Maintenance Supervisor

Integrated Care System; Dawlish; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare service provider in Dawlish seeks a Band 5 Maintenance Supervisor to lead maintenance operations, ensuring compliance with safety standards. The position requires strong supervisory and practical skills, along with relevant qualifications in engineering and management. Ideal candidates will have experience working in healthcare environments and will promote a safe and efficient workspace.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Inclusive work culture

Qualifications

• Minimum Grade C qualification in English and Maths required.
• Relevant trade apprenticeship and qualification essential.
• Experience in maintenance and installation required.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day maintenance and reactive maintenance.
• Support labor with HR and wellbeing training.
• Liaise and collaborate with various disciplines.

Skills

Practical knowledge relevant to the trade

Supervisory skills

Communication

Education

Minimum Grade C in English and Maths

Relevant trade apprenticeship and trades qualification

ONC in Engineering/Building

Certificate in Supervisory Management

Latest edition IEE certification

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Maintenance Supervisor to join the existing Estates Team.

The purpose of the role is to have responsibility for the directly employed labour team and to support the Head of Estates in ensuring the Trust's building, electrical, and mechanical equipment are maintained to statutory and mandatory standards. The role involves delivering planned, reactive, emergency maintenance, and minor works within agreed timescales to provide a safe and secure environment for patients, staff, and visitors.

Main duties of the job

• Manage and organise the effective provision of day-to-day maintenance, planned preventive maintenance, and reactive maintenance to ensure all land, buildings, plant, and non-medical equipment are maintained in a safe, economical, and efficient condition.
• Support the directly employed labour with HR, Occupational Health, wellbeing, and welfare. This includes training and instructing craftsmen, apprentices, and other personnel attached to the department.
• Liaise with other disciplines.
• Work with the Head of Estates and Operational Estates Lead to develop new policies and procedures.
• Authorize payments to contractors via the Trust's payment system (Agresso).
• Use the Trust's CAFM system for records management, placing purchase orders via Agresso, and monitoring specific work requests.
• Manage stock control.

About us

We provide mental health, learning disability, and neurodiversity services, along with specialist and secure services for the wider southwest region and nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health and wellbeing. We aim to utilize our expertise and resources, and those of our partners, to deliver high-quality, safe, and recovery-focused services.

We are committed to fostering a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families, and carers in all aspects of our work.

Our values

We recruit based on qualifications, experience, and the behaviours that reflect our core values—such as a commitment to quality care, improving lives, respect, dignity, and compassion. We embody these values daily by being friendly, approachable, challenging ourselves and others, and welcoming new ideas.

We are dedicated to being an inclusive employer. Applications from all community sections are encouraged and welcomed, regardless of protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010. Part-time and flexible working options are supported where possible. We especially encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity, or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description for full details of the Maintenance Supervisor position.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Minimum Grade C qualification or equivalent in English and Maths.
• Relevant trade apprenticeship and trades qualification.
• ONC in Engineering/Building.
• Certificate in Supervisory Management.
• Latest edition IEE certification.

Experience

• Practical, theoretical, and statutory knowledge relevant to the trade.
• Post-qualification experience in maintenance and installation.
• Supervisory experience.
• Experience working within healthcare properties.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A Disclosure check will be required to identify any previous criminal convictions.