Role: Facilities Manager
Location: WF14, but some travel required
Hours: 37hrs per week
Salary: £37,000/pa
At the Hollybank Trust we have been providing residential and nursing care, education, and enrichment and therapeutic services to people with profound and multiple learning disabilities for 70 years. In addition to our 10 residential care services, we have an on-site Hydrotherapy pool, a day service, a school, and all our central services offices too. Our largest site in Mirfield is where the role will be based, however travel to our services in Holmfirth, Barnsley and South Kirkby will be required and so a full UK driving license is essential for the role.
About the role
No two days at Hollybank are ever the same, however the key responsibilities for this role are:
1. To be the main contact for Facilities Management; ensure all the buildings and grounds are maintained to a safe and high standard of repair, booking in and timetabling any works so they are carried out with the minimum disturbance to our children, young people & adults and/or staff. To manage the Trust’s electronic maintenance request system (JIRA), making sure that all requests are dealt with in a timely manner and appropriately prioritised, managed from start to completion including the organising of external contractors for matters beyond in house repair. Develop and implement a preventative and planned maintenance strategy and schedule and ensure it is delivered within the agreed budget. Responsible for the Trust’s Facilities Compliance Matrix, ensuring all statutory checks and servicing are in date, with jobs booked in good time to ensure they always remain in date. Prepare and maintain work/inspection and testing schedules; standard operating procedures for all maintenance works; inspection and testing of plant, equipment, tools, facilities etc. Ensure all facilities paperwork is kept secure and up to date. To ensure all building Health and Safety requirements are being adhered to when undertaking any maintenance works. This includes following all legislation, safe system of work and ACOPs, complete the relevant RAMS documentation and comply with current statutory requirements. To ensure that routine health, safety and fire activities and checks by the Facilities team are carried out (including H&S, Legionella, Fire and Asbestos). Ensure tools, equipment and any hazardous substances are adequately maintained and stored in a place of safety, secured from access by unauthorised persons.
To organise general portage duties so that goods, furniture and equipment are transported or removed to the appropriate place within the required timescales and are available.
Unfortunately we are not able to offer sponsorship to work in the UK, and we do ask that you have at least 6 months of UK based work experience in any sector.