Maintenance Manager

(Including one in four weeks on call out of hours)

Permanent Contract

Are you an experienced maintenance professional who thrives on solving practical problems and leading a team?

Weare looking for a hands-on coordinator to oversee the ongoing reactive and planned maintenance programme across all Weldmar sites in Dorset. In this role,you won't just manage from behind a desk, you will lead our maintenance team,build relationships with external contractors, and get stuck into daily tasksto keep our facilities running safely and efficiently.

Yourkey responsibilities will be:

Triaging,scheduling, and overseeing all maintenance and refurbishment projects for Weldmars buildings, grounds, vehicles, and equipment.

Managing and inspiring the internal maintenance team, while sourcing and maintaining strong relationships with external contractors.

Ensuring all activities align with organisational, regulatory, and legislative procedures.

Keep projects ontrack by managing day-to-day maintenance resources and budgets.

Overseeing criticalareas including fire prevention, waste disposal, vehicle fleet maintenance, and medical gas.

We'dlove to hear from you if you have proven management experience, with solidknowledge of building maintenance, services, and facilities, and can managepeople, budgets, and prioritise tasks.

An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check is required for this role.

Weldmar Hospice care provides specialist care foradults in Dorset who have a life limiting illness, and support for their lovedones. We are dedicated to fostering a culture of equality, diversity, and inclusion across all aspects of our organisation.

Job Purpose

The Maintenance Manager will oversee the ongoingreactive and planned maintenance programme at all Weldmar sites across Dorset,as well as support specific project work as directed.

This involves planning, triaging, scheduling and overseeing maintenance and refurbishment activities required of the Maintenance Team. To ensure that Weldmars buildings, grounds, vehicles and equipment, arerunning efficiently. This includes preventative and reactive maintenance,ensuring compliance to organisational, regulatory and legislative procedures,as well as managing resources and budgets.

The Maintenance Manager willsource, develop and maintain relationships with external contractors and support the logistical planning of maintenance, refurbishment and project work.

The role is also responsible for the management of the maintenance service andteam and will be required to undertake planned preventative and reactive taskson a daily basis

Scope and Limits of Authority

Reporting to the Facilities Lead, and working in collaboration with the Facilities Compliance Coordinator, the Maintenance Manager is expected to planand organise all maintenance activities. They will:

• Be responsible for ongoing planned preventative maintenance across all Weldmar sites.
• Develop, implement and oversee maintenance schedules and plans, in line with the requirements of manufacturers recommendations, Health& Safety Regulations, best practice and Health Care Standards.
• Ensure that regular inspections and risk assessments are conducted to identify areas requiring repair and improvement.
  
  Proactively raising issues and providing proposed solutions.
• Review completed audits, inspections, or risk assessments (both internal and external), implement and monitor any associatedrecommendations or action plan.
• Under the direction of Facilities Lead and Project Lead, support with the coordination of refurbishment programmes and project work, including moves, re-fits, transport.
• Contribute to Weldmars emergency and contingencyplans, protocols and procedures.
• Manage the maintenance budget and track costsagainst budget, highlighting concerns to Facilities Lead.
• Line Manage and develop Maintenance Technicians.

Responsible for the following:

• In-House maintenance request module, ensuringdaily triaging and reporting when necessary.
• Delegated budget of maintenance and transportrelated activities. With authority of up to £1000 per purchase order.
• Authorised Person for Medical Gas, for whichtraining and certification…