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Area Facilities Maintenance Manager- Sports Leisure Fitness
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Area Facilities Maintenance Manager - Sports Leisure Fitness
Haywood’s Heath, Mid Sussex
Up to £50,000 + benefits + development
We are looking for an Area Facilities Maintenance Manager to support with the smooth running of 4 recently refurbished multifaceted Sports, Leisure and Fitness centres in Mid Sussex.
The company has a stellar reputation for staff retention, people development, and providing a high-quality customer experience to the communities they serve, so this will be an exciting, challenging, and rewarding opportunity for the incoming Area Facilities Maintenance Manager.
Benefits include 7% matched pension, 2% bonus scheme, family gym membership, 28-days holiday plus opportunity to buy extra holiday, healthcare cashback plan, mileage between sites, up to 50% discounts on physical activities, café, retail, eating out, and much more. On top of this, this leading social enterprise will give you the opportunity to gain new skills, qualifications, and opportunity to advance your career.
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Key Responsibilities:
- Take the lead on asset management including; planned and reactive maintenance, lifecycle planning, building management systems (BMS), HVAC systems, electro-mechanical plant and pool plant operations.
- Recruit, coach, and support a small team of technical maintenance managers and maintenance operatives.
- Support with routine and reactive works to minimize disruption to the business.
- Ensure statutory and contract compliance across the facilities incorporating environmental, health, and safety policies.
- Ongoing management of contractors and subcontractors, working with multiple stakeholders to resolve building services issues.
- Monitor effective energy management and using data analysis to reduce consumption and carbon without compromising customer experience.
- Typically working Monday to Friday but available outside of these hours in the event of an emergency.
The Ideal Person:
- Facilities/building services/technical/engineering/maintenance management experience in high-volume customer service-orientated facilities like health and fitness, leisure, healthcare, hotels, or hospitality.
- Experienced in managing HVAC systems with a hands-on trade, building services, or technical qualifications.
- Has a hands-on approach to leadership, who will actively support and advise the maintenance teams and help with remedial work when required.
- Experienced in managing PPM and BMS systems I.T. software, and utilizing this for monitoring and reporting.
- Experienced in managing sub/contractors and expenditure budgets.
- Pool Plant operator/ swimming pool/spa experience is highly desirable, but training could be provided if otherwise very capable.
- Lives in the Mid Sussex area, has a UK driving licence, own vehicle, and willing to travel between the centres.
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