Site Operations Manager – Estates & Safety (Multi-School)

Greenacre School; Gilroyd; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Wellspring Academy Trust is seeking a Site Operative to support compliance and maintenance across multiple Barnsley academies. The post focuses on providing a comprehensive estates and facilities service, ensuring safe and well-maintained premises for pupils and staff.

The role involves supervising day-to-day duties, contributing to long-term maintenance plans, and coordinating with contractors. Central location is Barnsley, with work across the Trust's sites.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and update the estates management system (TRM) across multiple sites, which monitors compliance areas in terms of health and safety and estates management, for example, statutory inspections around fire, legionella, gas safety, etc.
• Support and provide training to users of TRM, ensuring they are equipped to effectively use the system.
• Assist with the implementation of systems, policies and procedures to ensure the smooth operations of the Academy sites.
• Make a significant contribution to the development of the Academy sites to continually improve the buildings, sites, grounds to benefit pupils, staff and to enhance teaching and learning functions.
• Contribute to the longer term 5-year cycle of estates management maintenance plans.
• Assist with the inspection and condition of school grounds, buildings, building services and facilities.
• Assist with the co-ordination of specialist contractors.
• Undertake planned preventative maintenance (PPM) within skills set, for example, fault finding, repairs, minor improvement works across the sites.
• Perform a wide range of the work of other trades as skill level permits.
• Ensure that in carrying out all duties there is a compliance with statutory regulations, current legislation and local codes of practice and policies

Job description

Wellspring Academy Trust is seeking a Site Operative to support compliance and maintenance across multiple Barnsley academies. The post focuses on providing a comprehensive estates and facilities service, ensuring safe and well-maintained premises for pupils and staff.

The role involves supervising day-to-day duties, contributing to long-term maintenance plans, and coordinating with contractors. Central location is Barnsley, with work across the Trust's sites.