Building Manager

Sewell Group; Hull and East Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus up to £2,400

22 days holiday + bank holidays

Employee Ownership

Auto Enrolment pension

Staff discounts

Bike to Work Scheme

Technology Scheme

Parental Leave and Sickness Absence

Job summary

Sewell Group is seeking a Building Manager in Hull to oversee two health centres. You’ll manage maintenance, porterage, safety compliance, and tenant coordination across the facilities, reporting to the Facilities Manager. A trades background and proactive approach are essential.

Extra duties include supporting emergency response, liaising with subcontractors, and ensuring high service standards. An Enhanced DBS check is required and some out‑of‑hours work may be necessary.

Qualifications

• Full Driving Licence, UK valid and own transport.
• Satisfactory Enhanced DBS check.
• Trade background or strong practical maintenance experience.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office suite.
• Proactive attitude to maintaining facilities at world‑class quality.
• Excellent communication to liaise with Tenant Groups and subcontractors.
• Good organisational skills and task prioritisation.
• Flexible with hours; some out‑of‑hours work may be required.
• Solid knowledge of Health and Safety practices.

Responsibilities

• General maintenance and repairs to building fabric and equipment.
• Plan and perform reactive maintenance with mobile teams support.
• Identify, report and repair faults or defects promptly.
• Supervise and induct subcontractors.
• Support Facilities Manager as required.
• Uphold Health & Safety standards for safe operations.
• Liaise with tenants and coordinate activities.
• Act as main key holder for Sewell properties.
• Use FM helpdesks to report issues and manage tasks.
• undertake porterage, cleaning duties, deliveries, and furniture setup.

Skills

Full driving licence

Trade background

Microsoft Office

Excellent communication

Organisational skills

Flexible hours

Health and Safety knowledge

Positive attitude

Liaison with tenants & subcontractors

Proactive facility maintenance

Job description

Location: (Hull) Bransholme Health Centre, The Orchard Surgery, Wilberforce Health Centre & Elliot Chappell Health Centre

Hours: 40 per week, Monday to Friday 6:00am – 2:30pm, 30-minute lunch break

Hourly rate: Between £15.65 - £16.28 per hour (Dependent on skills and experience)

Bonus: Up to £2,400 per year, measurement based on personal and company performance

Role Overview

Reporting to the Facilities Manager, the Building Manager will cover 2 of our Hull based Health Centres and will have overall responsibility for maintenance, porterage, daytime spot cleaning and tenant coordination for the whole facility. The Building Manager will also ensure that all services are provided to a consistently high standard and assist the Facilities Management team in all areas required to meet the needs of both the business and the client. The Building Manager will need to work flexibly to meet the needs of the team.

To learn more about Sewell Group and Sewell Facilities Management, please follow the link below:

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Key Responsibilities

• General maintenance and repairs to building fabric and associated equipment as necessary
• Planned and reactive maintenance, supported where necessary by the mobile maintenance teams
• Identify, report and/or repair any faults or defects
• Supervision and induction of Subcontractors
• Provide support to the Facilities Manager as required
• Health & Safety duties; ensuring that the building is operated in a safe and legally compliant manner at all times
• Tenant liaison and coordination
• Health, Safety and Environmental watchdog
• Be a main key holder to Sewell properties
• Proactively use the Soft FM and Hard FM helpdesks to report issues, including missed bin collections, cleaning concerns, H&S risks, and maintenance tasks
• Undertake porterage and caretaking duties, including receiving tenant deliveries, additional litter picking, weeding, rubbish removal, and setting out furniture to agreed standards and timescales.
• Provide support during first aid and emergency incidents, including medical emergencies, panic alarms, lift entrapments, and fire-related events, notifying emergency services when necessary.
• Address minor H&S risks, such as spills, by placing warning cones or cordoning off areas.
• Assist the ORM completing fire evacuation drills and closing out fire risk assessment actions

As well as exhibiting our company behaviours of being Positive, Professional, Customer Focused, a Team Player and Doing the Right Thing, the successful candidates will have the following:

Essential:

• Full Driving Licence, valid in the UK and own transport
• A satisfactory Enhanced DBS check
• Have a positive and professional attitude
• Have a trade background or good practical core skills together with previous maintenance experience
• Be computer literate (Microsoft Office)
• Have a proactive attitude towards maintaining the facility at a world class quality level
• Hold excellent communications skills and the ability to liaise with Tenant Groups & subcontractors
• Possess good organisational skills with the ability to prioritise a variety of tasks
• Possess a positive approach to learning, development and progression
• Have a flexible outlook towards hours worked (some out of hours working may be required)
• Have working knowledge of current Health and Safety practice

Desirable:

• Be First Aid at Work trained

Sewell Group is an equal opportunities employer, recruiting within the guidelines of the Equality Act 2010. We are committed to the promotion of diversity and equal opportunity, as an employer and in the delivery of our products and services.

As a committed safe employer, an enhanced DBS (criminal record) check will be carried out for the successful candidate of this role.

• Annual Bonus opportunity

• 22 days holiday (plus bank Holidays), rising with length of service to 25 days
• Being a Co-Owner of Sewell Estates, learn more here: Employee Ownership - Sewell Group (sewell-group.co.uk)
• Auto Enrolment pension
• Staff discounts
• High Street & Retail discount schemes
• Bike 2 Work Scheme
• Technology Scheme
• Paid Parental Leave and Sickness Absence schemes

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