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Cleaning Site Manager – Maternity Cover
HOURS: 40 hrs a week
LOCATION: Swindon SN3
At Mitie, our people are our greatest strength, and our promise is to create a place to work where you can thrive and be your best every day. We're looking for a Cleaning Site Manager – Maternity Cover who will oversee the operational delivery of janitorial services at the site, building excellent relationships with the client and your team whilst maintaining a high‑quality service output. This role offers a Monday to Friday shift pattern, flexible start/finish times to business needs, competitive salary (DOE) and is a 12‑month fixed‑term contract.
Role Responsibilities
* An understanding of cleaning, waste and forklift truck activities.
* Develop a comprehensive knowledge of site in terms of layout, fit‑out, working hours and operating times in order to create and adapt adequate cleaning schedules.
* Manage all staff on‑site, ensuring a consistent delivery of hours, in‑line with the site budget.
* Administer payroll for hourly paid staff, both direct employees and agency, in‑line with company procedures and targets.
* Create and promote a positive safety culture on‑site where hazards are proactively recorded and a lessons‑learnt approach taken to limit accidents and incidents.
* Have a thorough understanding of Risk Assessments, Method Statements and Control of Substances Hazardous to Health.
* Achieve excellent cleaning standards, exceeding client expectations, evidenced through the weekly cleaning standards audit undertaken with the client, acting upon any potential failings and opportunities for improvement in a timely manner.
* Drive continuous improvements by seeking innovations, identifying efficiencies and negotiating with customers, staff and suppliers.
* Maintain adequate stock levels and place orders as required and within the site budget.
* Ensure all equipment is clean, well‑maintained and safe, as well as being operated in‑line with the requirements of site.
Health And Safety Responsibilities
* Follow Group and company policies and procedures at all times.
* Report any apparent deficiencies in systems of work or equipment provided that may result in failure of service delivery or risk to health and safety or the environment.
* Use all work equipment and personal PPE properly and in accordance with training received.
* Report any issues or training needs to your line manager and/or via your divisional incident reporting system.
Required Qualifications
* Experience working in a professional cleaning environment
* Experience in management, ideally of large teams.
* Someone adaptable, motivated and organised with excellent timekeeping.
* An engaging and enthusiastic personality with staff, clients and stakeholders.
* Commercial awareness with experience of holding budgetary control.
* IOSH Managing Safety or comparable qualification – essential, or willingness to complete within first month of employment.
* Must be able to complete a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service check.
What's in it for you?
* Access to Mitie's learning and development pathways.
* Health & wellbeing benefits including virtual GP, employee assistance programmes and occupational health.
* Exclusive discounts with MiDeals, offering savings across high street brands.
* Financial wellbeing support, pension contributions and the opportunity to join Mitie's share schemes.
Our market‑leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.
We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.
When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!
We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well‑known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle‑to‑work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save‑as‑you‑earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).
We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!
Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.
We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long‑term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Shradha Singh at shradha.singh@mitie.com.
Since 1987, Mitie’s 80,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.
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