Maintenance Manager in Dorchester

(Including one in four weeks on call out of hours)

Permanent Contract

Main duties of the job

Are you an experienced maintenance professionalwho thrives on solving practical problems and leading a team?

Weare looking for a hands-on coordinator to oversee the ongoing reactive andplanned maintenance programme across all Weldmar sites in Dorset. In this role,you won't just manage from behind a desk, you will lead our maintenance team,build relationships with external contractors, and get stuck into daily tasksto keep our facilities running safely and efficiently.

Yourkey responsibilities will be:

Triaging,scheduling, and overseeing all maintenance and refurbishment projects forWeldmars buildings, grounds, vehicles, and equipment.

Managing andinspiring the internal maintenance team, while sourcing and maintaining strongrelationships with external contractors.

Ensuring allactivities align with organisational, regulatory, and legislative procedures.

Keep projects ontrack by managing day-to-day maintenance resources and budgets.

Overseeing criticalareas including fire prevention, waste disposal, vehicle fleet maintenance, andmedical gas.

We'dlove to hear from you if you have proven management experience, with solidknowledge of building maintenance, services, and facilities, and can managepeople, budgets, and prioritise tasks.

AnEnhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check is required for this role.

About us

Weldmar Hospicecare provides specialist care foradults in Dorset who have a life limiting illness, and support for their lovedones. We are dedicated to fostering a culture of equality, diversity, andinclusion across all aspects of our organisation.

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose

The Maintenance Manager will oversee the ongoingreactive and planned maintenance programme at all Weldmar sites across Dorset,as well as support specific project work as directed.

This involves planning, triaging, scheduling andoverseeing maintenance and refurbishment activities required of the MaintenanceTeam. To ensure that Weldmars buildings, grounds, vehicles and equipment, arerunning efficiently. This includes preventative and reactive maintenance,ensuring compliance to organisational, regulatory and legislative procedures,as well as managing resources and budgets.

The Maintenance Manager willsource, develop and maintain relationships with external contractors andsupport the logistical planning of maintenance, refurbishment and project work.The role is also responsible for the management of the maintenance service andteam and will be required to undertake planned preventative and reactive taskson a daily basis

Scope and Limits of Authority

Reporting to the Facilities Lead, and working in collaboration with theFacilities Compliance Coordinator, the Maintenance Manager is expected to planand organise all maintenance activities. They will:

• Be responsible for ongoing planned preventativemaintenance across all Weldmar sites.
• Develop, implement and oversee maintenance schedulesand plans, in line with the requirements of manufacturers recommendations, Health& Safety Regulations, best practice and Health Care Standards.
• Ensure that regular inspections and riskassessments are conducted to identify areas requiring repair and improvement.Proactively raising issues and providing proposed solutions.
• Review completed audits, inspections, or riskassessments (both internal and external), implement and monitor any associatedrecommendations or action plan.
• Under the direction of Facilities Lead andProject Lead, support with the coordination of refurbishment programmes andproject work, including moves, re-fits, transport.
• Contribute to Weldmars emergency and contingencyplans, protocols and procedures.
• Manage the maintenance budget and track costsagainst budget, highlighting concerns to Facilities Lead.
• Line Manage and develop MaintenanceTechnicians.

Responsible for the following:

• In-House maintenance request module, ensuringdaily triaging and reporting when necessary.
• Delegated budget of maintenance and transportrelated activities. With authority of up to £1000 per purchase order.
• Authorised Person for Medical Gas, for whichtraining and certification will be provided
• Weldmar Fire Officer responsible for fire safetyand fire risk assessments for all Weldmar sites, for which training andcertification will be provided

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience in a recognised construction/building facilities maintenance trade such as electrical, plumbing, carpentry, HVAC engineer, general builder.
• Experienced and capable in carrying out a wide range of maintenance tasks,
• Including basic repairs to plant and equipment, fault finding, analysing and recommending the most cost-effective option for repair and or replacement.
• Experience and a very good understanding of building and fire regulations.
• Experienced in carrying out a wide scope of works i.e. carpentry, plumbing, decoration, equipment repairs and general DIY.
• Experience of line management, including recruitment, performance management, training and development of staff
• Experience in supervising contractors.
• Experience of financial management and of setting, achieving manageable budgets
• Experience of project management, working to a set timeframe and managing multiple planned and reactive works at any one time

Skills and Abilities

• Good analytical thinking skills with a proactive and problem-solving approach to work
• Ability to apply knowledge and skills to a variety of standard and non-standard problems and identify issues.
• Excellent organising and prioritising skills to coordinate and prioritise tasks and ensuring job completion, even during emergencies
• Ability to appropriately delegate tasks and responsibilities to team members
• Ability to work in a healthcare environment
• Ability to work under own initiative, as part of a team and be able to lead and motivate
• a team.
• Excellent verbal communications, including listening skills and ability to provide advice
• and guidance to colleagues and contractors.
• Ability to produce and deliver quality training material for mandatory fire training
• Contract management skills, assessing tenders, negotiating terms and managing quality of service to teams
• Strong maintenance and facilities background and prepared to be part of the maintenance on call team working.
• Attention to detail ensuring maintenance tasks are not overlooked and minor site problems do not become major problems
• Reliability
• Understanding of, and contribution to, Budget Management

Qualifications

• Considerable knowledge and understanding of a wide range of building maintenance, services and facilities including qualifications in a relevant field (e.g. craft C&G/NVQ) or the equivalent level of expertise gained through experience
• Knowledge of medical gas and the commitment to be trained to the required competency.
• Management of Water Systems, with knowledge of (Legionella) and the commitment to be trained to the required competency
• Considerable knowledge, understanding of health and safety matters associated with maintenance activities within a healthcare environment
• Maintain up to date skills and knowledge and maintain an awareness of patient led service issues
• Knowledge and experience of the Fire Regulations and competent in carrying out Fire Risk Assessments or the commitment to be trained to the required competency.
• Good knowledge, understanding of the principles and practice of risk management
• Knowledge and experience of transport support services and regulations.
• Good level of IT knowledge in relation to construction and buildings.
• Knowledge and ability to interpret plans and schematics.
• Good physical fitness for carrying heavy loads and performing other physically demanding tasks

Other Requirements

• An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check: which will disclose any spent or unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands or warnings the applicant has, as well as any other relevant information held by the police.
• Commitment to the values and ethos of Weldmar Hospicecare
• Act as an advocate and ambassador for the Charity
• Commitment to and understanding of equality and diversity and how this translates into good practice
• Understands and conforms to Weldmar Hospicecare infection prevention and health and safety policies and actively promotes best practice at all times.
• Commitment to own continued (professional and) personal development
• Ability to travel which requires a full valid driving licence and business insurance

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.