Regional Maintenance Manager

Agincare; England; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company van and fuel card

Fully funded training and career开发

Blue Light discount package

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Company pension scheme

Travel across the UK

Job summary

Agincare invites an experienced Regional Maintenance Manager to lead maintenance, repairs and compliance across a portfolio of care homes in the Dorset & Somerset region. You will manage teams, coordinate contractors and ensure statutory obligations are met while delivering safe, welcoming environments for residents and staff.

This hands-on role offers opportunities to develop people and buildings in a fast-paced setting, with travel across the UK, funded training, and a company van and fuel

Qualifications

• Experience in regional or multi-site maintenance or facilities.
• Trade background in plumbing, plastering, tiling, electrical, joinery or window/door installation.
• Strong knowledge of statutory compliance and health & safety.
• Able to coach and develop maintenance teams.
• Practical, solution-focused approach to problems.
• Full, clean UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance, repairs and compliance across allocated homes.
• Coordinate contractors and manage external services to meet statutory obligations.
• Oversee preventative maintenance and asset care to reduce breakdowns.
• Monitor safety, environmental and quality standards across sites.
• Provide leadership, coaching and on-site support to maintenance staff.

Skills

Regional maintenance

Trade background

Health & safety knowledge

Coaching teams

Driving licence

Problem-solving

Job description

Package Description

We’re looking for an experienced, proactive and solutions-focused Regional Maintenance Manager to join our central Facilities team. Covering a portfolio of care homes across the Dorset & Somerset region, this is an excellent opportunity to take ownership of maintenance operations, statutory compliance, and team development—ensuring our homes remain safe, compliant, and welcoming environments for residents and staff.

Package Description

We’re looking for an experienced, proactive and solutions-focused Regional Maintenance Manager to join our central Facilities team. Covering a portfolio of care homes across the Dorset & Somerset region, this is an excellent opportunity to take ownership of maintenance operations, statutory compliance, and team development—ensuring our homes remain safe, compliant, and welcoming environments for residents and staff.

If you enjoy working in a fast-paced, hands-on role, thrive on problem-solving, and take pride in developing people as well as buildings, this could be the perfect next step in your career.

What’s on Offer

Agincare is a proudly family-run organisation, dedicated to our values and to delivering the highest levels of care to our service users.

Working At Agincare Brings Many Benefits, Including

• Salary of up to £42,500 per annum
• Use of a company van and fuel card included
• Fully funded training and career development
• Blue Light discount package (great discounts on travel, leisure, entertainment and more)
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) – support for employees and their families
• Company pension scheme
• Opportunity to travel across the UK and work with a wide range of sites and teams

What You’ll Be Doing

In this varied regional role, you’ll take ownership of maintenance, repairs, and compliance across your allocated homes—leading teams, managing contractors, and ensuring statutory obligations are consistently met.

Maintenance & Compliance Management

• Lead planned and reactive maintenance across all sites within your region
• Ensure full statutory compliance, including fire safety, gas, electrical, legionella, LOLER, COSHH, and general health & safety requirements
• Ensure all compliance checks are completed on time and accurately documented
• Monitor compliance levels and report risks, remedial actions, and major works to the central Facilities team
• Ensure infection control procedures are followed during all maintenance activity

Repairs & Preventative Maintenance

• Undertake or oversee general repairs and upkeep, including plumbing, joinery, decorating, and fault-finding
• Implement preventative maintenance programmes to reduce breakdowns and extend asset life
• Manage grounds maintenance to ensure safe and well-presented outdoor areas
• Support furniture moves and maintain accurate inventories of company and resident-owned assets

Leadership & Team Management

• Provide leadership, coaching, and technical support to on-site Maintenance Operatives across your region
• Carry out regular site visits to monitor standards, train teams, and promote safe working practices
• Act as the escalation point for complex maintenance or compliance issues
• Support workforce planning by prioritising workloads and agreeing maintenance schedules with Registered Managers

Contractor & Cost Management

• Liaise with and supervise external contractors, ensuring compliance with company standards and health & safety legislation
• Inspect completed works and address any quality or compliance issues
• Control regional maintenance spend, ensuring contractors are used only when work is beyond internal capability or required to meet statutory deadlines

Communication, Reporting & Travel

• Maintain accurate records of maintenance activity, compliance checks, and expenditure
• Communicate professionally with residents, managers, colleagues, and external stakeholders
• Attend meetings, appraisals, and mandatory training as required
• Travel regulary between sites using a company vehicle

About You

You’ll be a confident, organised, and hands-on maintenance professional with strong technical knowledge and a passion for compliance and quality. You’ll be comfortable working autonomously across a region while leading, coaching, and supporting site-based teams.

We’re Looking For Someone Who

• Has proven experience in a regional or multi-site maintenance or facilities role
• A trade background in either plumbing, plastering, tiling, electrician, joinery or window / door installation is required
• Has strong knowledge of statutory compliance and health & safety requirements
• Is confident coaching and developing maintenance teams
• Takes a practical, solution-focused approach to problem-solving
• Ability to complete basic records of work, and the expenditure incurred
• Communicates clearly and professionally at all levels
• Holds a full, clean UK driving licence

About Agincare

Agincare is proudly celebrating 40 years of caring for communities. As a rapidly growing, family-owned care provider with close to 6,000 team members and expanding every day, we continue to strengthen our services through recent care home developments and the launch of our new not-for-profit Children's Services.

Today, Agincare is one of the UK's largest care providers, delivering care and nursing homes, home care, extra care, supported living and live-in care across more than 170 locations throughout England.

As a signatory of the Care Leaver Covenant, we are committed to supporting care leavers by guaranteeing either an interview or an informal career conversation. We are proud to support the Armed Forces community through our alliance, offering guaranteed interviews to service leavers and members of the military community.

All of our services are regulated by the CQC and Agincare is proud to be an equal opportunities employer, welcoming applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences. At present, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship.

As care is always in high demand, we have a wide range of exciting opportunities available.