Regional Maintenance Manager

Welford Healthcare Ltd; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car

Company pension scheme

Mobile phone and laptop

Ongoing training and professional dev.

Career progression

Job summary

Welford Healthcare Ltd invites applications for a Regional Maintenance Manager, covering Derby up to Mansfield. The role requires full-time work with regular travel and a competitive salary (dependent on experience). You will lead maintenance across care homes, ensuring safety, compliance, and high standards.

Your responsibilities include audits, contractor oversight, and developing maintenance teams, with hands-on support as needed to keep sites compliant and well maintained.

Qualifications

• Extensive maintenance experience within healthcare, care homes, housing, or similar environments.
• Experience managing compliance and statutory maintenance requirements.
• Full UK Driving Licence.
• Strong organisational and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead Compliance & Auditing across your region, including health and safety checks.
• Mentor and upskill maintenance personnel and support recruitment.
• Oversee contractor performance, procurement, and project management.
• Ensure sites meet statutory inspections, servicing, and certifications.
• Provide hands-on maintenance support when required.

Skills

Extensive maintenance experience

Healthcare environments

Plumbing

General building maintenance

Basic electrics

Decorating

Gardening & grounds maintenance

PAT (Portable Appliance Testing)

Strong organisational skills

Problem-solving

Tools

Mainteno

Job description

Regional Maintenance Manager

Location: Derby- covering up from Oxford up to Mansfield

Salary: Competitive(dependent on experience)

Hours: Full-time, with regular travel

Are you an experienced maintenance professional with a passion for high standards, compliance, and leadership? Do you thrive in a hands‑on role where no two days are the same?

At Welford Healthcare, we're looking for a Regional Maintenance Manager to support our care homes and HMOs, ensuring our residents, staff, and visitors enjoy safe, comfortable, and well‑maintained environments every day.

The Role

As Regional Maintenance Manager, you'll lead maintenance and compliance activities across a portfolio of homes, working closely with Home Managers, the Facilities Manager, and regional operational teams. You'll drive best practice, support maintenance teams, oversee contractors, and ensure every site remains fully compliant with legislative requirements and industry standards.

This is a varied role that combines:

• Compliance management
• Team leadership and mentoring
• Contractor and project oversight
• Auditing and quality assurance
• Hands‑on maintenance support when needed

What You'll Be Doing

Lead Compliance & Auditing

• Conduct annual Health, Safety & Environment audits across your region.
• Monitor compliance through Mainteno, ensuring no critical tasks become overdue.
• Ensure all statutory inspections, servicing, certifications, and remedial works are completed and recorded.

Support & Develop Maintenance Teams

• Mentor, train, and upskill maintenance personnel.
• Support recruitment, induction, and ongoing development of maintenance staff.
• Provide practical guidance and toolbox talks to promote best practice.

Manage Contractors & Projects

• Oversee contractor performance and compliance.
• Support refurbishment projects and property improvements.
• Work with the Facilities Manager on tendering, procurement, and contract management.
• Ensure projects are delivered safely and to a high standard.

Keep Homes Safe & Operational

• Support homes with urgent repairs, breakdowns, and maintenance challenges.
• Ensure compliance with Fire Safety, COSHH, Legionella, Electrical Safety, and Health & Safety requirements.
• Help reduce contractor costs by providing practical maintenance support where appropriate.

Drive Value & Continuous Improvement

• Ensure maintenance spending delivers value for money.
• Monitor purchasing activity and supplier performance.
• Support the onboarding of new homes and implementation of maintenance systems and procedures.

What We're Looking For

Essential Skills & Experience

Extensive maintenance experience within healthcare, care homes, housing, or similar environments

Strong knowledge of:

• Plumbing
• General building maintenance
• Basic electrics
• Decorating
• Gardening and grounds maintenance
• Portable Appliance Testing (PAT)

Experience managing compliance and statutory maintenance requirements

Strong organisational and problem-solving skills

Ability to build positive relationships with managers, colleagues, and contractors

Full UK Driving Licence

The Person

You'll be:

• Highly organised and responsive
• A natural problem‑solver
• Detail‑focused and compliance‑driven
• Comfortable working independently and prioritising workloads
• Cost‑conscious without compromising quality
• A hands‑on leader who enjoys coaching and developing others
• Committed to creating safe, welcoming environments for residents

Benefits Include

• Competitive salary
• Company car
• Company pension scheme
• Mobile phone and laptop
• Ongoing training and professional development
• Opportunities for career progression within a growing healthcare group
• Supportive and collaborative leadership team
• The opportunity to make a genuine difference to the lives of residents and staff across our homes

Why Join Welford Healthcare?

At Welford Healthcare, you'll play a key role in maintaining the environments our residents call home. You'll have the opportunity to influence standards across multiple sites, develop maintenance teams, and make a genuine difference to the quality and safety of our services every day.