Major Works Manager

Salary
£65,255
Contract
Permanent
Application Deadline
12/08/2025
Post date
30 July 2025

Full Time, Permanent     

Closing Date: TBC

 

Support our communities. See the difference you can make in our city.     

At One Manchester we are passionate about providing good quality homes, great services and real opportunities for customers and communities. We are more than just a landlord. We invest in new and existing homes, provide money advice and wellbeing, employment and training support and build strong partnerships to support inclusive growth. 

We have an exciting position available for a Major Works Manager to join us! 

You’ll ensure the Major Works Team consistently delivers an outstanding customer experience by driving high levels of performance and service excellence whilst pushing for continuous improvement across all activities that align with the organisation’s vision, values and objectives. Use insight and expertise to lead a proactive Major Works Team, you will be responsible for developing and delivering planned maintenance as well as lead the delivery of a successful, high-quality empty house service by supporting the team to ensure all void properties refurbished to a high standard. You will be leading the development and support the implementation of One Manchester’s response to Awaab’s Law, ensuring teams meet agreed targets while complying with all statutory and regulatory requirements.

What we’re looking for:        

  • Educated to HNC level in a construction-related discipline with a strong foundation in technical and practical aspects of the built environment

  • Comprehensive understanding of the Housing Disrepair Protocol, Building Regulations, HHSRS, Decent Homes Standard, and the Homes Regulatory Standards

  • Computer literate

  • Able to perform effectively under pressure with a forward-thinking and positive approach to problem solving

  • Strong knowledge of building maintenance and construction

  • Proven experience in contracting and negotiating with clients and contractors, underpinned by strong commercial awareness

 

Why take up the challenge with One Manchester? This really is a great place to work. We’ve bags of potential and have huge opportunities waiting to be unlocked. Supportive and flexible, we’re rightly proud of our work and excited about the future. So, challenge yourself to be creative and ambitious and see the difference you can make in our great city.        

If this sounds like you then apply today, we’d love to hear from you!     

 

We own and manage over 12,000 homes in central, south and east Manchester. We have one purpose: to provide good quality homes, great services, and real opportunities for our customers and communities. Our role as a trusted Registered Provider of Social Housing goes well beyond putting people in safe and secure homes. That’s not to say it’s not one our key priorities, it’s simply one of the many things we do to help our customers live happy and fulfilled lives.  We put people at the heart of everything we do. We’re constantly evolving as a business to ensure we’re supporting our customers and communities. We focus on improving our communities by offering a range of services, including employment opportunities, building new developments, and ensuring our customers have safe homes to live in.   

In accordance with the aims of our Equality and Diversity strategy and organisational commitment to address the employment of underrepresented groups, One Manchester is operating 'the Rooney Rule'.  This means that we aim to interview at least one ethnically diverse candidate for all roles.  We will also interview at least one female candidate for all our roles within our trades and facilities teams where we experience an under representation. 

One Manchester strives for equality, diversity and inclusion in all that we do.  We positively encourage applications for employment from eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.     

We are transitioning to a culture where agile working will be a feature of many of our roles. We also try to support and promote a culture of flexible working where possible and practical. If you are interested in a role but require flexibility or part time hours please give us a call and we can let you know if this can be considered for a particular role.