Area Manager

SBFM; Market Deeping; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading facilities management company is seeking an experienced Area Cleaning Manager to oversee cleaning operations across multiple sites in and around Birmingham. The role requires excellent leadership skills, a proactive approach, and the ability to ensure high cleaning standards. Candidates must be self-motivated with a strong client focus. Competitive benefits include a company vehicle and comprehensive holiday entitlement.

Benefits

Company vehicle

Fuel Card

20 days holiday plus bank holidays

Pension Scheme

Internal mentoring scheme

Regular company events

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing cleaning teams in a facilities management environment.
• Self-motivated with a flexible attitude towards work requirements.
• Ability to motivate and train others effectively.

Responsibilities

• Attend sites to resolve cleaning issues.
• Ensure cleaning standards meet specifications.
• Compliance with health & safety legislation.
• Collaborate with managers and team members.
• Train new cleaners.

Skills

Demonstrable experience in a similar role

Proactive approach

Excellent attention to detail

Confident and engaging manner

Strong client focus

Team player

Job description

About The Role

We are looking for an experienced area cleaning manager to join our team!

As an Area Manager you will be field based and travel between various site locations in and around Birmingham. Car allowance and a mobile phone will be provided to you along with all of the cleaning equipment that you will require in order to carry out your job role.

For this role, frequent travel between the following locations will be required: Birmingham, Leamington Spa, Nuneaton, Coventry, Peterborough, Wisbech, Stamford, Rushden, Corby, Kettering, Market Harborough.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Attending sites to resolve any cleaning issues and bring up to standard
• Cleaning all areas of our clients sites including hoovering floors, cleaning and sanitising surfaces.
• Ensuring that the standard of cleaning is delivered based on agreed specification
• Ensuring health & safety legislation is followed at all times.
• Responding to ad hoc requests from Management Team
• Escalating any concerns or site-level intelligence to the Area Manager
• Completing stock checks and following agreed process for ordering
• Effective collaboration with all colleagues, Regional Managers and Area Managers
• Supporting with training and inductions for new cleaners

Qualifications And Skills

• Demonstrable experience in a similar role
• A proactive approach and an excellent eye for detail, methodical and organised
• Self motivated, confident and an engaging approachable manner with a ‘can do’ flexible attitude to work requirements
• Excellent client focus and a proven track record of service delivery in facilities management or contract cleaning environment
• Team player and able to motivate others

The Successful Candidate Will Receive

• Company vehicle
• Fuel Card
• 20 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Pension Scheme
• Internal mentoring scheme
• Regular company events

Commitment to SBFM Values

• Be a Good Person We give people opportunities and embrace their inherent goodness. We are open minded and uphold integrity. We are respectful and considerate. We are kind and appreciative.
• Play as a Team Community and communication is everything. We remain inclusive within our company and with our clients. Together, we grow, retain, execute, and make an impact. We are one team.
• Think Differently We encourage a growth mindset, everything can be improved through effort. We love innovation and ideas. We are disruptors, and push boundaries for sustainable growth.
• Make an Impact

It’s all about the ultimate goal. We exceed expectations and deliver results at pace. We challenge the norm and step out of our comfort zone, because at our core, we are passionate and love to win.

About You

About Us
Our company recognises and values the enriching benefits equality, diversity and inclusion bring to our community. We celebrate diversity and actively encourage applicants from minority ethnic groups, LGBTQ+, disabled and neuro-diverse groups to apply for our vacancies. Our aim is to nurture happy teams who learn from and inspire each other, and we believe diversity is key to achieving this goal.