Repairs & Maintenance Manager

  • Niyaa People Ltd
  • City, Cardiff
  • 20/01/2026
Full time Construction

Job Description

We're working with a well-established social housing provider in the South Wales who are looking to appoint a Repairs & Maintenance Manager to join their team. This permanent, full-time position offers hybrid working, combining home-based work with office attendance and site visits across the region, overseeing day-to-day responsive services.

This Repairs & Maintenance Manager role is offering:

  • Salary in the region of 52 000 per annum, depending on experience.
  • Permanent contract working 37 hours per week.
  • Hybrid working with flexibility across home, office and site.
  • Local government-style pension with strong employer contribution.
  • Enhanced annual leave, family-friendly and wellbeing benefits.

Key duties of the successful in this role:

  • Leading and managing responsive repairs and maintenance services across housing stock.
  • Managing in-house teams and external contractors to ensure service delivery standards are met.
  • Ensuring compliance with health and safety, housing standards and regulatory requirements.
  • Monitoring performance, budgets and KPIs to deliver value for money.
  • Reducing repeat work and improving first-time fix rates.
  • Handling escalations, complaints and complex cases in a customer-focused manner.
  • Building strong working relationships with internal teams, residents and stakeholders.

Skills needed for the Repairs & Maintenance Manager position:

  • Strong experience managing repairs and maintenance services within social housing.
  • Good understanding of building maintenance, compliance and housing standards.
  • Strong leadership and people management skills.
  • Commercial awareness and budget management experience.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Qualifications needed for the role:

  • Relevant construction, building or management qualification or equivalent experience.
  • Experience managing responsive repairs contracts or in-house teams.
  • Knowledge of social housing regulations and compliance requirements.
  • Full UK driving licence with access to a vehicle.

If this Repairs & Maintenance Manager role is of interest to you or someone you may know, please reach out via email to (url removed) or call (phone number removed).