by providing well-designed housing, which is in short supply, and building sustainable communities where people choose to live. We are proud of our Homes England Strategic Partnership, which allows us to build even more homes in areas of housing need.
But we are not just about building new homes. We invest in our existing homes to make sure they offer our customers the very best in living standards by adapting to meet new ideas, environmental changes, new regulations for safety and security and modern technology to make them a home for life, in every way our customers need them to be.
Caring for our customers also means caring for their environment. With our ambitious energy-efficient development plans, and our retrofitting projects which are modernising our current homes; we are putting sustainability at the fore so that we can drive value for customers now and in the future.
As anchor institutions in the communities where we work, it’s important we leverage partnerships and seek opportunities for customers that provide the foundations for better living. We build relationships which accelerate and advance our work to ensure customers are supported if they need it and can be happy living in their homes.
Our new operating model puts our colleagues in the heart of our communities. We are committed to building strong relationships with our customers and we work alongside them to co-curate the services we deliver.
We never stop evolving – we are ambitious and driven and understand that great performance is a product of an inclusive and supportive environment, where colleagues can thrive and achieve their best. With a new people strategy and corporate strategy which will sets out our commitments from 2024-2027, it’s an exciting time to join Accent.
If you require reasonable adjustments to any part of our recruitment process, please let us know we will ensure requirements are met.
Please don’t delay in submitting your application. Where roles are urgent or we receive a high volume of applications, we may interview and conclude the process prior to any closing date indicated.
If you have any queries about the role, please email:
"PeopleServices@accentgroup.org".
Please note candidates must have current eligibility to live and work in the UK, Accent do not currently hold sponsorship.
We are excited about our future and if you are too, we’d love to hear from you.
