Maintenance Supervisor

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Are you an experienced Maintenance Supervisor with a strong technical background and a passion for leading engineering teams?

We're looking for a hands‑on Maintenance Supervisor to join our team at the prestigious Royal College of Art (RCA), supporting one of the most unique and exciting estates in London.

The Royal College of Art is a world‑leading postgraduate university of art and design, with a diverse estate comprising specialist workshops, studios, teaching spaces, laboratories, offices, public areas and student accommodation. No two days are the same.

This role is ideal for an established Maintenance Supervisor who combines strong mechanical or building services knowledge with proven experience managing engineers, contractors, compliance activities and planned maintenance programmes.

Working closely with the Hard Services Manager, you'll play a key role in ensuring the safe, compliant and effective operation of the estate while supporting, coaching and developing the engineering team.

• Supervising a team of maintenance engineers and technicians,
• Leading the delivery of planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance,
• Acting as a technical point of escalation for engineers and contractors,
• Supporting fault‑finding and diagnosis across building services systems and plant,
• Managing contractors, permits to work and safe systems of work,
• Monitoring statutory compliance activities and maintaining associated records,
• Ensuring health, safety and environmental standards are consistently achieved,
• Maintaining and updating CAFM systems and maintenance records,
• Planning and coordinating repairs, minor works and maintenance projects,
• Coaching and developing engineers, helping to build technical capability within the team.

As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we offer a guaranteed interview to candidates who are disabled, neurodiverse, or have served in the Armed Forces, provided they meet the essential criteria for the role. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this in your application.

We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview experience, please let us know. We're happy to work with you to ensure you have the opportunity to perform at your best.

We understand the importance of a supportive and inclusive work culture so please talk to us at interview about flexibility you may need. We can't promise to give you exactly what you want, but we promise not to judge you for asking. For this role we are open to discussing the possibility of reduced hours, flexible start and finish times or compressed hours.

• Experience in a Maintenance Supervisor, Lead Engineer or similar supervisory position
• Level 3 technical qualification (NVQ, City & Guilds, BTEC or equivalent) in Mechanical, Electrical or Building Services Engineering
• Strong hands‑on experience within building maintenance, facilities management or a similar environment
• Proven experience…