Facilities & Maintenance Manager

Kier Group plc.; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group plc is seeking a Facilities & Maintenance Manager for the Velindre Cancer Centre in Wales. You will lead facilities, maintenance and engineering services to ensure a safe, compliant and patient-centred estate, balancing operational delivery with team leadership and stakeholder engagement.

You will oversee PPM and lifecycle activities, ensure statutory compliance and manage in-house teams and specialists. A proactive, collaborative approach is essential.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in facilities/estates/maintenance management.
• Experience managing maintenance delivery, statutory compliance and sub-contractor performance.
• Strong knowledge of building maintenance and engineering services.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of facilities and maintenance services to keep estate safe, compliant and operational.
• Oversee planned preventive maintenance, reactive maintenance and lifecycle activity.
• Manage statutory compliance across electrical systems, HVAC, water hygiene, fire safety and building safety.
• Lead, motivate and develop your team, including performance management and wellbeing.
• Coordinate sub-contractors and supply chain partners, monitor quality and compliance.

Skills

Facilities management

Estates management

Maintenance management

Sub-contractor management

Team leadership

Education

IOSH certification or equivalent health and safety qualification

Job description

We're looking for a Facilities & Maintenance Manager to join our Velindre Cancer Centre team based in Wales. This is an exciting opportunity to lead the delivery of facilities, maintenance and engineering services within a specialist cancer care environment. As a key member of the site leadership team, you'll be responsible for ensuring the hospital environment remains safe, compliant and fit for purpose for patients, staff and visitors. You'll oversee planned preventative maintenance, reactive repairs, statutory compliance and day-to-day operational delivery across the estate, providing leadership to in-house teams and specialist sub-contractors. This role requires a proactive, organised and collaborative approach, balancing operational service delivery with team leadership, compliance assurance and stakeholder engagement.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Facilities & Maintenance Manager, you'll be working within the site leadership team, supporting them in maintaining a safe, compliant and operational estate. Your day to day will include:

• Leading the delivery of facilities and maintenance services, ensuring the estate remains safe, compliant and operational at all times
• Overseeing planned preventative maintenance, reactive maintenance and lifecycle activity across all systems and infrastructure
• Managing statutory compliance across electrical systems, HVAC, water hygiene, fire safety and building safety, maintaining accurate records and audit documentation
• Leading, motivating and developing your team, including managing performance, training and wellbeing while promoting an inclusive culture
• Coordinating sub-contractors and supply chain partners, monitoring performance, quality and compliance standards

What are we looking for?

This role of Facilities & Maintenance Manager is great for you if

• You have significant experience in a facilities management, estates management or maintenance management role
• You have demonstrable experience managing maintenance delivery, statutory compliance and sub-contractor performance

Managing statutory compliance across electrical systems, HVAC, water hygiene, fire safety and building safety, maintaining accurate records and audit documentation. Leading, motivating and developing your team, including managing performance, training and wellbeing while promoting an inclusive culture. Coordinating sub-contractors and supply chain partners, monitoring performance, quality and compliance standards

What are we looking for?

This role of Facilities & Maintenance Manager is great for you if

• You have significant experience in a facilities management, estates management or maintenance management role
• You have demonstrable experience managing maintenance delivery, statutory compliance and sub-contractor performance
• You possess strong technical knowledge of building maintenance, engineering services and estate operations
• You hold IOSH certification or equivalent health and safety qualification with experience carrying out risk assessments
• You have a Full driving licence

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.