Facilities Manager

Smile Education; Smethwick; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Full-time role

Leadership opportunity

Immediate start

Job summary

Smile Education is seeking an experienced Facilities Manager to lead the campus facilities, ensuring safe and well-maintained buildings and delivering proactive services for pupils and staff.

You will manage a facilities team, coordinate contractors, oversee health and safety compliance, and drive improvements to create a welcoming learning environment. Immediate start for the right candidate.

Qualifications

• Experience managing facilities, estates, or maintenance in a multi-site setting.
• Strong knowledge of health and safety and statutory compliance.
• Ability to lead a team and manage competing priorities.
• Excellent organisational and communication skills.
• Experience coordinating contractors and building services.

Responsibilities

• Lead facilities and premises team, allocate workloads, maintain high standards.
• Oversee health and safety, inspections, servicing, and maintenance schedules.
• Coordinate planned preventative maintenance and respond to repairs.
• Manage external contractors, monitor quality, safety and value.
• Oversee site security, grounds, cleanliness, and presentation.
• Support facilities budgets, monitor expenditure and identify efficiency gains.
• Maintain compliance records and maintenance schedules.
• Support emergency planning and ensure procedures are in place.

Skills

Leadership

Health & safety

Team management

Organisational skills

Communication

Job description

Facilities Manager – Education

Location: Smethwick

Salary: £38,500 – £43,000 per annum

Contract: Full-time, Permanent

Start Date: ASAP

Are you an experienced Facilities Manager looking for your next leadership opportunity?

Smile Education is recruiting on behalf of a well-established educational organisation in Smethwick for an experienced and proactive Facilities Manager to take responsibility for the effective running, maintenance and safety of a busy education campus.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys taking ownership, leading a team and ensuring that buildings and facilities are maintained to the highest possible standards. You will play a key role in creating safe, welcoming and well-managed environments that support pupils, staff and the wider school community.

The Role – What You'll Be Doing:

As Facilities Manager, you will provide both strategic and hands‑on leadership across the campus, ensuring the smooth day‑to‑day operation of the premises.

• Leading, managing and developing the facilities and premises team, allocating workloads and maintaining high standards.
• Overseeing health and safety, statutory compliance and ensuring all inspections, servicing and maintenance schedules are completed.
• Coordinating planned preventative maintenance and responding to reactive repairs and urgent premises issues.
• Managing external contractors, monitoring work quality, safety and value for money.
• Overseeing site security, access arrangements, grounds maintenance, cleanliness and general campus presentation.
• Supporting facilities budgets, monitoring expenditure and identifying opportunities to improve efficiency.
• Maintaining accurate compliance records, asset information and maintenance schedules.
• Supporting emergency planning and ensuring appropriate procedures are in place.

What We're Looking For:

We would love to hear from candidates who have:

• Previous experience managing facilities, estates, premises, maintenance or a similar operational service.
• Strong knowledge and practical experience of health and safety and statutory compliance.
• Experience coordinating contractors, maintenance programmes and building services.
• The ability to lead, motivate and develop a team.
• Excellent organisational, communication and problem‑solving skills.
• The confidence to manage competing priorities and make effective decisions.
• A proactive approach, with the ability to identify improvements and take ownership.

Candidates with experience in education, public sector, healthcare, commercial or other complex multi‑site environments are encouraged to apply.

Why Apply?

• Competitive salary of £38,511 – £43,151 per annum.
• Full‑time, permanent opportunity.
• A key leadership position with scope to make a real difference.
• The opportunity to oversee a varied and interesting campus environment.
• An immediate start is available for the right candidate.

Interested?

If you're an experienced Facilities Manager ready for a new challenge and want to make a positive impact within an educational setting, we'd love to hear from you!

Smile Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All appointments are subject to satisfactory enhanced DBS and safer recruitment checks.

We are committed to safeguarding children. Each applicant will be expected to undertake compliance checks including Prohibited list, Barred list, DBS and Qualifications.