FM Supervisor

Manchester Arndale; Scotland; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

OCS Academy training

Wagestream pay option

Inclusive employer

Job summary

OCS UK & Ireland is a leading facilities management company delivering hard services, cleaning, security and catering across multiple sites. We seek a capable maintenance supervisor to support the Contract Manager and Engineering Team across 10 schools and related contracts, ensuring delivery of planned maintenance, compliance and timely remediation.

You will lead engineers and subcontractors, organise on-call rotas, monitor CAFM tasks, and drive continuous improvement while upholding health and

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills in a multi-site environment.
• Ability to prioritise work for self and others.
• Excellent organisational skills and multi-skilled capabilities.
• Leadership experience with team supervision.
• Ability to train and motivate colleagues.
• Collaborative team player with strong problem-solving.

Responsibilities

• Support the Contract Manager and Engineering Team across 10 sites.
• Ensure compliance through planned audits, inspections and logbooks.
• Keep compliance records up to date and accessible at each site.
• Escalate non-compliance to Contract Management.
• Produce ad hoc reports covering services and tasks.
• Schedule and supervise maintenance work and subcontractors.
• Organise on-call rota and assist Helpdesk.
• Maintain buildings and ensure timely completion of tasks.
• Attend training to enhance supervisory and technical skills.
• Maintain H&S knowledge and apply it on site.

Skills

Excellent communication

Prioritise work

Organisation skills

Multi-skilled

Leadership & management

Team worker

Tools

CAFM system

MS Office

Job description

About The Role:

Supporting the Contract Manager and Engineering Team to operate the running of 10 high schools and further contracts .

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Ensure Compliance through planned audits, inspections, testing and reviewing compliance logbooks.
• Ensure all Compliance records are always up to date and available on each site to be viewed.
• Escalated to the Contract Management any non-compliance issues.
• Produce up-to-date ad hoc reports on request covering all services, managing of the CAFM for all tasks planned and reactive works.
• Meet with client and auditors as necessary and attend meetings ensuring all agreed actions are completed.
• Maintain buildings and sites across the contract portfolio as required.
• Take ownership of maintenance delivery at all sites
• Support all sites as and when required.
• On call for emergencies.
• Organising on the call rota sharing with Helpdesk.
• Supervision of maintenance team
• Ensure the engineering team are competent and fully supported in all tasks.
• Ensure the engineering team and fully trained for their tasks and refresher courses are planned and implemented, consulting with the Contract Manager.
• Work closely with the contract scheduler and assist in allocation of tasks to engineers.
• Priorities own and engineer’s workload.
• Delegating tasks to engineers where required using skill base.
• Supervision of subcontractors as required.
• Ideally have a minimum of 3 years supervisory or acting supervisory experience in building maintenance and or Facilities management
• Previous trade training in M&E and experience preferred.
• Be a good all-round experienced maintenance engineer to complete minor works and reactive tasks.
• Use and plan your time to meet the requirements of the daily and weekly working and assisting colleagues.
• Capable of competently using the IT provided.
• Be prepared to complete any task requested of you in the maintenance and support of the Contract implementation.
• Attend training as required to enhance supervisory and technical skills.
• Knowledge of H&S

Skills & Knowledge:

• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to prioritise work for self and others.
• Excellent organisation skills
• Multi-skilled
• Leadership and management
• Training and motivation
• Team worker

About The Company:

OCS UK & Ireland is a leading facilities management company with 50,000+ colleagues and a turnover in excess of £2bn. We deliver innovative, award-winning services within facilities management, hard services, cleaning, security and catering.

Our mission is to make people and places the best they can be for our colleagues, customers and the communities we serve. Our commitment to doing business the right way is rooted in our TRUE values -Trust, Respect, Unity, and Empowerment.

Why Work for OCS?

Award-Winning Employer: Ranked 36th on Glassdoor’s Best Companies to Work For 2025 — we value and motivate our people.

Digital Learning: The OCS Academy offers digital courses and resources to help you build skills and grow your career.

Retail Perks: With our Hapi app, you can gain access to exclusive discounts, rewards and wellbeing resources.

Professional Growth: 600+ live learners across UK&I — Empowering colleagues with further development and qualifications!

Flexible Pay: Access a portion of earned wages before payday with our Wagestream App! (Contract Specific)

We are an equal opportunities employer and rely on a diverse workforce with a broad range of knowledge, skills, and backgrounds to deliver our goals. We offer an inclusive and welcoming environment and actively encourage applications from all individuals regardless of race, gender, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or age.