Total 6 Manager level Maintenance / Repair job vacancies in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE2 7LF

As a Regional Facilities & Estates Manager at Athena Care Homes, you will be responsible for ensuring our 7 care home sites remain safe, well-maintained and compliant.

About Athena Care Homes:
Athena Care Homes is an award winning, family-owned business operating seven residential nursing homes in East Anglia where care and compassion runs through to our very core. There is a shared vision across all of our specialist care homes: we strive to provide happy, safe and comfortable care to every resident.

At Athena we celebrate everyone as an individual. Whether that’s delivering authentic care, supporting our team to make moments for our residents and their loved ones, or whether that’s learning and growing together.

About the role:
Reporting to the Regional Director, the Regional Estates & Facilities Manager will be responsible for overseeing the facilities management, maintenance, and health & safety across our 7 care homes within the East Anglia region. You will work closely with the team of on-site maintenance staff, Home Managers and Regional Team to address any facilities-related issues efficiently.

Salary:
Up to £50,000 per annum + £3000 car allowance

Shift Pattern:
37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm with flexibility to be available for any facilities-related issues outside of core working hours.

Location:
This is a regional role and you will be working from any one of our 7 locations, and will be expected to travel to all locations in accordance with your role.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

Manage, lead, and support maintenance teams across multiple sites to deliver a high standard of facilities upkeep.
Oversee planned and reactive maintenance activities to ensure the safety, functionality, and aesthetic standards of each home.
Ensure compliance with health and safety legislation, environmental regulations, and internal policies, conducting regular audits and risk assessments.
Budget management, including planning and monitoring expenditure on maintenance and repairs, as well as procurement of external services.
Identify and implement sustainability and energy-efficiency initiatives to support company targets.
Training, Skills & Experience Required:

Proven experience in estates and facilities management, ideally within a healthcare setting.
Strong knowledge of health & safety legislation, risk management, and regulatory compliance within a care environment.
Excellent communication and leadership skills, with experience managing and motivating teams across multiple locations.
Strong financial acumen, with experience managing budgets and controlling costs effectively.
Problem-solving mindset with the ability to remain calm under pressure and adapt to rapidly changing situations.
Relevant qualifications in facilities management, health and safety, or property management are desirable (e.g., NEBOSH, BIFM).
A full UK license, access to a vehicle for business use and the ability to travel to our 7 locations in accordance with your role.
What we can offer:

Fully comprehensive induction.
Competitive salary, plus enhancements on bank holidays.
28 days of holiday per year.
Free Blue Light Card & access to the Blue Light discount platform.
Refer a friend scheme.
About Athena:
Athena Care Homes are a family run business with seven homes across East Anglia. We have care homes in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, Kings Lynn (West Norfolk) & Ipswich (Suffolk).

Our aim is to be the provider of choice for our residents and the employer of choice for our team members.

Our purpose is to create excellent quality homely environments with the highest standards of care, catering, housekeeping and activities.

We aim to enhance the lives of our residents and enable them to enjoy life to the full as individuals in happy, comfortable and safe surroundings.

Job title: Grounds and Building Maintenance Manager
Location: Milton, Cambridge
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Can be flexible
Salary: Highly experienced
Job Purpose: To manage the maintenance of the grounds and the main building in Cambridge, Ensuring efficient and effective service delivery for the clients of the building.

Responsibilities:

1. Building Maintenance:
   • Perform painting and decorating of offices and communal areas.
   • Conduct small electrical works, including changing light bulbs, installing sockets, and setting up Wi-Fi points.
   • Conduct site inspections to identify maintenance needs.
   • Execute minor on-site maintenance and repairs.
   • Schedule and supervise contractors for major repairs, ensuring satisfactory completion of their work.
   • Assist with office re locations.
   • Operate maintenance technology, including air conditioning, fire alarm systems, and security alarm systems.
   • Record weekly water and gas usage.
2. Grounds Maintenance:
   • Maintain the grounds to a professional standard, which includes lawn care, pruning, trimming, tree maintenance, car park upkeep, block paving maintenance, drainage clearance, and external lighting maintenance.
   • Promote environmental practices such as composting and recycling on-site.
   • Encourage ecological opportunities through initiatives like small animal housing and minimizing the use of harmful chemicals.
   • Contact suppliers for major tasks (e.g., large tree removal) and acquire landscaping supplies after obtaining budgetary approval from a Director.
   • Maintain an inventory of machinery and supplies used in grounds maintenance.
3. Health and Safety:
   • Conduct risk assessments.
   • Supervise contractors on-site to ensure adherence to safe working practices.
   • Ensure client compliance with the company's safety requirements.
4. Additional Duties:
   • Be available for emergency call-outs.
   • Act as a key-holder.
   • Undertake additional duties as necessary to meet the needs of the company.

Corporate Responsibilities:

• Health and Safety: Provide risk assessments and ensure compliance with health, safety, and welfare policies for self, colleagues, clients, and the community. Report any accidents or unsafe conditions to a director in line with company policy.
• Equality and Diversity: Conduct all aspects of employment with regard for equality opportunities and diversity policies. Commit to treating all individuals with dignity and respect.
• Behaviour: Work in alignment with the company's expected conduct. Maintain compliance with statutory responsibilities and applicable legislation.
• Team Working and Support: Collaborate effectively as a team member to support other staff, service users, or contractors in achieving company objectives. Maintain communication with clients and contractors as necessary to share relevant information. Identify personal learning and development needs in consultation with your director.

Head of Facilities

Who are Diligenta?

Our vision is to be acknowledged as Best in-class Platform based Life and Pensions Administration Service provider. Customer service is at the heart of everything we do and our aim is to transform our clients' operations. A business that has been described as 'home' by existing employees, we drive a culture that is founded on positive change and development.

Summary of the role

An exciting opportunity has come available for a Head of Facilities to report directly to the Chief Operating Officer.

As the Head of Facilities, you will be responsible for our facilities management operations, ensuring our offices and sites are maintained to the highest standards.

This critical role involves strategic planning, resource management, and leading a team of facilities professionals to support Diligenta's business objectives.

Benefits

• 33 days including Bank Holidays
• Eligibility for an annual discretionary bonus scheme
• Personal and career development opportunities to progress your aspirations within the company as well as through our global parent company (Tata Consultancy Services)
• Access to Perks at Work (an online discounted shopping platform) saving you money on a wide range of goods and services, including your weekly food shop, holidays and electrical goods
• Cycle to Work Scheme & Interest free Season Ticket loans
• A companywide Wellbeing programme, including an Employee Assistance Programme and other benefits/resources to support your mental/physical and financial wellbeing
• A comprehensive set of Moments that Matter policies, such as Carer's Leave, Foster Leave and Retirement Leave
• A contributory company pension scheme where we match your contributions up to 6%, Group Life Assurance ('Death in Service") & Group Income Protection
• Apply to find out about our other benefits

What you'll be doing

• Ongoing daily property management, liaising with landlords on all repairs, housekeeping and H&S compliance.
• Lease management, liaison on all aspect of lease with 3rd party landlord, or client, where space is within contract, to include agreement on outgoings- rent and service charge.
• All facilities management including overseeing a team responsible for facilities management service to support business - (Cleaning/Security/Maintenance).
• Security management/liaison as required as instructed, inc intruder alarms, key holding services and door entry/access control systems.
• Assist management of security breaches by site and CCTV management and ownership.
• Finance and budgeting, Liaison with the finance team to prepare and monitor budgets, authorise invoices for property related expenditure.
• Procurement and management of utilities including annual reporting on consumption.
• Assist business achieve strategic objectives to manage energy, and monitor/reduce carbon footprint.

What we're looking for

• General practise surveyor (may be chartered with RICS qualification).
• Facilities management experience with supporting lease knowledge.
• Facilities manager skilled in building fabric.
• Contracts/Project/Client Management.
• Strong relationship management with internal and external stakeholders, including negotiation and solution development.
• Ability to undertake travel to other locations as reasonably required.
• Minimum 15 years' experience in Facilities management.

If you need any help or adjustments for any stage within the recruitment process due to health, disability, or any other reason, please let us know.

Ready to take the next step in your career? Apply today and become part of our innovative team!

Howard Group - Facilities Manager Role
I'm proud to be working in partnership with the Howard Group who have appointed me on an exclusive basis. They have an exciting opportunity for a Facilities Manager, which is a brand new, key and pivotal role where you will be a part of the management team.
The Howard Group was founded in 1935 and is a family-owned property and private equity investment business. Today the Group operates from headquarters in Cambridge and is recognised as one of the leading property groups in the East of England. They are extremely passionate and proud of the services they deliver to their customers. Recently, the facilities management of The Howard Group's portfolio has been brought in house, so it is essential that you have a good level of experience working as a Facilities Manager for a commercial property portfolio. You will be representing the Howard Group to all external parties including tenants, contractors and suppliers and will need to ensure that Howard Group delivers a high quality of service and support at all times.
As the new Facilities Manager there will be a number of varied responsibilities in line with the following:

• Be a visible presence on site, proactively engaging with tenants to ensure that issues are dealt with in a timely manner and risks, opportunities and improvements are identified and acted upon
• Ensure best value is being achieved by analysing, auditing, and proposing improvements to the existing property management systems in operation.
• Assist with setting service charge budgets and then manage and control expenditure with regard to budgeted amounts.
• To procure and manage a team of multi-discipline Contractors to ensure services are delivered to the expected high standards, with a particular emphasis on Customer Service.
• Procure Planned Preventative Maintenance schedules where appropriate and schedule works as appropriate.
• Create and maintain an effective working relationship with existing contractors and suppliers whilst ensuring they have signed in, have the relevant work permits and are carrying out works on site in a safe manner.
• Ensure compliance with Howard Group procedures and policies, including health and safety, COSHH and environmental matters.
• Input updates into Riskwise relating to statutory certifications and H & S compliance records.
• Coordinate inspections and meetings as required across the portfolio including statutory annual inspections, FRAs, and any inputs to Asbestos Register
• Manage void property inspections and ensuring compliance with insurance policy
• Develop strong relationships with tenants and ensure they receive appropriate communications in a professional manner.
• First responder to any property related issue reported via tenants or helpdesk and deal with issues efficiently whilst communicating promptly to affected parties
• To host regular meetings with Occupiers and Special Interest Groups.
• To ensure the Property Portfolio is compliant with current/new legislation.
• Compose, update and maintain tenant handbooks, fit out guides etc
  

Sustainability:

• Drive sustainability initiatives across the Campus that improve ESG performance, and make recommendations on initiatives and management practices.
• Assist in the promotion and organisation of green travel initiatives.
• Implement initiatives highlighted by sustainability consultants to proactively reduce carbon use.
• Coordinate data collection of energy, water and waste and actively seek ways to reduce consumption / waste with occupiers.
  

Skills required:

• At least 5 years' commercial experience in a mixed property portfolio environment
• Ability to work with a high degree of autonomy, exercising judgement where escalation is required to manage the risks to the business
• Strong interpersonal skills; ability to create a good first impression face to face and on telephone
• Responsive, flexible and professional attitude with ability to adapt priorities as appropriate
• IT skills including core MS Office products

Benefits:

• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays
• Cambridge Botanic Gardens pass
• Pension scheme
• Private healthcare scheme
• Day off for your birthday
• Modern and contemporary office

This is a unique, brand new opportunity for a Facilities Manager to join the Howard Group and be a part of helping them to achieve their vision and mission. For more information on the role and company, please contact Zack Thurgood at Hays on 01223 329444.
Please note: All direct and third-party applications will be forwarded to Zack Thurgood, Senior Recruitment Consultant at Hays.

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What we are offering

• Salary up to £50,000 depending on experience.
• 37.5 hours a week, Monday to Friday.
• Eligible for our flexible benefits plan, please see the attached benefits guide for all we have to offer!

Your Role as Deputy Head of Facilities Management

Are you passionate about making a positive impact on the lives of individuals within the criminal justice system? Do you have experience in hard and soft facilities management? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as The Deputy Head of Facilities Management at HMP Peterborough.

The Deputy Head of Facilities Management at HMP Peterborough plays a pivotal role in delivering a top-tier Facilities Management service to ensure the prison's security, effectiveness, and functionality on a daily basis. Reporting to the Head of Facilities Management, the deputy will step in when needed, overseeing the operational aspects of both Hard and Soft Services provided by in-house teams and external contractors. This includes contributing to major Asset Life Cycle, Capital Expenditure, and Business projects. Moreover, the role involves collaborating closely with the Head of FM to guarantee compliance with statutory regulations, planned maintenance schedules, and the successful execution of FM-led business initiatives.

The Deputy Head of Facilities Management also supports staff development, aids in strategic objectives, and deputises for the Head of Facilities Management when necessary. In essence, the position demands a strong focus on maintaining the prison's structural integrity, safety, and compliance with regulations, while efficiently managing budgets and resources.

Please see the attached job description for a more detailed list of the main responsibilities.

The Ideal Candidate

Our Ideal Candidate would possess the following or similar:

• An experienced senior FM professional that is trained in Health and Safety to IOSH Level 2 standard and has extensive knowledge of Method Statements, Risk Assessments, Safe Systems of Work, Building, Electrical and Mechanical Regulations.
• Possess a BIFM Level 4 qualification or equivalent.
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills, showing the ability to work with colleagues at all levels.
• Progressive, flexible, and dynamic approach to objectives.
• Experience of successfully managing people in a Total Facilities Management delivery model.
• Ability to analyse and resolve problems, develop opportunities, and implement innovate solutions/approaches.
• Demonstration of high performing teamwork, implementing initiatives and working on own judgement and decisions.
• Knowledge of or wiliness to learn BMS, CAFM and other in-house software, as well as having a sound understanding of Microsoft Packages.

Whilst the ideal candidate would fit into the above points, we would implore applicants with the relevant transferrable skills to apply for this role, as you may still be a great fit!

Why Join Us?

At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all.

Sodexo’s vision for HMP Peterborough is to develop a safe, stable, and progressive environment with modern facilities dedicated to reducing re-offending and enabling individuals to fulfil their potential. Every aspect of the prison is designed to help prisoners make meaningful progress in their sentence and personal development goals within a surrounding culture of rehabilitation.

An opportunity too good to miss

As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100 million consumers each day.

Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it’s a chance to be part of something greater. You’ll belong in a company and team that values you for you; you’ll act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions. And for that you’ll receive an excellent benefits package including access to gym facilities on site and a Blue Light card.

We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities, and we celebrate diversity. We’re an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome and can be the best versions of themselves. We recognise that we’re on a journey with regards to diversity and inclusion and would therefore welcome applications from candidates from under-represented backgrounds.

If you have the ambition to build a successful career and the people skills to build successful relationships, apply now for a career that’s too good to miss.

Your new company
Hays are working in partnership with a Cambridge based company, who are recruiting for an experienced facilities manager that is able to hit the ground running and provide the highest level of service to existing clients within their varied property portfolio. The role would be a critical role in maintaining the client's fantastic reputation in the local area.
Your new role
It is important that you are passionate about delivering high standards of property presentation for all of the properties within the portfolio. These are located across Cambridge and the South East. You should have experience in managing and liaising with external contractors to ensure that customer service is delivered at a very high level as well as contractors' work being completed to a professional standard. The company is also delivering an ambitious sustainability strategy, therefore relevant and recent experience in this area would be an advantage.
What you'll need to succeed
The successful candidate will have experience in a similar position with a minimum of 3 years' experience in facilities management, preferably with commercial experience. It is essential that you are self-motivated and able to demonstrate excellent attention to detail to deliver to the highest standards. You need to be personable with a strong desire to deliver excellent customer service.
What you'll get in return
The successful candidate will receive a competitive salary of £45,000 - £55,000 (DOE)

• 37.5 hours, full time
• Holiday entitlement 25 days
  (plus additional day on employees' birthdays)
• Contributory pension
• BUPA Healthcare
• Cycle to work scheme

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Hays EA is a trading division of Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited and acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk