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SalaryLocation: Edinburgh City Centre
Salary: £40,275 - £47,654 GBP per year
Duration: Temporary roles with possibility of perm
Hours: Full-time, 36 hours per week, Mon - Fri
Key Responsibilities:
- Collect, collate, and analyse property condition and service information for maintenance and budgetary planning prioritized on health and safety and statutory compliance.
- Identify defects and causes, manage making safe and subsequent making good works, and ensure rectification.
- Procure, program, and manage maintenance contracts, including all works order approvals, monitoring, and invoice certification.
- Inspect and monitor the standard of building fabric maintenance services to ensure required quality, finance, and compliance standards are met.
- Supervise work assigned to Technical Officers and ensure diligent output.
- Provide technical building maintenance direction, support, and advice to P&FM staff, property managers/users, and suppliers.
- Manage minor projects relating to building fabric from inception to completion, including preparation of briefs, specifications, tender documentation, reports, and financial management.
- Act as Project Manager/Team Leader on maintenance or new build projects as appropriate.
- Act as Principal Designer on all projects as required by CDM regulations.
- Liaise with FM Managers and building occupiers to ensure smooth on-site operations with minimum disruption.
- Take personal ownership of emergencies or urgent incidents to mitigate health and safety and service delivery risks.
- Maintain strong lines of communication with senior managers, corporate contact centre, health and safety, and client department representatives.
- Identify opportunities for continual improvement in maintenance practices and operations.
- Report to line management on performance management information and attend meetings to present reports and information.
- Have extensive contact with clients, building users, and occasionally with professional bodies such as H&SE.
Essential Skills/Qualifications:
- Professionally qualified to Degree standard with full membership of a relevant professional body.
- Experience in fabric maintenance service delivery in a commercially aware environment.
- Proficiency in managing budgets and navigating change in large organizations.
- Project management experience and knowledge of health and safety legislative requirements.
- Good planning, analytical, and decision-making skills with the ability to ensure compliance, on-time, and on-budget delivery of contracts/projects.
- Strong interpersonal skills and a proven track record of individual and team performance at a high level.
- Full clean driving license preferred.
- Work both in an office/meeting environment and on-site visits, with regular travel between corporate properties.
- Work in various weather conditions and environments, including noise, dirt, dust, confined spaces, manual handling duties, and at heights.
- Conduct dynamic risk assessments to ensure personal safety.
- Ability to deal with pressure and challenging environments, act sensitively, and understand conflicting requirements.
- Operate in accordance with the Council's Lone Working Policy.
If you are ready to take on this challenging and dynamic role, apply now!
