Ref: PTR10/970
Location: North Yorkshire
Description: Highly enthusiastic, self motivated and proactive Estate Operations Manager required to coordinate a range of Health and Safety and Maintenance activities within a prestigious education environment.
Salary:to £36,000 plus benefits
Our client is one of the country's major independent education establishments, who as a result of continued success and a planned programme of strategic growth, they are now seeking to recruit a dynamic, enthusiastic and highly articulate Estate Operations Manager to compliment their existing team.
The successful candidate will be tasked with the management of all aspects of Estate maintenance and Health & Safety Compliance activities, including the associated leadership of direct staff and contractor activity and Project management, conducting activities in the most cost-effective and efficient way and demonstrating all due care to safer practice for children and for all relevant H&S legislation, satisfying all criteria and checks relating to suitability to work in a schooling environment.
Directly responsible for a small number of Team Leaders, a Compliance Officer and their reports and a budget of circa £2m, it is envisaged that the successful candidate will be ideally be qualified to degree level in a relevant scientific or engineering subject or relevant experience, and will demonstrate considerable experience in all aspects of Operations Management and Projects Management within an energy efficiency focussed environment in which green initiatives are an important part of the role. You will have strong Budgetary control experience, be fully conversant with Health and safety regulations as well as other industry and regulatory standards, and possess strong oral and written presentation skills and the ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
Critically, you will have experience at management level of maintenance activities within a facilities environment and will be used to working within a “Best practice” culture driven environment where performance will be measured by relevant KPI’s.
Core duties will include (but not be limited to) resource and materials management, Budgetary control across operations and projects, engineering development to maximise reliability and uptime of asset base, Statutory compliance in disciplines managed, Technical support to team leaders and all aspects of training and development for the team, as well as the development and implementation of BMS systems.
This is a challenging and highly rewarding opportunity that will best suit a proactive, committed and capable Manager with both knowledge and experience of working within a “trades” environment (so a related qualification in electrical engineering, plumbing or heating would prove advantageous) alongwith previous proven success within a Facilities Management environment with experience in the energy industry or related sectors proving additionally beneficial.
The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate the ability to work with members of the Community, teachers and staff at this prestigious location who are dedicated to the education of their student, and you will excel in all aspects of leadership and driving change in a proactive and constructive manner, whilst maintaining both an approachable and flexible manner to ensure the continuous needs of the operation are satisfied.
Do you possess the relevant skills, experience and dynamic and proactive approach to be successful in this challenging and diverse opportunity offering genuine stability and career progression? Then contact the Facilities Team at Premier Technical Recruitment on 01827 68400 or email your cv in the strictest confidence to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for further details.
