Mobile Maintenance Manager

The Brooke Weston Trust; Thrapston; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

One wellbeing day per year

Healthcare cash plan

Online GP access

Employee Assistance Programme (24/7)

Cycle to Work scheme

Breakfast/Lunch in term time

Job summary

The Brooke Weston Trust is seeking a Mobile Maintenance Manager to lead a high-quality maintenance service across its schools. You will manage a mobile team, coordinate repairs and planned works, and work closely with school leaders and contractors to ensure safe, compliant and well‑maintained environments for students and staff.

This role emphasizes leadership, proactive problem-solving and strong communication to drive high standards and positive learning conditions across the trust's estate.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership skills with ability to motivate and develop a team.
• Strong knowledge of building safety, compliance and risk management.
• Effective communication and collaboration with school leaders, contractors and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of a high-quality maintenance service across Brooke Weston Trust schools.
• Manage and support a mobile maintenance team and coordinate repairs/planned works across multiple sites.
• Ensure maintenance activities are delivered efficiently, safely and to the highest standards.
• Collaborate with school leaders and external contractors to support the Trust's estate development.

Skills

Leadership

Maintenance

Health & Safety

Building Compliance

Team Management

Tools

Facilities software

Job description

The Opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity to lead a service that makes a real difference to the daily experience of students and staff across the Brooke Weston Trust. As Mobile Maintenance Manager, you will help create safe, well-maintained and inspiring learning environments where young people can focus on achieving their potential and developing the skills and self-belief that become their tickets for life.

Working across a family of schools, you will combine leadership with hands‑on expertise, supporting colleagues, developing a skilled maintenance team and driving high standards across the Trust’s estate. Your work will directly remove barriers to learning, ensure resources are used effectively and contribute to environments where students and staff can thrive. If you are motivated by leading people, solving problems and making a visible impact every day, this is a rewarding opportunity to be part of a Trust committed to raising achievement and transforming lives through education.

About the Role

As Mobile Maintenance Manager, you will lead the delivery of a high-quality maintenance service across Brooke Weston Trust’s schools, helping to ensure that every site provides a safe, compliant and well-maintained environment where students and staff can thrive.

This is a varied role that combines operational leadership with practical expertise. You will be responsible for managing and supporting a mobile maintenance team, coordinating repairs and planned works across multiple sites, and ensuring that maintenance activities are delivered efficiently, effectively and to the highest standards. Working closely with school leaders, site teams and external contractors, you will play a key role in maintaining the Trust’s estate and supporting its long‑term development.

Success in this role will be measured by your ability to provide a responsive, customer‑focused service, develop and motivate your team, and ensure that buildings and facilities consistently support excellent educational outcomes. You will be someone who can balance strategic oversight with a hands‑on approach, solve problems proactively and build strong working relationships across a range of stakeholders.

We are looking for an experienced maintenance professional with strong leadership skills, sound technical knowledge and a thorough understanding of health and safety and building compliance requirements. Equally important are your communication skills, organisational ability and commitment to working collaboratively. This role offers the opportunity to make a visible impact across the Trust, supporting our values of Working Together, High Expectations and Contribution to Society by creating environments where every student can gain the qualifications, skills and confidence that become their tickets for life.

Be part of something bigger

At Brooke Weston Trust, we believe education has the power to transform lives. Our purpose is to give every child and young person the knowledge, qualifications, confidence, character and opportunities that become their tickets for life.

Each of our schools has its own identity, shaped by the community it serves, while benefiting from being part of a connected and collaborative Trust. Together, we share ideas, expertise and opportunities so that our pupils, colleagues and schools can flourish.

Whatever your role, you will be part of a wider team united by a shared purpose. Whether you work directly with pupils or support their education in another way, your contribution helps to create the experiences and opportunities every child deserves.

A simple question guides our decisions and keeps children at the centre of our work

Is this good enough for our children?

A place to belong, grow and make a difference

Our people are central to everything we achieve. We want every colleague to feel that they belong, are valued for their contribution and are supported to build a fulfilling career.

As part of our Trust, you will have opportunities to develop your expertise, learn with and from colleagues across our schools and central teams, contribute your ideas and explore future career opportunities.

You will be part of a professional community that shares knowledge, celebrates success and works together to make a lasting difference to children, families and communities.

We are committed to creating positive and inclusive working environments built on trust, respect and shared responsibility. We want colleagues to feel supported to do their best work, encouraged to develop and confident that their contribution matters.

What we can offer you

Creating tickets for life for our children begins with attracting, developing and supporting great people. We want Brooke Weston Trust to be a place where colleagues feel valued, supported and able to thrive.

Alongside the opportunity to make a genuine difference to children and young people, you will have access to a range of benefits designed to support your wellbeing, development and future.

Supporting your health and wellbeing

• One wellbeing day each year, in addition to your annual leave entitlement.

• A healthcare cash plan, helping with the cost of a range of everyday healthcare expenses.

• Access to an online GP.

• A confidential Employee Assistance Programme, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, including access to telephone, online and face‑to‑face counselling.

• Employee discounts with a variety of local and national retailers, including discounts on shopping, dining, health and beauty, days out and holidays.

• Cycle to Work scheme.

• A freshly prepared breakfast and hot or cold lunch during term time, when working in one of our Trust schools.

Investing in your future

• Generous pension provision through the Teachers’ Pension Scheme or Local Government Pension Scheme, depending on your role, including valuable life cover and ill‑health protection.

• Generous annual leave for eligible support colleagues, starting at 25 days each year, plus bank holidays, with an additional three days after five years’ service.

• The opportunity for eligible colleagues to purchase up to 10 additional days of annual leave each year.

• Payment of professional subscription or membership fees, where membership of a professional body is required for your role.

Helping you belong, grow and develop

• High‑quality training and professional development through the BWT Centre for Professional Development.

• Opportunities to learn with and from colleagues across our schools and central teams.

• Professional networks that encourage collaboration, shared learning and the exchange of expertise.

• Opportunities to develop your strengths, broaden your experience and explore future career pathways across the Trust.

• The support of ambitious and collaborative colleagues who share high standards and expectations for our pupils and one another.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

We want our workforce to reflect the communities we serve and welcome applications from people with different experiences, identities and perspectives.

We are committed to creating an inclusive working environment where everyone is treated with dignity and respect, individual differences are valued and colleagues have equitable opportunities to contribute, develop and progress.

We make employment decisions fairly and do not tolerate unlawful discrimination.

If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know so that we can support you.