Electrical Contracts Manager – Maintenance & Small Works in Wolverhampton

Electrical Contracts Manager – Maintenance & Small Works
Location: West Midlands, East Midlands & Central region (travel across the region)
Type: Permanent, full-time (immediate start)
Salary: £45,000 (negotiable depending on experience and qualifications) + company vehicle and package

The company
Our client is a long-established and respected Midlands building contractor. They deliver refurbishment, design and build, framework and maintenance projects across the commercial, leisure, healthcare, education and defence sectors. Their electrical division provides planned and reactive maintenance and small works, and it’s growing.

The role
Reporting to the Electrical Divisional Manager, you’ll oversee the electrical maintenance team, reactive works and small refurbishment projects. You’ll manage engineers, subcontractors and multiple live jobs from first enquiry to completion: planning resources, preparing quotations, controlling costs and keeping clients happy. This is a great opportunity for someone motivated and ambitious who wants to take ownership and help grow the department.

What you’ll be doing

• Overseeing the day-to-day electrical maintenance team, including planning engineers and prioritising reactive and planned works
• Managing small refurbishment projects from survey and quotation through delivery, handover and close-out
• Preparing quotations and estimates, and managing variations, valuations and cost control
• Keeping jobs within agreed financial targets and finding ways to improve value
• Keeping job updates, site records and client communications accurate in the company’s job management software
• Building and maintaining strong client relationships
• Taking ownership of health and safety, and making sure engineers and subcontractors follow company procedures
• Working with the Divisional Manager to improve performance, processes and team development

What we’re looking for

• Proven experience managing electrical maintenance, reactive works and small refurbishment projects
• Up-to-date electrical qualifications and a valid ECS card (minimum)
• SMSTS or SSSTS
• Good commercial understanding, including estimating, tendering, variations, valuations and cost control
• Strong organisational skills, including labour planning, scheduling and managing multiple live jobs
• Confident IT user, including Microsoft Office and digital job management/reporting systems
• Able to lead and support engineers and communicate confidently with clients
• Fire and security experience (advantageous)
• First Aid (advantageous)
• Willing to undergo a DBS check
• Full UK driving licence

What’s on offer

• £45,000, negotiable depending on experience and qualifications
• Company vehicle
• Company phone or phone allowance
• 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
• On-call rota of 1 week in 6, paid at £100 plus a 3-hour minimum per call-out
• Pension and benefits after a 6-month probation period
• A chance to shape and grow a developing electrical division