Maintenance Supervisor

We now have an excellent opportunity for a Site Supervisor to join our highly regarded repairs and maintenance team in Essex. This role will be working across St Margarets Hospital, Epping and Hertford Hospital and will provide you with the opportunity to take on some supervisory duties, whilst still maintaining an active role within your trade.

Rydon has established a strong reputation for the quality within maintenance sector, creating and improving communities for the benefit of current and future generations. Our maintenance business provides a range of expert planned and responsive maintenance services to domestic properties and commercial buildings in the social housing, health and social care sectors. We look after a growing number of healthcare buildings for NHS Trusts, residential homes and educational facilities. Using the latest technology we ensure properties are well maintained, efficient and fit for purpose.

Job Purpose

Based at St Margaret's Community Hospital in Epping this is an excellent opportunity for a Multi Skilled Maintenance Operative to join our highly regarded Maintenance team. The role is varied and involves a mix of supervisory duties whilst still undertaking some of your own multi-skilled repairs. The role is a key part of our team and allows you to develop your career in a supervisory role, whilst still remaining actively involved in a skilled trade.

Duties include:

• Undertaking PPM's
• Reactive works
• Document management
• Site Inductions
• Managing/Supervising Contractors

Our repairs team delivers a first-class repairs service in partnership with a range of NHS Trusts. We provide reactive and planned maintenance to a number of NHS buildings and we work to strict timescales and safety requirements to ensure the comfort and safety of service users using these NHS facilities.

Depending on your exact trade background, maintenance works may include changing of light fixtures, carpentry, plumbing, replacing door handles and locks, painting and decorating, general wear and tear maintenance (filling of holes/retouching, light plastering). In addition to reactive repairs, there will also be some planned, preventative maintenance activities such as temperature checks, emergency light checks and planned upgrade works as part of our ongoing efforts to ensure a safe environment for service users.

What we can offer you:

• A competitive starting salary
• A company van and fuel card
• 25 days holiday including the ability to increase your annual leave
• An on call allowance and overtime paid when you are on call.
• Access to an employee discount scheme which includes a wide-range of special offers and discounts on insurances, lifestyle goods and services.
• Company pension, life assurance and income protection.
• Flexible benefits for you to choose from including Critical Illness, Dental Insurance, private medical and more.
• Health and wellness benefits such as free flu vaccinations, access to an Employee Assistance and Wellbeing Programme, BUPA Health & Wellbeing Plans, access to our Health and Wellbeing portal with an extensive range of advice and resources and much much more

Normal working hours are 8am to 5:00pm Monday to Friday. You will also participate in an on call rota for emergency repairs.

If you have strong people management skills, a trade background and a passion for delivering a quality repairs service, we would strongly encourage you to apply.

Experience Required

Previous relevant experience in the maintenance of buildings is essential, ideally within the NHS (or for a maintenance contractor providing services to the NHS). Alternatively, you will have worked for a maintenance contractor providing a planned/reactive maintenance service in a commercial setting (perhaps a hotel, school, supermarkets etc).

You will have the ability to undertake a wide range of general building skills. This could include: carpentry, plastering, basic plumbing and electrical etc and have understanding of Microsoft packages such as Outlook. Above all you will have excellent customer service and people skills, be passionate about providing high quality repairs and looking for an opportunity that combines supervisory duties whilst still maintaining an active role within a skilled trade.

If the above sounds like you we'd strongly encourage you to apply.

Additional Information

As a well established, progressive company we are committed to attracting and retaining individuals by offering an excellent benefits package that includes a wide range of core and voluntary benefits.

Rydon is an equal opportunities employer and promotes diversity in employment. Successful candidates will be selected solely on their ability to carry out the duties of the post.

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