Site Manager in Rotherham

Equans is looking for a Site Manager to join our team in Venture house, Greasbrough Street, Rotherham S60 1RF on a permanent basis. This is a full‑time role working 40 hours per week with a salary of £30,000.00 per annum and benefits package.

Shift Times: Monday to Friday Any 8 hours between 6:00am and 22:00pm, 1 hour unpaid lunch.

What will you deliver?

• Responsible for the day‑to‑day running and security of the site.
• Ensure all safeguarding requirements are met, including relevant training.
• Lead a team of multi‑skilled caretakers to provide an exceptional service to all project stakeholders.
• Provide an effective, efficient reactive and planned maintenance service for the school, upholding the required standards outlined in the PFI Performance Management document.
• Manage Equans staff and all contractors/sub‑contractors on site, ensuring all Health and Safety / Equans procedures and policies are upheld.
• Maintain all site records, including PPMs, work orders, site log books, visitor/induction records.
• Ensure all work orders are closed or updated correctly in relation to their sites.
• Undertake general caretaking duties (porter services such as deliveries and exam set‑ups, reactive cleaning of bodily fluid spillages, general maintenance like lamp changes and replacement of ceiling tiles).
• Carry out planned maintenance activities (Legionnaires checks, door condition checks, light switch checks, litter picking, gritting, leaf removal) in all weathers.
• Provide regular support to the school to enable delivery of the teaching curriculum, and communicate with school representatives.
• Undertake and record statutory and mandatory planned maintenance duties.
• Log reactive maintenance tasks on the helpdesk.
• Proactively carry out a daily regime of ‘find it fix it’ or report it to the helpdesk, ensuring tasks are followed up and fixed within our service level agreement.

What can we offer you?

• 24 days annual leave (plus public holidays)
• Life cover equivalent to 1.5 times annual salary
• Employee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailers
• Gym membership discounts
• Cycle‑to‑work scheme
• Holiday purchase scheme
• 2 corporate social responsibility days per year
• Broad range of learning opportunities, including professional qualifications, collective/individual training, and personalized support programmes
• Attractive employee referral rewards scheme
• Access to growing employee networks (AccessAbility, Encompass, RISE, WOMEN TOGETHER, Working Parents, Young Professionals, Veterans & Reservists)
• 24/7 employee assistance program and access to a mental wellbeing app

Who are we looking for?

• This role reports directly to the Facilities Manager.
• Able to promote good customer relationships.
• Have safeguarding experience in an education environment.
• Have a proven track record of practical maintenance skills.
• Have a good understanding of building services such as boilers, heating, lighting and water management.
• Have good knowledge of Health and Safety.
• Can follow site and company policies and procedures.
• Good communication skills and able to converse with people at all levels.
• Understand services and plant to be maintained within the building.
• Live within 30 minutes of the site to provide reactive call‑out cover if required.
• Good IT skills (desirable).
• Full valid UK driving licence.

A full enhanced DBS clearance will be required before taking up the position.

Equal Opportunity: We encourage applications from women, ethnically diverse individuals, and people with disabilities, and from all candidates who identify with protected characteristic groups under the Equality Act 2010. All applicants must have evidence of the right to work in the UK.