Building Services Supervisor

WMJobs; Warwick; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Warwickshire County Council is seeking a Building Services Supervisor for its Warwick area. The role involves opening/closing buildings, ensuring safety with alarms, and performing routine maintenance while supervising cleaning staff and contractors.

Training will be provided; weekend overtime and on-call duty apply. Candidate should be comfortable working independently or in a team, with good customer care and the ability to work under pressure.

Qualifications

• Must have a valid driving licence.
• Must live close enough to respond to emergency call outs within twenty minutes.
• Caretaking or security experience is preferred but not required; training will be provided.

Responsibilities

• Open and close buildings on time; ensure safety and security using alarms; undertake routine maintenance.
• Supervise cleaning and caretaking staff and contractors; undertake site inspections and recycling; check and respond to emails and complete paperwork.
• Undertake training activities; work with internal and external customers; support the wider team as directed.

Skills

Customer care

Team work

Under pressure

Initiative

Willing to train

Driving license

Job description

About Us And The Role

We’re looking for a Building Services Supervisor to join us at our premises in the Warwick area. Previous caretaking or security experience is preferred but not required as we will provide the training you’ll need. Contractual weekend overtime and on-call duty is worked every fourth weekend. A mobile phone will be provided for business use only.

Responsibilities

Joining our team, you'll take responsibility for ensuring our buildings are opened and closed on time; are safe and secure using alarms and undertake routine maintenance work. Supervising cleaning & caretaking staff and contractors; undertaking site inspections, recycling; checking and responding to emails; porterage; cleaning; ordering stock and completing the necessary paperwork are all part of your role. You’ll undertake training activities; work with internal and external customers and support the wider team as directed.

Pay Package

Basic Salary: £25,583 to £25,989 per annum

Regular Overtime: £3619.98 - 6 hours at time and a half every 4th Saturday, 3 hours at double time every 4th Sunday and one hour at time and a half every week.

Standby Duty: £2,780.40 per annum (Standby Duty is subject to annual review in line with business needs)

Schedule

This post is full time, 38 hours per week, starting at 11.15 (13.15 Mondays) and finishing at 20.15, with an hour lunch break to be taken from 15:00 to 16:00.

Contractual weekend overtime is undertaken every 4th week as follows:

• Saturday, 6 hours at time & a half, from 08:00 to 13:00 & from 16:00 to 17:00
• Sunday, 3 hours at double time, from 07:00 to 09:00 & from 16:00 to 17:00

Contractual standby duty (on call) is undertaken every 4th week as follows:

• Monday to Friday, 20:15 to 08:00 the next morning
• Saturday 13:00 to 16:00 & 17:00 to 07:00 on Sunday morning
• Sunday, 09:00 to 16:00 & 17:00 to 08:00 on Monday morning

Key Requirements

To be successful in this role, you’ll be used to working within a team or solo, on your own initiative, and able to work under pressure. Good customer care skills; flexible in your approach to the duties and willing to support the wider team as necessary are all required. In addition, you’ll take pride in your work and be willing to undertake training are all required.

Other Conditions of Employment

• Must have a valid driving license.
• Must live close enough to respond to emergency call outs with twenty minutes.

Previous applicants need not apply.

Working for Warwickshire – his is the difference you make

Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!

At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.

Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund

The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.

The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.

Closing date: 30th September 2026

Interview date: TBC

Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact [e-mail] and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.

Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce. See more