Technical Supervisor

**Technical Supervisor - FM Fire Safety Works**

**Location**: Mobile / remote - covering West Wales, North Wales, Northwest England, West Midlands, Yorkshires, and surrounding areas

**Business Area**: Kier Places - Facilities Management - Ministry of Justice

**Contract & hours**: 12 Month Fixed Term Contract, full time - Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week + standby & callout required

Kier Places are recruiting now for a **Technical Supervisor** to join our Facilities Management Projects team on our Ministry of Justice (MoJ) contract, to ensure a consistent repairs & maintenance service delivery of a fire safety & technical services solution to our client by overseeing the works being undertaken by our supply chain partners, ensuring quality, safety and timely completions of all jobs, including management of onsite engineers and subcontractors. This role will be key to maximising the productivity of the self-delivery offering and enhancing the growth of the business.

**Key Responsibilities**

As a Technical Supervisor with Kier FM, you will be responsible for carrying out & ensuring the delivery of planned preventative maintenance (PPM), reactive repairs, reactive callouts and minor projects on building services & plant equipment and assets, as well as ensuring timely delivery of Fire Safety remedial works stemming from recent Fire Risk Assessments in a range of different building types and occupations. We’ll trust you to work closely with the Operations, Contract & Administration team to plan workload & resources in line with clients demands, whilst maximising productivity and profitability; survey, cost & document additional/remedial works; and get involved physically to assist with the completion of jobs where required.

With a collaborative focus, you’ll demonstrate an understanding & commitment to customer care; maintain relationships with the client, colleagues, the public, subcontractors, and other stakeholders; provide technical support as necessary; undertake effective resource & performance management of engineers & sub-contractors to ensure the customer’s requirements, contractual obligations and productivity are achieved; and foster a performance management & development approach.

Just as importantly, we’ll trust you to ensure health & safety standards are maintained at all times by all employees and sub-contractors; and review, inspect & audit documentation, maintenance records, processes & works carried out to ensure a compliant, accurate, cost-effective service delivery of the highest standard.

Due to the nature of this role & contract, you’ll need to participate within an out of normal working hours emergency call out rota, as well as be flexible outside of core working hours.

**What do we need from you?**

To be a Technical Supervisor with Kier FM, you’ll have experience of planned maintenance & reactive repairs in the M&E / Building Services / Facilities Management industry, preferably including both residential & commercial properties; knowledge of current fire safety legislation; relevant engineering & industry qualifications; experience of direct supervising of engineers & subcontractors, including excellent people management skills; and the ability to lead, guide, and motivate others towards achievement.

You should also have experience of organising & planning works, materials and plant; project supervision experience with the ability to price associated small works; ability to manage multiple jobs across a wide geographical range, with various sub-contractors whilst working remotely; a good understanding of Customer Service Levels (SLAs) and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs); you’ll be commercially aware with excellent planning & work sequencing skills; and have the ability to work to own initiative, to a high level of accuracy, and to meet deadlines.

Due to the nature of this role, you should have a full driving licence, CSCS Card, Working at Height/IPAF/PASMA certification, and IOSH Certificate.

**Who are we?**

Welcome to Kier Facilities Management - the team that’s putting people into FM, delivering an incredibly wide range of innovative management and maintenance solutions, right across the UK. We’re a crucial part of Kier Places, providing hard and soft facilities management to hundreds of Government department sites and public buildings - offering you a role that will challenge and reward you, every single day.

**At Kier, we’re proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs.**

You can expect a competitive salary and an outstanding package that includes a company car or allowance, matched pension scheme up to 7.5%, 26 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays together with two employee Share Scheme options (Sharesave and Share Incentive Plan).

Some of our other benefits include:

- New and enhanced family friendly policies with 8 weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregna