Maintenance Supervisor

Maintenance Supervisor
40 Hours / Full time / Permanent
Tongwynlais, Cardiff with regular travel in and around the Vale and Valleys / Cardiff Areas
£43,263 to £45,540

Are you looking for the opportunity to supervise a trade team to deliver a high quality, right first time service to our tenants? Do you have experience of working within Social Housing repairs or the wider repairs and maintenance sectors? Then we have an exciting role that might be just what you’re looking for.

About Us
The Cadarn Housing Group is the parent company with Cadwyn Housing Association, Newydd Housing Association, Living Quarters (Lettings and Sales) Wales Ltd, and Igneous as subsidiaries.

Cadarn Housing Group is the parent of the Group and provides oversight and support services role. Newydd Housing Association is a charitable housing association, that offers over 3,000 affordable homes for rent and sale to people where need is at its greatest in Mid and South Wales, working in several local authority areas. Cadwyn Housing Association owns and manages 2,000 homes for affordable rent and low-cost home ownership as well as a range of community regeneration initiatives.


About the role
We are looking for a proactive and positive Maintenance Supervisor who can lead and manage a team of trade operatives to deliver an effective and efficient repairs and maintenance service to ensure our properties are maintained to the highest standards and within legislative and quality standards.

Reporting to our Building Maintenance Manager, you will be responsible for the day-to-day delivery of our services, and you will contribute to the commercial viability of our Property Services Team, whilst ensuring service demands and quality assurance are always met.

About you
You should have previous supervisory knowledge, experience, and a working knowledge of all aspects of domestic property repairs, maintenance, planned services and property improvements. With a minimum of Level 3 qualification in a relevant field, you will also need to be IT literate and be competent in Word, Excel, and Outlook. You will be a role model for your people and be able to motivate and develop a high performing team.

This is a demanding and challenging role, and you should enjoy working effectively under your own initiative and managing a busy workload, whilst also being a team player with great customer service and communication skills. You will be required to join the on-call manager rota (1 in 8 weeks) to support our out-of-hours service for emergency repairs. You will receive a standby allowance and on call payments for this.

Continuous improvement and customer service is at the heart of what we do so high standards of work and the ability to be flexible and innovative is important to us. Central to the way you work should be the desire to finish jobs “right first time”.

Closing date for applications: Sunday 31 May 2026
Interview date: Thursday 11 June 2026

*Please note that we reserve the right to close the role earlier than scheduled if a suitable candidate is found and/or subject to the number of applications received so please apply early to avoid disappointment.

Cadarn are proud to be an equal opportunity employer! We respect and seek to empower our people by supporting the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills, and experiences within our workforce. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds particularly from people of colour or people with disabilities as they are currently underrepresented in our workplace.

Don’t meet every single requirement? If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply or contact us to discuss your experience. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

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