Maintenance Services Manager (M&E/Estates)

Maintenance Manager to join the Estates team of a leading university

• 44 days holiday + 21% pension contribution

About Our Client

Excellent opportunity for a Maintenance Services Manager to join the Estates & Facilities team of a leading university. You will oversee a team of multi-skilled maintenance staff to deliver planned, preventative, and reactive maintenance across their vast and continuously expanding estate.

Job Description

Reporting to the Director of Maintenance, Engineering, and Sustainability, the Maintenance Services Manager will provide leadership and be directly responsible for overseeing and managing approximately 55 staff responsible for service delivery of all urgent, reactive, and compliance maintenance necessary for the upkeep of the estate. The role also involves managing a maintenance budget of approximately £5 million.

Roles & Responsibilities

1. Provide leadership and management to a team of circa 60 multi-disciplinary maintenance staff and oversee compliance-based tasks.
2. Manage recruitment, selection, and induction of new staff.
3. Set high standards of performance and behavior, ensuring staff engagement in delivering excellent service to all stakeholders.
4. Work closely with the Director and the Senior Leadership Team to understand key priorities and translate them into effective operational plans.
5. Take responsibility for day-to-day expenditure of the approximately £5m maintenance budget.
6. Collaborate with the Head of Operations on implementing and embedding the CAFM system.
7. Coordinate work processes related to reactive maintenance, planned and preventative maintenance, and compliance works.
8. Coordinate and allocate tasks related to minor works requests with the Engineering Team.
9. Champion Health and Safety policies, ensuring a culture of commitment, and take responsibility for H&S audits within the maintenance area.

The Successful Applicant

1. A degree in Engineering, Building Services, or a Facilities-related subject is preferred.
2. Excellent knowledge of Mechanical & Electrical Building Services (M&E).
3. Significant experience delivering frontline maintenance services across a large estate.
4. Experience managing a team of multi-skilled maintenance staff.
5. Excellent communication skills to liaise with various stakeholders.
6. Strong knowledge of Health, Safety & Environmental legislation.
7. NEBOSH certification.
8. Proficiency with IT systems and CAFM systems.

What's on Offer

1. Salary up to £56,000.
2. 44 days annual leave.
3. 21% pension contribution.
4. Competitive pension schemes.
5. BUPA Cash Plan.
6. Annual salary incremental increases.
7. Hybrid and flexible working options.