Area Manager, Cleaning Services | Growth & Compliance

Fairford Associates

Northampton

On-site

GBP 45,000 - 55,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

Fairford Associates is seeking an experienced Area Manager to oversee a portfolio of cleaning contracts in the Milton Keynes and Northampton area. The business operates across schools, offices, factories and other sites, with around twenty sites and a team of roughly seventy operatives supported by four supervisors.

You will ensure compliance with company policies and current legislation, safeguard the company’s image, drive contract retention, manage health and safety audits, recruit and

Responsibilities

To ensure that work is undertaken is in line with the Companies policies / procedures and current legislation.
To ensure at all times the Company’s image is maintained and its interests safeguarded.
To ensure contract retention targets are met on a consistent basis.
To ensure all aspects of Health and Safety are adhered to at all times and ensure that quarterly H&S audits are carried out with a monthly cleaning inspection.
To ensure the recruitment and selection of employees and termination is carried out within the framework of the current employment legislation.
To recruit, train and develop employees and be responsible for their welfare and problems.
To manage a motivates, flexible and contented workforce.
To control overheads and operational costs for the Account and ensure profitability.
Bring about cost saving initiative where applicable.
To develop opportunities for other services to be supplied by the company
To plan, manage and organise the operational activities of the Account and oversee work scheduling.
Ensuring proper standards of service / cleaning are established and maintained, any deficiency is remedied as soon as possible.
To liaise with the client to ensure the smooth running of the Account.
Always ensuring the Account is adequately always staffed and services are properly supervised.
To complete Performance reviews for their employees and ensure they are complying with the policies / procedures of the company and the client.
Always ensuring the adequate equipment and materials are available at the site.
To administer the Account including relations, training, personnel, and accident reporting, together with the company’s grievance and disciplinary procedure.
To maintain and control Account costs through the control of materials and wages to ensure expenditure is within agreed budgetary guidelines.
To attend training courses and meetings as requested to keep abreast of new techniques and skills.
To carry out any other reasonable request from the job holders superior.
Ensure adequate planning for the successful start of new / existing contracts including TUPE.

Job description

You will ensure compliance with company policies and current legislation, safeguard the company’s image, drive contract retention, manage health and safety audits, recruit and

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