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* Job Title: Facilities and Maintenance Manager* Location: Hailsham* Salary: £45,000 - £48,500 depending on experience * Working hours: Monday to Friday 7:30am - 4:30pm
HRGO Recruitment are seeking an experience Facilities and Maintenance Manager to join our clients busy Estates Team in their prestigious education facility.Job Summary:
The Facilities and Maintenance Manager will be responsible for the efficient management and maintenance of buildings, equipment, and grounds. This role demands hands-on leadership to supervise a team of maintenance staff, coordinate day-to-day operations, and oversee long-term maintenance planning. The ideal candidate will be someone who has experience in managing an in house team of multi-skilled engineers with a flexible approach to working well under pressure, and who also has excellent written and verbal communication skills.HRGO Recruitment are looking for a hands-on leader who will be willing to carry out labour alongside their team and have experience on a busy and diverse site. Time will be split between working hands on with the engineers and desk-based work. Organisational skills are key as you will be leading, developing and training the facilities team, Security Manager & Housekeeping Manager ensuring they are engaged, high performing and have the right skill set for the correct task."Benefits:* A real living wage employer * A fantastic holiday allowance of 30 days plus bank holidays * A generous company pension with salary exchange options * Employee Assistance Programme * Free use of School gym & pool facilities/discounted nationwide gym membership * Eye care vouchers * Beneficiary Nominations (Death in Service) * Lunch provided for daytime hours * Free on site parking at the Senior School
Key Responsibilities:* Planned Maintenance and small projects: Working with the Director of Estates to an agreed 5-year maintenance schedule of works, refurbishments and trust approved small projects works to all buildings and staff accommodation ensuring that all reactive and planned maintenance to its buildings and facilities are maintained, fully compliant and are in keeping with the trusts visions and values.* Planned Maintenance Service delivery: Manage the day-to day reactive and planned preventative maintenance (PPM) schedules so that all buildings, delivery standards and service level agreements (SLA's), are met and the facilities and equipment are appropriately serviced/maintained by the effective management of the maintenance engineers and preferred contractors.* Emergency Maintenance Delivery: To manage a 365 day a year emergency service, including an out-of-hours service for emergency repairs by allocating appropriate resources from an agreed-on call rota.* Site security/Porterage & Housekeeping: Working closely with the Security Manager & Housekeeping Manager to ensure both teams provide effective site security & Housekeeping Services and support to the maintenance engineers, school functions and events team.* Budget management: To work with the Director of Estates to compile budgets and forecast for the planned maintenance, condition survey, and small project works and work closely with the Finance department ensuring all accounts/invoices are monitored, updated and correct whilst balancing costs with quality to ensure that services are delivered within budget and best value is always assured.* Staff Management and training: To lead, develop, performance manage and train all staff within areas of responsibility, to ensure that we have an effective, engaged and high performing team of people with the right skills and levels of compliance and responsibility. Maintain a high level of Health and safety and access to the appropriate R/A to allow staff to carry out their work in a safe and controlled environment with a full understanding of safeguarding and the welfare of children.* Systems and administrative records: To work closely with the Data and Compliance Assistant to ensure that the Estate database is working correctly and efficiently so that the Estates team can work to SLA's and that there are clear logs of all required records and documentation of all the maintenance, compliance and porterage work undertaken and make available for appropriate inspections and Audits etc.
Required Skills and Experience:
* Proven experience in facilities management or a related field, with at least 5 years in a managerial capacity.* Strong technical understanding of building systems and maintenance protocols.* Demonstrated leadership and team management skills.* Excellent problem-solving and decision-making abilities.* Ability to work effectively with contractors, vendors, and stakeholders.* Proficient in using maintenance management software and Microsoft Office Suite.* Superb organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.* Strong communication skills with the ability to convey complex technical information clearly.
If you are interested in the above position please click "Apply" now and a consultant will be in contact if successful.
