Cobalt Recruitment
Maintenance Supervisor
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Maintenance Supervisor - Commercial Offices
London | £45,000 + Exceptional Benefits | Permanent
We’re working with a leading operator of high-quality commercial spaces to recruit a Maintenance Supervisor for their London portfolio.
This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced maintenance professional who enjoys leading a team while remaining hands-on. You’ll supervise a team of Maintenance Operatives, coordinate day-to-day activity and ensure work is completed to a high standard, but this isn’t a desk-based management role – you’ll regularly get involved with maintenance tasks yourself.
The Role
As Maintenance Supervisor, you’ll take responsibility for the day-to-day delivery of maintenance across a portfolio of busy commercial buildings. You’ll be the point of escalation for the Maintenance Operatives, helping prioritise workloads, resolve more complex issues and maintain consistently high standards.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Supervising and supporting a team of Maintenance Operatives
- Allocating and prioritising planned and reactive maintenance tasks
- Remaining hands-on with maintenance, repairs and fault finding when required
- Carrying out regular building and equipment inspections
- Ensuring PPM schedules are completed effectively and on time
- Identifying faults and resolving issues before they impact building users
- Coordinating specialist contractors and external suppliers
- Monitoring the quality of completed works
- Supporting compliance and health & safety requirements
- Maintaining accurate maintenance records and reporting
- Working closely with wider Facilities and Operations teams to ensure buildings remain safe, presentable and fully operational
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About You
We’re looking for someone who combines strong practical maintenance knowledge with the ability to lead and develop others.
You’ll ideally have:
- Previous experience as a Maintenance Supervisor, Senior Maintenance Operative, Facilities Supervisor or similar
- Experience within commercial buildings, ideally offices, hospitality, mixed-use property or another customer-focused environment
- Experience supervising or leading maintenance staff
- A strong hands-on background across general building maintenance
- Good knowledge of planned and reactive maintenance
- Confidence diagnosing faults and carrying out minor repairs
- Experience managing contractors and external service providers
- A good understanding of health & safety and building compliance
- Strong communication and organisational skills
- A proactive approach and willingness to get stuck in when required
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You don’t need to be a specialist engineer in every discipline. What’s important is having broad building maintenance knowledge, good judgement and the practical ability to know when something can be resolved internally and when a specialist contractor is required.
You’ll be joining a successful commercial property business with a strong focus on the quality of its buildings and the experience of the people using them. The position offers plenty of autonomy and the opportunity to take ownership of a maintenance team while still keeping the hands-on element of the job.
If you’re currently working within commercial maintenance and are looking for a role where you can lead from the front rather than manage from behind a desk, we’d be keen to hear from you.
Apply now for further information and a confidential conversation.
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