My client are one of the leading Property Maintenance and Social Housing Contractors in the country. They are an award winning business with a great reputation, great staff retention rates and excellent benefits.They have a rare opportunity for an Operations Manager to run a long term Repairs and Maintenance Contract for them in Wigan. This will largely include responsive maintenance over a large number of properties across the West Lancashire region, but there is also a small planned element (kitchens, bathrooms etc.) and some void work.The successful candidate will ideally come from a Social Housing Contractor/Provider background and have experience managing Repairs and Maintenance Contracts at high level, having previously worked as a Senior Contracts Manager/Operations Manager within Social Housing. Experience of kitchen replacements, voids, or electrical works is also advantageous.Some duties will include:Responsible for all regional delivery; building and maintaining an effective and motivated team Lead the division with an operational and commercial mindset making sure the team are aware of contract obligations and how they can always influence profitability Ensure that all projects are set-up with company governance maximised, production control in place and productivity regularly monitored To work and develop relationships with all key clients to allow each contract to run in accordance with the brief and the clients'' high expectations. Attend all client progress ..... full job details .....