Maintenance Section Leader (Mechanical)

OCS; Pamber Heath; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

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Digital Learning

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Flexible Pay

Job summary

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.

This role provides line management for the Mechanical Maintenance team, ensuring planned and reactive work is scheduled effectively, issues are logged and reviewed, and staff are trained and developed to meet SLAs, KPIs and safety standards across the site.

Qualifications

• Experience in line management of maintenance teams.
• Ability to schedule planned and reactive maintenance effectively.
• Track record of meeting SLAs and KPIs.
• Commitment to safety, health and staff welfare.

Responsibilities

• Maintain line management responsibility and accountability for planned and reactive maintenance within the assigned area.
• Record issues affecting maintenance delivery in the relevant issue logs and review them daily or weekly with the Maintenance Manager.
• Identify incomplete planned or reactive maintenance to the planner for rescheduling and inform the Maintenance Manager.
• Ensure work is scheduled effectively to maximise productivity, including grouping activities by location where practical.
• Develop the mechanical team to support growth and stability aligned with service level agreements and key performance indicators.
• Monitor site issues or restrictions that may prevent maintenance, and re-plan work as required.
• Ensure operatives and supervisors understand allocated work scopes and required delivery timescales.
• Identify, implement and review service level agreements and key performance indicators to maintain service quality and customer satisfaction.
• Maintain engineering standards and practices, including safety, health, fatigue levels and team morale, escalating concerns to the Maintenance Manager.
• Manage and develop the Mechanical Maintenance team through effective communication, training and development, ensuring staff are competent and trained for key tasks.

Job description

About The Role:

• Maintain line management responsibility and accountability for planned and reactive maintenance within the assigned area, supporting other areas when required.
• Record issues affecting maintenance delivery in the relevant issue logs and review them daily or weekly with the Maintenance Manager.
• Identify incomplete planned or reactive maintenance to the planner for rescheduling and inform the Maintenance Manager.
• Ensure work is scheduled effectively to maximise productivity, including grouping activities by location where practical.
• Develop the mechanical team to support growth and stability aligned with service level agreements and key performance indicators.
• Monitor facility and site issues or restrictions that may prevent maintenance, and re-plan work as required.
• Ensure operatives and supervisors understand allocated work scopes and required delivery timescales.
• Identify, implement and review service level agreements and key performance indicators to maintain service quality and customer satisfaction.
• Maintain engineering standards and practices, including safety, health, fatigue levels and team morale, escalating concerns to the Maintenance Manager.
• Manage and develop the Mechanical Maintenance team through effective communication, training and development, ensuring staff are competent and trained for key tasks.

About The Company:

OCS UK & Ireland is a leading facilities management company with 50,000+ colleagues and a turnoverin 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 PerksWith 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 ourWagestreamApp! (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.

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