Facilities & Assets Supervisor in Torquay

Overview

Facilities & Assets Supervisor

Torquay, Devon (with regular visits to our sites as and when required)

This is a full-time, permanent role with Cavanna Homes, the South West’s largest independent house builder. We are family owned and construct beautiful new homes that customers love.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• 25 days’ holiday + bank holidays, additional holidays awarded for length of service
• Holiday purchase scheme – purchase up to an additional week of holiday
• 6% employer pension contributions
• Private healthcare for yourself and family
• Medicash health cashback scheme
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Early Friday finishes
• Regular social events
• Life assurance (3x annual salary)
• Cycle to work scheme up to the value of £3,500
• Discount on purchase of a Cavanna Home

Role summary

This role is a brilliant opportunity for a highly organised individual with knowledge and experience of health and safety regulations within the construction industry and a strong grasp of Asset Management to join the South West’s largest independent house builder. You will uphold the highest health and safety standards and ensure the exceptional quality of our facilities and assets, contributing to a safe working environment and making a significant impact across the organisation.

What’s more, you’ll enjoy a range of fantastic benefits to support both your professional development and personal wellbeing, ensuring you’re equipped with everything you need to excel in your role.

About the role

As our Facilities & Assets Supervisor, you will manage the effective operation of our facilities and assets, ensuring health & safety policies and requirements are always met.

You’ll ensure compliance with health & safety and legal requirements across the Head Office, the building and plant yard and our commercial fleet, supervising all facility and fleet services to maintain the highest standards.

Effectively sourcing all required assets, you’ll aim to secure the most cost-effective solutions and oversee the movement of owned assets, ensuring statutory inspections are kept up to date and that assets are being maintained as per manufacturers’ recommendations.

Additionally, you will:

• Provide effective leadership to the Plant Engineer / Fitter Service Operations
• Co-ordinate contractors and service contracts
• Ensure repairs are timely and undertaken effectively
• Manage service and utility contracts
• Ensure all vehicles are safe and insured and any repairs & maintenance is up to date
• Produce and control annual budgets
• Support Project Teams

About you

To be considered as our Facilities & Assets Supervisor, you will need:

• Experience in a similar role
• A strong understanding of health and safety regulations within the construction industry
• Knowledge and experience in using Asset Management and Microsoft Office software
• Experience in managing a small team
• Knowledge of current and future Building Safety requirements
• Exceptional attention to detail in cost reporting, ensuring accuracy and precision in financial data analysis
• The ability to negotiate contracts, liaise with suppliers and resolve conflicts diplomatically
• The ability to write reports using appropriate business language
• Strong leadership skills
• GCSE level qualifications in English and Maths
• A full, valid driving licence

The closing date for this role is 19th September 2025. Please apply via the link.

Other organisations may call this role Facilities Manager, Site Facilities Manager, Facilities Supervisor, FM Service Manager, or Plant Manager.

Cavanna Homes is an equal opportunities employer, values diversity and is strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.