Mitie
About the Role:
Manage building and fabric maintenance services across two Newcastle hospitals, ensuring proactive and reactive maintenance is delivered efficiently and effectively. This role requires a Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM schedule.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage Building Supervisor and building fabric team to ensure timely and quality task completion.
- Manage specialist subcontractors for planned preventive, reactive maintenance, and minor works.
- Manage emergency major repairs, ensuring contract compliance.
- Act as a group leader, deploying staff, and managing resources (stores, materials, transport).
- Achieve productivity, quality, and discipline standards.
- Encourage cooperation and teamwork across disciplines and with hospital staff, resolving complaints as necessary.
- Supervise building fabric tasks for smooth workflow.
- Manage and maintain fire doors.
- Conduct surveys of hospital properties and report on condition.
- Maintain and improve work carried out on preventative maintenance (PPM) basis.
- Regularly check equipment and machinery used by supervised staff.
- Handle general administrative duties for the section.
- Interpret and work from daily work orders, instructions, drawings, and specifications.
- Diagnose and repair building fabric faults and share knowledge.
- Understand building fabric workings and instruct others.
- Liaise with the projects team to ensure work continuity and plan work in advance.
- Adhere to relevant standards, legislation (including H&S), technical memorandums, British Standards, and best industry practice.
- Perform any other duties as required by the role or Mitie management.
Skills and Expertise:
- Recognized fabric/building apprenticeship
- FDIS Certified Inspector
- Relevant BTEC or City & Guilds qualifications in building/fabric discipline
- Desirable: HNC or HND in relevant discipline, hospital experience, operational FM experience, post-apprenticeship supervisory experience, supervisory management, technical knowledge of building fabric, excellent verbal and written communication skills, basic IT skills, ability to provide concise written reports