Engineering And Maintenance Manager

ZipRecruiter; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Maintenance Manager to lead a dynamic team in delivering top-notch building maintenance services. This role offers significant career progression opportunities while ensuring compliance with health and safety standards across healthcare facilities. The ideal candidate will have a strong electrical maintenance background, showcasing leadership and problem-solving skills. Join a forward-thinking company committed to inclusivity and excellence, where your contributions will make a meaningful impact in a rewarding environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in building services, ideally in healthcare.
• Strong knowledge of Work Order Control and CMMS.
• Previous Maintenance Management experience.

Responsibilities

• Direct and manage staff, ensuring compliance with work practices.
• Complete and present weekly/daily operations reports.
• Ensure control systems meet statutory and contractual commitments.

Skills

Leadership

Problem-solving

Organisational skills

Building services knowledge

Capacity planning

Education

Electrical Qualifications (e.g. 2330)

Experience in integrated facilities management

Tools

Work Order Control

CMMS

Job description

Job Description

Maintenance Manager

Location: London, N19 5NX

Hours of work: 40

Contract Type: Permanent

The Maintenance Manager plays a crucial role in supporting ISS’s mission to become the world’s greatest service organisation by delivering outstanding service performance and empowering people.

This is a fast-paced and dynamic position within a growing team, offering significant opportunities for career progression.

Job Description

With a strong focus on providing a world-class and consistent building maintenance service, the role ensures that the needs of our healthcare client stakeholders are met at the highest standards.

The Maintenance Manager will oversee and manage the operational maintenance team, ensuring all site maintenance activities are carried out efficiently and effectively.

This includes hiring, training, and conducting staff appraisals to build a skilled and motivated team.

In addition to team management, the role involves planning, assigning, and directing work while continuously assessing service performance to ensure technical, contractual, and statutory compliance across a portfolio of healthcare facilities.

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate strong leadership, problem-solving, and organisational skills, ensuring that maintenance operations are both proactive and responsive to the evolving needs of the client.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a driven individual with an Electrical Maintenance background looking to make a meaningful impact in a challenging and rewarding environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Direct and manage ISS staff, ensuring compliance with work practices
• Complete and present weekly/daily operations reports to the client
• Ensure staff are knowledgeable about critical and non-critical systems
• Maintain quality across facilities
• Develop and exceed financial plans for revenue, profit, WIP reduction, debt, cost reduction, and contract growth
• Ensure control systems meet statutory, policy, and contractual commitments
• Manage outstanding jobs in line with SLAs and escalate when required
• Deliver accurate monthly reports within deadlines
• Act as AP for an element (e.g., Confined Space/Water) and produce monthly reports
• Adhere to ISS technical policies, standards, procedures, and Safe Systems of Work
• Lead by example and promote good health and safety practices
• Provide assurance in maintenance activities against relevant standards (HTM, FSG20, HBN, BS)

Professional and Personal Competencies/Qualifications

• Experience in building services, preferably in integrated facilities management (healthcare ideal but other environments considered)
• Strong knowledge of Work Order Control and CMMS
• Experience in subcontractor/vendor contract management
• Experience managing KPIs and/or SLAs as required
• Experience in capacity planning and reporting
• Experience with High Risk Activities and Safe Systems of Work training
• Ability to assess situations and offer options to meet/exceed objectives
• Previous Maintenance Management experience
• Assistant/Deputy Managers ready to progress
• Electrical Qualifications e.g. 2330 etc.

The Company

ISS is a world-leading workplace and facility management company, connecting people and places to make the world work better. Working with customers day by day, side by side, we understand every aspect of the user experience.

Through a unique combination of intelligent solutions, high standards and people who care, we help our customers achieve their purpose, whether it’s hospitals healing patients, businesses producing the next great innovation, or airports bringing passengers home to their families. ISS is committed to doing business the right way, taking its corporate responsibility very seriously. Our passion is people.

We offer you a challenging and exciting career in an organisation with people at its heart. In ISS, everyone has the opportunity to develop, grow and make a difference. #ISSGreatPeople #ISSTalent #PeopleMakePlace

ISS is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer.

ISS welcomes all applicants regardless of gender, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, maternity, nationality, caste, belief, educational background, or other protected characteristics. Our passion for inclusivity makes ISS a more creative, productive, and happy place to work.