Building & Maintenance Manager

This role reports to the Theatre Director and is responsible for the Maintenance Assistant at the New Victoria Theatre, Rhoda McGaw Cinema and Nova Cinema in Woking. The Building & Maintenance Manager will be a part of the venue management team, providing leadership to the team and building expertise. The post holder will act as a lead Risk Champion in our venues.

The Building and Maintenance Manager is responsible for the planning, organising and coordination of all building projects and repairs, maintenance contracts and planned preventative maintenance. They will be a strong leader and ensure that our venues are maintained in excellent condition for all visitors, performers and staff. The Building and Maintenance Manager is responsible for the general upkeep and maintenance of the building to ensure it meets Health and Safety, licensing and any relevant legal requirements. As well as overseeing all the maintenance, they will be responsible for keeping an electronic database up to date with all compliance documents and registers of works required and completed. Please note, your role may involve working with children or vulnerable people.

Key responsibilities

• Support contractor visits, ensuring work briefs are adhered to and appropriate inspections are carried out in a timely and effective manner.
• Prepare a yearly preventative maintenance plan which takes into account all periodic inspections, routine maintenance tasks, the venues lease obligations and any minor works required.
• Oversee annual maintenance inspections for all areas where these are necessary, ensuring compliance with all legislation, company practice and that records are kept.
• Undertake and/or ensure projects and maintenance tasks are completed to timescales agreed, to the highest possible standards and within agreed budgets.
• Liaise with the Technical Manager ensuring that the lamping and general maintenance of the lighting across the venues is carried out in an efficient and timely manner.
• Maintain an overview on the general standard of housekeeping in the building.
• Ensure the painting and decoration of the venue is maintained to a high standard, performing any repairs necessary in a manner suitable to the style and history of the building.
• Source information and quotes for work requiring the use of contractors, and ensure that the job brief is complete and comprehensive for any work needing to be carried out.
• Work with other departments to enable them to maximise their effectiveness.
• Ensure that the online property register and Meridian safety compliance software is kept up to date.
• Be available on call for emergency maintenance assistance and alarm activations outside of normal working hours.
• Support and lead on venue CAPEX requests for your department.
• Lead, alongside the Technical Manager, on the Contactor Management System (Gatekeeper).

Risk Management

• Take the lead on all aspects of the ATG Risk Management System (RMS), as the lead Risk Champion.
• Lead, with our external consultants on our Fire Risk Assessment and actions from it.
• Implement and comply with the company Risk Management Policy, maintaining the safest possible environment for your colleagues, visiting companies and customers.
• Act as Legionella representative for the venue, ensuring that regular inspections are completed and paperwork updated.
• Complete a monthly maintenance inspection, looking at all aspects throughout the building to ensure that the highest standard is attained at all times.
• Complete and submit incident reports, near miss reports and accidents reports to venue management as and when they occur via the current reporting system.

People Management

• Provide day to day management of the Maintenance Assistant.
• Ensure that all necessary documentation is completely accurate and submitted to venue management as required.
• Ensure that employee performance is monitored and reviewed accordingly.
• Ensure that staff are kept fully up to date with maintenance procedures and working practices through a structured multi-skilling training programme.
• Attend meetings as necessary to support the Management Team.
• Attend training courses as required to further self-development for you and your team.
• Ensure all the company’s policies and procedures are adhered to.

Your skills, qualities, and experience

If you are able to demonstrate many of the essential criteria, we encourage you to apply, and welcome transferable skills from other industries or backgrounds.

Essential:

• Experience of the management of Health and Safety at Work in an environment comparable with a theatre or entertainment venue.
• Experience of leading a team.
• Proven hands on maintenance experience and knowledge (carpentry, plumbing, decoration, electrical etc).
• Ability to manage a varied and complex workload.
• Good knowledge of building services and systems.
• Strong spoken and written communication skills.
• Good IT skills, including the use of MS Office, Word and Excel.
• Flexibility to work unsocial hours and weekends to meet business requirements where necessary.
• Ability to develop and maintain good working relationships with a wide range of people both internal and external.
• Quality is at the heart of the job you do.
• A ‘can-do’ attitude and a positive, flexible approach to the job role, work colleagues and peers.

Desirable:

• IOSH Qualification.
• Full, clean drivers licence.
• Technical or recognised trade qualification in a relevant discipline.
• First Aid at Work Training.
• Experience of working in a multi-faceted building/complex.
• Knowledge of water management, pest control, low voltage light and small power systems, ventilation and air handling systems, general plumbing services, fire protection systems and fire alarms.

We are a Disability Confident Committed Employer. We will offer an interview or recruitment event to disabled candidates who tell us they wish to participate in the scheme and who demonstrate in their application that they best meet the essential criteria for the role.