Maintenance Supervisor

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As Maintenance Supervisor, you will lead the delivery of planned and reactive maintenance across the Royal College of Art estate. You will take ownership of compliance, health and safety, and ensure the safe and effective operation of buildings by managing risks and optimising asset performance. You will support and guide a team of technicians and contractors, oversee maintenance programmes, coordinate repairs and minor works, and use data insights to improve service delivery and long-term asset reliability.

Essential Criteria

• Experience in building maintenance, facilities management or a similar environment
• Experience supervising maintenance teams and external contractors
• Proven experience delivering planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance
• Experience managing statutory compliance and health, safety and environmental regulations
• Experience using CAFM systems.

More About You

You will bring strong technical knowledge of building services and maintenance, with the ability to assess risks and make informed decisions. You are confident leading teams, setting priorities and managing performance, while supporting development and promoting high standards of work. You take a proactive and structured approach to compliance and safety, and you're comfortable using maintenance data to drive improvement and ensure efficient service delivery.

At Places for People, we are committed to a safe working environment so a basic DBS Check is mandatory.

Benefits

• Competitive salary with regular annual review
• Pension with matched contributions up to 7%
• Bonus scheme for colleagues at 2%
• 35 days holiday (including bank holiday) with option to buy or sell days
• Healthcare cashback plan for everyday medical costs - up to £500 savings per year
• Access to wellbeing support such as counselling and flu jabs
• Private GP and health support services available
• Access to a rewards platform with retail and lifestyle discounts
• Savings on groceries, travel, shopping and home products
• Ongoing training and development opportunities
• Access to professional qualifications and career progression
• Internal development programmes and learning support
• Recognition schemes such as Star Awards and Colleagues Awards
• Strong focus on inclusion, wellbeing and colleague engagement
• Free membership to Places Gyms

We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We understand the importance of a supportive and inclusive work culture so please talk to us at interview about flexibility you may need. We can't promise to give you exactly what you want, but we promise not to judge you for asking. For this role, we are open to discussing the possibility of reduced hours, flexible start and finish times or compressed hours.

Safeguarding

At Places for People, safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. We are committed to creating safe communities for our customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect. We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment. By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communities.

Armed Forces

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Disability Confident

We are proud to be a member of the Disability Confident scheme certified as Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This helps us to successfully employ and retain people with disabilities and health conditions. Disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for a vacancy will be guaranteed an interview.

Neurodivergent

Neurodiverse individuals have highly valuable skills, and we recognise that a traditional interview process sometimes works against them and doesn’t allow them to self-advocate. Neurodiverse applicants who meet the criteria for a vacancy will be guaranteed an interview.