Description Are you a competent and multiskilled Maintenance professional looking for a new challenge?
We are looking for an experienced Maintenance Supervisor responsible for managing a team of Maintenance Operatives, carrying out maintenance activities, checking standards of maintenance and reactive work while coaching team members as required, delivering high levels of craftsmanship and job reporting.
Whilst supporting the Maintenance Operatives you will also run a caseload of your own across a defined region.
We are looking for someone who has supervisory experience and is happy to cover the Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Yorkshire and South Yorkshire area.
Who we are?
At Esland, we have a clear mission of providing high quality residential care, education and other wrap around services which offers a bespoke specialist service to Local Authorities ensuring that they get the best outcomes for their young people.
We are proud of the quality services that we offer both Local Authorities, children and our staff.
We are a provider of choice, offering long term placement stability and through our Road to Resilience.
Key Responsibilities • Line management of the Maintenance Operatives.
• Conduct teams meetings, supervisions and appraisals for your direct reports.
• Ensure sickness, holidays and training is up to date and recorded.
• Conduct observations and coaching with the team to identify areas of training and development.
• Ensure monthly Payroll information is gathered and communicated according to the monthly deadlines.
• Sourcing and managing quotations in conjunction with the Head of Estates.
• Ensuring all works are risk assessed and compliance documents completed as required by team members.
Skills Knowledge and Expertise • Previous supervisory experience desirable.
• Can work both independently and as part of the wider team to achieve key business objectives.
• Will have excellent communication skills, in order to liaise effectively with all levels of the organisation.
• Proactively monitor the FM system and organise resource as required in order to complete jobs within SLA's.
• Able to produce and communicate plans to show progression on when works will be completed.
• Has a solution-focused, flexible, can-do attitude so that issues are dealt with promptly.
• Is computer literate and able to operate existing systems and hardware to a high level, as well as being able to coach others as required.
• Will have experience in all aspects of light maintenance and be able to carry out this work to a high standard to provide an efficient and comprehensive maintenance service to our homes.
This includes: o plastering, painting and decorating, o working knowledge of basic plumbing, o experienced in the safe use of powered hand and bench tools, o able to hang fire doors to the correct clearances.
• Able to coach others in order to raise their skill levels in the essential areas of maintenance as part of their ongoing development.
• A full driving license is essential, along with flexibility to travel across our homes as required.
Whilst this job description gives a reasonable overview of the post, it is not exhaustive, and the post holder will be expected to behave in a flexible manner and take on any other duties that may be reasonably delegated from time to time Benefits Company Van & Fuel Card Overtime rate Tools Supplied Earn £500 via our Refer-a-Friend scheme Monthly recognition awards Access to our Employee Assistance Programme.
Access to big-brand deals and discounts via our employee benefits scheme via E-together.
Free parking A day off for your birthday (in addition to your holiday entitlement) Access to a holiday home based in the Peak District where you can stay for free, on the company!
The opportunity to make a real difference to a child's life!
With over 35 years of residential childcare experience, the Esland group now has more than 60 residential children's and assessment homes, and three schools, that are spread across the Kent, Hertfordshire, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Staffordshire, Wiltshire, Bedfordshire, Nottinghamshire, West Midlands and Northamptonshire regions of England.
We strive to support our children to achieve their very best outcomes, through our bespoke residential care, education, therapeutic and activity-led wraparound services.