Team Supervisor (Operations)
About the job
Salary: £39,152 - £41,771 a year plus £963 essential car user allowance
Hours per week: 37
Contract type: Permanent
Are you an experienced building maintenance professional with a passion for delivering high-quality services? Luton Council is seeking a Team Supervisor (Operations) to lead and coordinate our skilled workforce, ensuring exceptional service across our operations.
As a Team Supervisor, you will:
- Oversee day-to-day building maintenance operations, ensuring compliance with specifications, schedules of rates, and agreed standards.
- Allocate labour and materials efficiently to meet targets, deadlines, and performance objectives.
- Interpret requests and produce specifications, drawings, estimates, and technical reports.
- Provide expert advice while ensuring adherence to Council policies and legislative requirements.
- Monitor health & safety compliance and maintain high-quality service delivery.
- Respond to emergency situations outside normal hours, including attending sites and inspections where required.
Please note this role does not attract sponsorship.
About you
What We’re Looking For
- Demonstrable experience in building maintenance and working with Schedule of Rates.
- Strong supervisory skills with the ability to plan, organise and lead teams effectively.
- Skilled in problem-solving and applying systematic solutions.
- Excellent communication skills—both written and verbal—with customers, contractors, and colleagues.
- Understanding of the building industry, commercial awareness, and regulatory compliance (including Health & Safety).
- A recognised building trade qualification (e.g., City & Guilds) and/or equivalent supervisory experience.
- Willingness to attend sites across the UK, work outside normal hours, and undertake surveys including working at height and in confined spaces.
Why Join Us?
At Luton Council, you’ll be part of a supportive team dedicated to delivering quality services to our community. We value diversity, equality, and continuous improvement. In return, we offer competitive pay, excellent benefits, and professional development opportunities.
How to Apply:
If you have the skills, experience, and drive to excel in this role, we want to hear from you!
About us
Our ambitious Luton 2040 Vision – that no-one in Luton will have to live in poverty – is at the heart of everything we do. We recognise that our people are remarkable, talented, committed and passionate about serving our residents.
The people of Luton depend heavily on this council – and that means our workforce! Are you ready to realise the remarkable and help us deliver our vision?
We welcome applications from all sections of the community and are committed to developing a workforce that reflects the diversity of our borough
Application Process
On occasions, we may close a vacancy early due to a very high number of applications being received.
Benefits
We offer a range of excellent staff benefits which include:
- From 25 to 32 days’ annual leave: linked to length of service and grade
- Buying annual leave scheme: buy up to 20 days additional annual leave
- Career Pathways: step up in your career or move into a specialist area
- Pension scheme: with generous employer contributions of up to 20.2 per cent (at July 2023) and 3x salary death in service grant
- Generous relocation package: up to £8,000 (subject to eligibility)
- Employee Assistance Programme: a free, 24/7 confidential counselling and wellbeing support service available to all employees, their partner or spouse and dependent children over 16 still living at home
- Work/life balance: flexible working options including working from home where possible. We welcome requests for flexible working arrangements including part-time hours and alternative working patterns
- Training and support: unlimited access to development courses, mentoring and support and clear career pathways
- Staff offers: includes discounts on your MOT, gym and fitness, restaurants and salons
- Arriva Travel Club: great value savings on local bus travel
How to apply
We understand that job applications take time and effort, but a high-quality application shows that you are professional with a good attention to detail. The recruiting manager may receive a number of applications for each job advertised so you want yours to stand out!
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Available documents
Attached documents are available under links. Clicking a document link will initialize its download.Salary range
- £39,152 - £41,771 per year