Lead Maintenance Supervisor - Building Services

Manpower UK; Oxford; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Manpower Recruitment is seeking an experienced Maintenance Team Leader to join its Facilities team at an Oxford College in Oxford City Centre. You will supervise day-to-day activities of a multi-disciplinary maintenance team, ensuring reactive repairs and planned preventative maintenance are completed safely and to required standards.

This hands-on leadership role requires strong building services knowledge, excellent people-management skills, and a proactive approach to compliance, quality and

Qualifications

• Significant experience in building services or facilities maintenance.
• Proven experience supervising a multi-disciplinary maintenance team.
• Ability to oversee operatives and contractors to ensure compliance.
• Strong technical knowledge across building fabric, mechanical and electrical services, and BMS.
• Comprehensive knowledge of health and safety legislation, including fire safety, water hygiene and asbestos management.
• Ability to diagnose and resolve faults across complex building systems with minimal supervision.
• Ability to access plant rooms and roofs and safely use work-at-height equipment.
• Intermediate computer skills, including Word, Excel and CAFM systems.
• A technical or professional qualification in building services, NVQ Level 3, a time-served apprenticeship, or significant equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and support the maintenance team daily, providing technical guidance.
• Allocate and monitor reactive maintenance requests and planned preventative maintenance (PPM) tasks through the College CAFM system, LOGIT.
• Ensure the team meets agreed service level agreements (SLAs) and KPI targets.
• Provide expert advice and support with fault-finding across mechanical, electrical, building fabric and BMS.
• Ensure the team has the necessary resources, materials and support to complete work across the College estate.
• Manage the on-call rota and ensure appropriate maintenance cover is maintained.
• Deputise for the Maintenance Operations Manager when required.
• Carry out and record regular site inspections and maintain risk assessments, method statements and SOPs.
• Deliver toolbox talks and team briefings to promote safe working practices and continuous improvement.
• Participate in the Maintenance Department on-call rota and provide out-of-hours support.
• Provide on-site support for College events outside normal working hours, including during term time and the summer conference season.

Skills

People management

Building services knowledge

Compliance

Education

NVQ Level 3

Apprenticeship

Equivalent practical experience

Tools

CAFM LOGIT

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Manpower Recruitment is seeking an experienced Maintenance Team Leader to join its Facilities team at an Oxford College in Oxford City Centre. You will supervise day-to-day activities of a multi-disciplinary maintenance team, ensuring reactive repairs and planned preventative maintenance are completed safely and to required standards.

This hands-on leadership role requires strong building services knowledge, excellent people-management skills, and a proactive approach to compliance, quality and