Job Description:

Our client is currently looking to recruit a Housing Contracts Manager – Capital Programme on an initial 6 month with opportunities for extension.
  
Housing Contracts Manager – Capital Programme
£433 per day inside IR35
Taunton – Hybrid
  
The successful candidate will have previous experience as a Contracts Manger / Capital Programme Manager and ideally have worked within Housing / Capital projects.  As the Capital Programme Manager you will be leading on capital programmes and contract management across the organisations housing assets, ensuring it complies with statutory regulations, will lead the capital programmes and contract team, will ensure the performance management system in place is robust to ensure effective compliance is achieved and will manage the Capital projects including –

• Replacement kitchens and bathrooms
• Re-roofing
• Replacement windows and doors
• Installation and updating of door entry systems
• Upgrading insulation and ventilation
• Major environmental improvement programmes
• Electrical testing and remedial works
• Fire safety works (e.g., fire doors, emergency lighting, and compartmentalisation)
• Water safety works
• Deliver the annual capital programme for the service including decent homes, net zero and environmental works, capita programme environmental works, Water treatment plant replacement programme, Net Zero programme.

Key duties

• Deliver Capital Programme contracts across areas of responsibility, which are customer focused, deliver value for money, and maintains properties. 
• Assist in setting clear standards and performance targets to all Capital Programmes allocated to them and monitor and report on progress in meeting them.  
• The role involves project management of large, complex projects within the social housing sector, including to occupied properties, to ensure all projects are delivered to cost, quality and time constraints.
• There is a high level of autonomy for each of these projects, which require multi-tasking of multiple projects, at differing stages of their project lifecycle, with a total annual value of c.£3m.
• Key aspects are budget responsibility, health and safety, and delivery of a quality product whilst minimising the impact on residents’ lives whilst work is in progress.
• Assist in the delivery and compliance of all statutory, corporate policy, and regulatory requirements to protect the Council and its services.  
• To ensure all aspects of works are carried out in line with Health and Safety legislation, CDM Regulations and carry out the duties of planning Supervisor and / or designer
• To follow the approved procedure for dealing with void properties where these are being managed by the Capital & Contracts team, ensuring that works are prioritised and void times kept to a minimum.

The ideal candidate will have proven experience in contract management / Capital programming, have surveying experience and have recognised Health & Safety / Construction Qualification or relevant experience.
  
This is a fantastic opportunity to join an established organisation on an initial 3 month contract, working on a hybrid basis.