Job Title: School Facilities Manager
Location: Chelmsford, Essex
Salary: £40,000 - £45,000
Job type: Full Time, Permanent
Start date: Immediate
MLK Search is supporting a unique, high-achieving, 'Outstanding' group of Independent therapeutic Schools to recruit a facilities manager to work across their new trauma-centred cluster of therapeutic schools in Chelmsford, Essex.
Reporting to the Head of Estates & Compliance, you will:
* provide day-to-day site management of the school sites in the cluster; overseeing maintenance and cleanliness to ensure sites remain safe, hygienic, and well presented
* ensure arrangements for security and site safety reflect that the safety of pupils and staff is always the prime objective.
* be the first point of contact for the school sites within the cluster, including in emergencies, outside of operational hours and at weekends.
* respond in priority order to work tasks logged online, to quickly repair and/or replace and/or make safe, broken/damaged infrastructure, organising for use of the company’s best-value contractors where necessary, ensure sites are secure, and alarm, CCTV, and door systems are operational and effective
* monitor and log all the required compliance checks across schools, including those relating to water, fire safety and maintenance of infrastructure, etc.
* maintain compliance with all relevant health and safety regulations and independent school standards.
* supervise any contractors, suppliers, or visitors while moving around or carrying out any works to the premises.
NB. For this role, you are required to have a driver's license. A company van will be provided and there may be occasional travel to other sites in London and Maidstone.
The ideal candidate will:
* Be experienced in facilities management; preferably across more than one site.
* Have previously worked with schools, particularly independent schools (highly desirable)
* Hold the relevant qualifications (desirable)
* Have a secure understanding of health & safety regulations and reporting
* Be understanding of the needs of pupils and staff in a specialist school
If you feel you have the required skills and experience to undertake this opportunity, please apply now.
Alternatively, you can contact me for more information at:
07793 209 744
Greg.Bookman@MLK-Search.co.uk
NB. Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment checks and referencing.