Utilities & Facilities Manager Playhouse

Job title: Utilities and Facilities Manager

Role summary:

Oxford Playhouse is looking for a Utilities & Facilities Manager to join the Operations Department. Working across Oxford Playhouse and Burton Taylor Studio, you’ll help us ensure our facilities and services are reliable, efficient, safe and compliant, so we can deliver high-quality experiences and improve our environmental impact.

Job location (usual place of work): OXFORD PLAYHOUSE, OX1 2LW

Pay Rate: £32k per annum

Hours: Full time. We’re happy to discuss flexible working. Some flexibility to work early or late and weekends is required.

Contract is: Permanent

Oxford Playhouse is one of the country’s leading regional theatres and the only not-for-profit mid-scale venue in Oxfordshire. The theatre is at the heart of cultural life in the city and region, with a wonderfully rich heritage of live performance, drama, dance, music and comedy, and a thriving programme of participatory workshops and projects. We also produce mid-scale and studio productions, including a hugely popular pantomime which plays to audiences of over 40,000 each year.

• Be responsible for the maintenance and repair of fixed plant and equipment
• Develop and implement a planned preventative maintenance programme
• Assist the Director to ensure all statutory inspections and certifications are up to date
• Programme and operate the Building Management System to control cooling, ventilation and heating systems efficiently.
• Regularly monitor our energy and utility usage and proactively improve energy efficiency
• Participate in our Sustainability Committee (Green Team) and proactively identify opportunities for us to improve.
• Manage the health, safety and wellbeing of the Maintenance Technician, contractors, and other colleagues working with you