Job Overview
Annual salary: up to £49,987.00. Gas Manager Location: Evesham. Contract starts 1st of July 2026. Permanent full-time contract, £49,987.00 per annum plus £4,000 car allowance and company benefits.
Mears Group delivers a long‑term social housing repairs and maintenance partnership across the wider Midlands region, providing services across a geographically diverse portfolio. The contract covers responsive repairs, planned maintenance and property services with a strong focus on customer service, quality and community investment.
Responsibilities
- Oversee all aspects of gas and heating service delivery, ensuring compliance with legislation, contractual obligations and Mears operating standards.
- Management of operational and commercial delivery in line with contract requirements, budgets and cash flow.
- Ensure full compliance with gas safety, health and safety legislation, company policies and industry best practice.
- Manage direct labour and supply chain resources to improve productivity and deliver cost efficiencies.
- Oversee programmed servicing programmes, ensuring all checks are completed within agreed timescales.
- Ensure accurate evidence is captured to demonstrate compliance with gas safety requirements.
- Promote a strong customer focused culture aligned to the Mears Red Thread.
- Ensure all reporting and KPI requirements are met within agreed timescales.
- Manage, coach and develop employees, ensuring performance and conduct standards are maintained.
- Protect company assets and ensure HR policies and procedures are followed.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, service users and local communities.
- Support business development activities and assist with bid preparation where required.
Key Criteria
- NVQ Level 2 in Domestic Plumbing or equivalent.
- Domestic Gas qualifications including CCN1, CENWAT, CKR1 and HTR1.
- Proven experience managing gas repairs, servicing, installations and compliance delivery.
- Strong commercial and performance management experience.
- Experience managing multiple sites and contracts.
- Demonstrated ability to lead, motivate and develop a diverse workforce.
- Strong knowledge of health and safety regulations including COSHH.
- Excellent communication, leadership and organisational skills.
- Full UK driving licence.
- Experience in social housing and local authority contracts desirable.
- ILM or leadership qualifications and IOSH or health and safety qualifications desirable.
- Knowledge of renewable or alternative heating systems desirable.
- All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK; Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship.
- To drive a Mears vehicle, you must be aged over 21, have held your licence over 3 months and have less than 9 points.
- Background, Identity & Security checks are required before commencement of employment.
Benefits
- Family friendly policy including enhanced maternity, paternity leave and more.
- Generous Pension Scheme.
- Sick Pay.
- Refer a friend scheme (total award £1,000).
- Share saver scheme.
- Eye test vouchers.
- Employee Assistance Programme.
- Wellbeing service.
- Mears Annual Family Fun Day (fully paid, including lunch; destination could be Blair Drummond Safari Park or M&D’s Theme Park).
- Mears Rewards – a performance recognition platform with high street vouchers.
- Volunteering Leave.
- Excellent training and development opportunities.
- 25 days holiday entitlement along with bank holidays.
Legal & Diversity Statement
All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK; Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship. To drive a Mears vehicle, you must be aged over 21, have held your licence over 3 months and have less than 9 points. All roles are subject to relevant background, identity and security checks before commencement of employment. Mears Group is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. We are a Disability Confident employer and support the Armed Forces Covenant. We also hold the Gold Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme and an Endorser Award for the Career Transition Partnership. We encourage applicants to voluntarily share demographic background information to support social mobility, but these questions are optional and will not affect application eligibility.
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