Maintenance Supervisor

**Maintenance Supervisor Job Description**

**Location**:
L2 7NX

**Reports to**:
Group’s Maintenance Manager, General Manager (GM)

**Hours**:
Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm, and additional hours, as required by the business

Our client, The James Liverpool exist to support their residents personally and professionally by providing a home and lifestyle that helps facilitate their ambitions.

Their communities are intended to enable residents to enjoy more than relaxing in their private studios. Working from home, socialising in the communal areas, exercising in the gym, and joining personal and professional development events are likewise key aspects of their living experience.

They are a fast-growing portfolio with communities in the main UK regional cities, including Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, and Birmingham.

Their community in Liverpool - their first - is now a vibrant hub for young professionals and recent graduates. The James is in the heart of Liverpool’s iconic city centre and steps away from its best social, cultural, and work opportunities.

**Your Role**

They are looking for a skilled Supervisor to independently carry out the daily Maintenance of our building in Liverpool with support from the group’s Maintenance Manager and the site’s General Manager.

You will be responsible for maintaining the highest standard of the building, grounds, and physical plant, with particular attention towards safety, security, asset integrity, and the well-being of all residents.

As a result, you must be a competent, reliable, trustworthy maintenance supervisor interested in the property management, and the success - as well as challenges - this brings. It is a role which requires good communication skills and the ability to interact with different individuals.

Summary: Your goal will be to ensure that facilities are always in a good and safe condition.

**Responsibilities**:

- Conducting both routine and preventive/reactive maintenance throughout the building, grounds, structures, and plant room to uphold the highest standards of repair and cleanliness in all areas
- Identifying and performing repairs and maintenance tasks to a high standard, including electrical work, plumbing, joinery, carpentry, painting, decorating, and lighting
- Ensuring timely completion of the PPM Schedule, including necessary inspections of lifts, boilers, and other equipment, and maintaining accurate records
- Ensuring adherence to Safety regulations and company policy and standard operating procedures (SOPs)
- Communicating each day’s activities and reporting any serious maintenance problems, unusual findings, or safety hazards immediately to the Maintenance Manager and GM
- Completing maintenance tasks assigned by the site management or on the property management system (PMS)
- Carrying out daily inspections of all public areas and plant rooms, and periodic inspections of building systems (such as ventilation and heating) and facilities to identify issues and determine necessary maintenance
- Preparing weekly maintenance schedules with the GM in preparation for check-Ins and check-outs
- Maintaining maintenance inventory and requisition parts and supplies as needed
- Being available on-call and responding promptly and efficiently to emergencies, including attending the site outside of normal working hours if required
- Ensuring that repairs are completed in-house whenever possible. If not, obtaining multiple quotes and selecting contractors based on them
- Reporting work related accidents or other injuries immediately upon occurrence to the GM; ensuring that the accident and near miss books are up to date and available
- Ensuring regular testing and management of the safety systems on the site, such as the fire alarm, emergency lighting, as well as annual PAT testing
- Following property specific procedures for handling emergency situations, g., fire evacuations
- Building and maintaining positive working relationships with others, fostering a team environment to achieve shared goals, and actively listening and responding to the concerns of fellow employees
- Performing other reasonable job duties as requested

**Background & Skills**:

- Three years’ experience as a maintenance supervisor or in a similar role in property management
- Technical knowledge of all building systems, including electrical, plumbing, heating, and ventilation)
- In-depth knowledge of Health & Safety
- Excellent Planning, Organisation, Problem Solving and Decision-Making skills
- Ability to work under pressure
- Outstanding customer service and interpersonal skills, with an upbeat and can-do attitude
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to develop and use collaborative relationships
- Attention to detail
- Adaptability and Resilience
- Ability to build trust
- Proficiency in Microsoft office tools and property management systems (PMS)

This position offers an attractive salary and the opportunity for you to work in an exciting new