Disrepair Supervisor

Disrepair Supervisor

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DLP Services Northern Ltd | Liverpool
Salary: £40,000-£43,000 per annum
23 days holiday plus statutory bank holidays
Company allocated vehicle
About the Role
DLP Services Northern Ltd is looking for an experienced and proactive Disrepair Supervisor to oversee and coordinate property disrepair works across Liverpool, Merseyside.
This is a hands-on supervisory role, responsible for managing day-to-day repairs, coordinating in-house and subcontracted operatives, maintaining high standards of workmanship and health and safety, and ensuring all works are completed within agreed timescales and in line with client requirements.
Key Responsibilities
Pre-Start Inspections: Attend pre-start meetings and site inspections with clients to assess disrepair works against the relevant Scott Schedule and agree the scope of works required.
Programme and Deadline Management: Plan, coordinate and monitor works to ensure completion within agreed programmes and deadlines, including timescales set out in legal agreements.
Workflow Management: Develop clear schedules of work and allocate tasks to operatives, ensuring all works are prioritised and progressed effectively.
Site Supervision: Carry out regular site visits to monitor progress, workmanship, productivity and compliance with health and safety requirements.
Operative and Subcontractor Management: Oversee both directly employed and subcontracted operatives, ensuring work is completed efficiently and in accordance with DLP Services Northern Ltd's standards and client expectations.
Quality Control: Inspect completed and ongoing works, identify defects or outstanding items, and arrange remedial action where necessary.
Costing and Job Coding: Assess and cost works using the appropriate NATFED schedule of rates, supported by quotations where required, ensuring accurate job costing and coding.
Variations and Additional Works: Identify works outside the original scope, prepare and submit variation requests with clear cost breakdowns, written descriptions and supporting photographs for client approval.
Daily Operational Checks: Complete daily and weekly checks on operatives, including PDA usage, van checks, job records and compliance with company procedures.
Job Management Systems: Use the company's Epix system to update job records, monitor progress, audit information and maintain accurate records of works completed.
Client Communication: Maintain regular communication with clients, providing progress updates, reporting site issues promptly and escalating potential delays or additional requirements.
Health and Safety Compliance: Ensure operatives and subcontractors follow safe working practices, relevant risk assessments, method statements and site-specific requirements.
Reporting and Administration: Maintain accurate records of inspections, photographs, job progress, costs, variations and outstanding works to support effective contract management.

Skills, Experience and Qualifications
Essential:
Experience in property maintenance, repairs, building works or a similar construction-related environment.
Good understanding of property disrepair works and the processes involved in delivering scheduled repairs.
Ability to interpret Scott Schedules and coordinate works against an agreed scope.
Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple jobs, operatives and deadlines simultaneously.
Good communication skills and the confidence to liaise professionally with clients, operatives and subcontractors.
Basic working knowledge of Microsoft Outlook and Excel.
Confidence using job management or asset management systems, with the ability to maintain accurate electronic records.
Full UK driving licence and the ability to travel across Manchester and Lancashire.

Desirable:
Previous experience in a Disrepair Supervisor or similar supervisory role or a trade background, with practical knowledge of building repairs and property maintenance.
Experience using the NATFED schedule of rates for costing and pricing works.
SSSTS (Site Supervisor Safety Training Scheme) qualification. xwzovoh
Experience managing works subject to legal disrepair claims, agreed schedules or formal completion deadlines.