Facilities and Health and Safety Manager

Facilities and Health and Safety Manager

Repton is seeking a Facilities and Health and Safety Manager to ensure that the school's provision of first class facilities is maintained and fit for use, meeting all regulatory requirements. The role involves managing maintenance and capital work on time and on budget in line with the School Strategic Vision and Plan. The successful candidate will be accountable for ensuring statutory compliance for all preventive maintenance programmes.

Job Reference: repton/TP/128/644

Number of Positions: 1

Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time

Salary: £45,000 per annum

Location: Milton

Closing Date: 12/06/2026

Department: Facilities

Package Description

Location: Repton Prep School

Responsible to: Director of Facilities

Contract Type: Full Time, Permanent

Hours of work: 8:00am - 5:00pm, Monday to Friday (occasional flexible working rare and can be planned in advance)

Salary: £45,000 per annum

Responsibilities Estate and Facilities Management

• Manage approved contractors and oversee maintenance and repairs.
• Project manage renovations and estate developments.

Service Design and Delivery

• Ensure that clear plans are in place for a rolling program for preventive maintenance, including appropriate contracts as required.
• Provide facilities input into strategic planning processes (e.g. forecasting likely repair/replacement dates for key buildings, sports facilities, etc.).

Planned Preventive Maintenance

• Own and manage the relationship with internal and external experts appointed by the school to conduct necessary maintenance and testing in areas such as Legionella, asbestos, electrical testing, gas safety, lifts, retractable seating, extraction, air conditioning, etc. (list indicative and not exhaustive).
• Plan, manage and monitor the delivery of work to ensure minimum disruption to the school, ensuring timely communication and consultation with stakeholders as necessary.

Health and Safety / Compliance

• Accountable for all compliance with all relevant legislation and inspection frameworks in respect of our buildings and facilities.
• Work with the Fire Manager to ensure that fire safety equipment is installed and maintained/checked and records kept in accordance with regulations, including fire safety checks on doors, extinguishers, emergency lighting and signage.

Other

• Work closely with the Director of Facilities and assist with the running of the department.
• Undertake all such other duties as the school may reasonably communicate from time to time either orally or in writing.

Ideal Candidate

• Experience in delivering facilities management over a single site.
• Experience in delivering projects to quality, cost and time.
• Excellent knowledge of electrical and mechanical building services.

Candidate Profile

• High energy, resilient, can-do attitude, proactive approach.
• Strong leadership and management skills, driving a culture of continuous improvement.
• Well organised, problem solving, analytical and engineering focused approach.