Planned Maintenance Operations Manager

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Interim Property Services Manager (Planned Maintenance), 3-6 month contract, Rate up to £450 pd

Interim Property Services Manager (Planned Maintenance & Surveying)Rate: Up to £450 per day
Start: End Jan / February
Location: Cambridgeshire
Your new company
Are you an experienced property services professional with a strong background in planned maintenance, surveying, procurement, and strategic asset management? This local authority is seeking an interim leader to drive high quality service delivery, strengthen compliance, and support major investment programmes across its housing portfolio.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a confident, solutions focused manager who can lead teams, improve systems, and deliver measurable service improvements from day one.
Your new role

• Lead Planned Maintenance: Oversee all planned works, ensure accurate programming and budgeting, manage leaseholder obligations (incl. Section 20), and drive continuous service improvement through feedback and complaints handling.
• Manage Surveying Functions: Lead and support Surveyors, ensure high quality inspections and stock condition data, oversee land/title compliance, and maintain professional and regulatory standards across the team.
• Drive Procurement & Contract Management: Deliver efficient procurement, manage contracts and contractors, benchmark performance, and identify funding opportunities for property investment.
• Support Strategic & Business Planning: Contribute to Housing Strategy objectives, manage budgets and forecasts, lead garage refurbishment and capital investment programmes, and ensure robust performance data and reporting.
• Improve Systems & Processes: Develop and implement effective systems (including mobile working), optimise staff deployment, maintain service standards, and ensure strong performance management.
• Stakeholder & Resident Engagement: Represent the Council at key meetings, ensure effective communication with Members, tenants, leaseholders, and partners, and promote collaborative working.
• Support Wider Property Services: Assist with responsive repairs, voids, and compliance activities as needed to ensure a joined up service.

What you’ll need to succeed
• Strong leadership experience within housing property services.
• Expertise in planned maintenance, surveying, procurement, and contract management.
• A strategic mindset with the ability to deliver operational excellence.
• Confidence managing budgets, data, and performance frameworks.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to build strong relationships with stakeholders and residents.

What you’ll get in return
This is an initial contract lasting up to 6 months that may be reviewed and extended. The client is recruiting permanently and so there may be the opportunity for this to convert into a permanent role. This will be a hybrid role with some time working from the office with the team and from home the rest of the week.

What you need to do now

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