Maintenance Supervisor

Job Introduction

We are currently looking to recruit an experienced Maintenance Supervisor to support in the delivery of the Estates Maintenance Service at The County Hospital, Hereford.

In this role you’ll encompass all aspects of estates maintenance, including programmed and reactive maintenance, to deliver services that comply with best practice, mandatory and statutory requirements, contractual obligations and corporate governance.

You’ll support the Senior Management team in the safe operation and maintenance of all plant, equipment and installations within the hospital estate, establishing efficient and effective compliance review procedures.

If you are a confident, capable engineer, logical under pressure that shows commitment to continuous improvement and service excellence, this is a fantastic opportunity for you.

Sodexo Healthcare is a leading provider of services to the NHS and private healthcare organisations in England. We provide quality of life services that improve patient and staff experience, raise standards and deliver financial benefits to our clients. We help to enhance the patient environment (including patient dining, cleaning/housekeeping, retail services), provide clinical support (equipment sterilisation) and manage technical estates teams (estates management, asset management, land maintenance and energy management).

Role Responsibility

• Delivery of the Estates Maintenance Service, including programmed and reactive maintenance across multiple disciplines
• Ensure compliance with relevant statutory, mandatory and contractual obligations in the delivery of the Estates Maintenance Service
• Ensure application of, and adherence to the Permit to Work systems
• Work alongside the Sodexo helpdesk operative to manage the workflow of the technical services team
• Establishment and maintenance of effective communications and working relationships both internally and externally to Sodexo
• Adherence to the site health and safety, quality and risk management procedures
• Provide technical and professional support to all staff, colleagues, Operational Managers, SPC and Trust staff in order to develop a “team” approach

The Ideal Candidate

• Experience within the engineering/building industry
• Relevant engineering/building qualifications
• Articulate and confident communicator (both verbal and written), with the ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships
• Proactive and pragmatic approach to issue resolution
• Self-motivated and able to adapt to changing priorities
• Excellent understanding of Health and Safety at Work regulations
• Computer literate preferably with knowledge of building management systems

Desirable

• Previous experience within a Health Service context
• Demonstrating maturity in working with multi-discipline trade group

Package Description

As part of our commitment to improving the quality of life for our employees, Sodexo offers a Flexible Benefits Scheme, allowing you to tailor a reward package to suit your needs but includes a technology scheme, private dental insurance, travel insurance, gym membership, Gourmet card, private medical insurance and the ability to purchase or sell annual leave. We also have a Sodexo Discount scheme, which offers employees and their friends and family the opportunity to benefit from over 1,200 discounts from top retailers both online and in-store.

40 hours per week - weekend work included (on a rota) to cover the needs of the business

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 35,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying ;for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process.

Sodexo and our clients are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults within a regulated activity. Certain roles will require applicants to undergo screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and/ or Disclosure Scotland.