Maintenance Team Leader

Overview

Are you driven by making homes safer, better, and ready for the people who rely on them? If you’re passionate about delivering high‑quality repairs services and leading teams that take real pride in their work, this could be your next step.

Plus Dane provides homes and services to over 30,000 people across Merseyside and Cheshire. Our aim is to tackle social inequality by enabling individuals and communities to thrive and our customer team is at the heart of what we do. Working with our customers really does change people’s lives and if you want to make a difference Plus Dane is the place to be!

We live by our values of working together, achieving for our customers, taking ownership, and having the opportunity to learn and grow.

About the Role: As our Maintenance Team Leader, you’ll play a key part in ensuring our homes remain safe, well‑maintained and ready for our customers. You’ll lead a team delivering a wide range of responsive repairs and void property works, ensuring our services are well‑organised, efficient and consistently high‑quality.

You will:

• Lead and motivate a team delivering general maintenance, repairs, and improvement work.
• Plan, organise and supervise work to ensure jobs are completed efficiently and to high standards.
• Manage day‑to‑day performance, budgets, KPIs and quality assurance across your designated area.
• Carry out pre‑ and post‑inspections to safeguard service quality and an effective audit trail.
• Liaise with contractors, colleagues, residents and partners to resolve issues and provide excellent customer service.
• Ensure materials, equipment and resources are procured and managed effectively.
• Drive health and safety compliance, safe systems of work and continuous service improvement.
• Support out‑of‑hours emergency repairs rota arrangements.

• SMSTS or IOSH qualification.
• Strong literacy, numeracy and IT skills, with confidence interpreting data and using repairs/housing systems.
• Experience leading teams in a maintenance, repairs, asset management or related environment.
• Experience in improving services, project management, contract management and procurement.
• Sound knowledge of sector regulations, health & safety and data protection.
• In‑depth knowledge of NHMF SORs.
• Ability to work under pressure, manage competing priorities and drive performance.
• Motivated team player with strong communication skills

• ILM coaching qualification (or willingness to work towards)
• Additional technical qualifications (e.g., BTEC, HNC, HND, Degree).
• Knowledge of systems such as Open Contractor, Documotive, P2P/Ipos, Total Mobile.

Please note due to the responsibilities of this position, you must have a valid UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle. If you receive an offer, you will be asked to provide evidence of your qualifications—like original certificates—as part of the onboarding process before your appointment is confirmed.

This is a permanent role working 35 hours per week. You will be working across various locations in Cheshire and Merseyside.

You’ll be generously rewarded with a competitive salary and a great benefits package, including 35 days’ annual leave, plus bank holidays. This includes a 3-day Christmas closedown between Christmas and New Year and you have the option to buy up to 5 extra days annually.

You’ll also benefit from a company pension scheme where we contribute 9%, and colleagues can contribute anything from 3% upwards. We’re committed to our people’s wellbeing supported by an excellent management team, wellbeing champions, and mental health first aiders.

We actively encourage personal development, with plenty of opportunities to progress your career and access ongoing training, including formal qualifications.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment.

If you need any adjustments to apply or attend an interview, please let us know.

Ready to make a difference?

This is your chance to lead a team that helps create safe, high‑quality homes for our customers. If you’re motivated by meaningful work and ready to step into a role where you can make a lasting impact - we’d love to hear from you. Apply here

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