Professional Services
Directorate of Infrastructure
Salary:
£40,497 to £45,413 per annum
Monday to Friday, Office hours
Post Type:
Full Time
Contract Type:
Permanent
Closing Date:
Friday 03 October 2025
Interview Date:
To be confirmed
Reference:
HR0186892
This job is only available to University of Bradford staff. It may be released externally should we not appoint internally.
Mechanical & Electrical Maintenance Manager
Salary:(£40,497-£45,413)
Hours:(Hours per week)
Contract: (Permanent)
Working Model: Campus based with some working from home.
University of Bradford
At the University of Bradford, our focus is on creating the conditions for social, cultural, and economic impact. We are committed to social inclusion. Our work to expand opportunity and enable students to reach their potential, has led to us topping the Social Mobility Index of English universities for the last four years. Our University Strategy sets out our ambitions for 2025, which we will achieve by using our proud heritage as a springboard and remaining steadfast in our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion.
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Directorate
Supporting the University's core operations and ensuring students, visitors and staff are kept safe, secure and comfortable, the Estates Services team are responsible for our grounds, buildings and services.
What you will be doing:
Working as part of the Maintenance Team management group, you'll lead on the delivery of a range of mechanical and electrical (M&E) planned and reactive maintenance tasks. Contributing to the long-term maintenance plan, you'll also assess and monitor life cycles of key assets, determining and delivering programmes to overhaul, upgrade or replace these via an annual investment cycle.
You'll bring a strong technical understanding of M&E maintenance and small works, such that you can advise and support internal stakeholders to deliver their core activities. Commercially astute, you'll ensure best value and high quality delivery via a range of service providers and you'll apply your strong leadership skills to motivate, develop and continually improve the self-delivery team.
Qualifications/ experience:
* A level 4 (HNC) qualification in a relevant subject area (Facilities Management, Maintenance, Engineering, Building Surveying, Quantity Surveying, Contract Management, etc) or relevant professional experience in one of these disciplines.
* Experience of working on a range of building services activities including planned and reactive maintenance plus projects and system upgrades via both self-delivery and service providers.
In Return we Offer:
* 25 days holiday (Grade 8) and 13 statutory and customary days (taken at Easter and Christmas).
* Family-friendly policies
* Great campus facilities including:
* Unique fitness centre
* Eye clinic
* Physiotherapy & sports rehabilitation,
* Counselling & mental health services
* On site nursery
* Food & drink outlets
* Generous employer contribution pension schemes - Universities Superannuation Scheme
* Generous benefit schemes, including car leasing, cycle to work, holiday purchase, home & technology scheme and shopping discounts
Find more information about the many other benefits, including salary sacrifice schemes and campus nursery.
Additional Information:
If you would like to find out more or are interested in applying, please message, email or call Craig Hirst, Head of Maintenance
we would love to hear from you.