Living Space Housing has appointed former Wates manager, Keith Harris as its new contracts manager to oversee three live developments in Shropshire and Oxfordshire
Keith Harris joins Living Space from Wates Construction North West, where he was a construction manager for various residential projects, as well as having pre-construction responsibilities.
Prior to that, he was a contracts manager for Kier Living’s central region, where he oversaw the delivery of both open market and affordable homes.
Before that, he was a contracts manager for Seddon Construction for 12 years.
Keith Harris is experienced in managing colleagues and contractors while working as part of a senior leadership team. He is skilled in health and safety training and has extensive knowledge of working alongside the NHBC.
Keeping ‘build projects on track’
Steve Davies, managing director of Living Space Housing, said: “Keith has been brought on board to oversee two of our live developments in Telford for The Wrekin Housing Group and our green energy heat source project in Oxfordshire for our new client Paradigm.
“He will manage the key supply chain relationships and be an integral part of our management communication channel.
“As an experienced contracts manager, Keith will implement our wide-ranging quality standards, troubleshoot where required, and ensure our build programmes are kept on track.”
Keith Harris, contracts manager for Living Space Housing, added: “It is exciting to be joining a company that is growing at such a rapid pace, as there is plenty of scope for career development and to broaden my experience and skills base.
“I have worked with a number of my new colleagues previously, so it is really nice to be joining such a friendly and welcoming team.
“I am looking forward to getting stuck in and supporting the site managers to deliver quality affordable homes that we can all be proud of.”
