Maintenance Manager

Planet Recruitment; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking an experienced Maintenance Manager in Oxford to lead a team ensuring the maintenance of buildings and compliance with legal standards. This role includes supporting the Head of Maintenance with projects, managing routine maintenance, and ensuring effective contractor management. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in a similar environment and must demonstrate a solid understanding of health and safety regulations.

Benefits

Free meals whilst on duty

College-paid healthcare

Access to college gym

38 days holiday per year

Qualifications

• Significant experience of managing a multi-skilled team.
• Technical/professional qualification in Building Services.
• Good knowledge of health and safety legislation.

Responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day operations of the Maintenance Team.
• Support routine and planned maintenance management.
• Manage annual planned maintenance for student accommodation.

Skills

Managing a multi-skilled hard service team

Contractor management

Technical qualification in Building Services

Knowledge of health and safety legislation

Experience with listed buildings

Maintaining client relationships

Knowledge of construction statutory legislation

Job description

Planet Recruitment have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Maintenance Manager to join our client based in Oxford in a permanent full-time position.

This role will support the Head of Maintenance to ensure the estate and buildings are maintained and legally compliant, whilst providing support with planning and oversight of larger maintenance projects.

Managing a team of generalist and specialists, this role is interesting and varied, interacting with all aspects of college life.

Overall Objectives and Key Responsibilities of the role

Day to day management of the Maintenance Team.

Support the Head of Maintenance with the management of routine and planned maintenance within a busy operational environment.

Responsible for the management of the annual planned maintenance, including the annual redecoration and maintenance upgrades of student accommodation across the College estate.

Provide support to ensure that all servicing and testing of building critical systems are undertaken as per statutory and mandatory legislation and College requirements.

Provide support in the monitoring and evaluating cost effectiveness, efficiency, energy consumption and suitability of College plant and machinery.

Support the Head of Maintenance in managing project requests from inception through to works commencement, appointing external Project Managers and CDM designated roles, as required.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Significant experience of managing a multi-skilled hard service team, including contractor
• management experience
• A technical/professional qualification in Building Services (time served building services
• formal apprenticeship)
• A good working knowledge of health and safety legislation
• Delivery of maintenance and projects in a listed buildings environment
• Maintaining good working relationships with commercial clients relating to maintenance issues and activities, including statutory compliance
• A working knowledge of current construction statutory legislation (Building Regulations, CDM, DDA, Planning Consents etc)

Benefits of the position include:

• Free meals whilst on duty
• College-paid healthcare (taxable benefit) equivalent to almost 2k.
• College gym at 95/yr
• 38 days holiday/yr

Candidates need to provide a covering letter to accompany their application of no more than two pages.

This can be discussed following your online application.

For more information, please apply online.

INDCON

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Only candidates with the relevant skills and experience will be contacted after application, if you do not hear back from us within 7 days you have unfortunately been unsuccessful in your application.

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