Job Description

Summary of main purpose of role:

To monitor and manage the day to day building maintenance operations of the College estate, including all aspects of remedial repairs, planned preventative maintenance and statutory and legislative maintenance.

To manage minor capital building fabric projects and provide professional and technical advice and assistance.

Key Responsibilities:

In this role you will be responsible for overseeing the building maintenance team to ensure the estate remains fit for purpose. You\xe2\x80\x99ll collaborate with the wider M&E maintenance team, helpdesk and academic staff, oversee contractors, schedule PPMs and help to maintain the asset register. Occasionally you\xe2\x80\x99ll also get hands-on with the building maintenance.

Water Hygiene Management \xe2\x80\x93 The post holder will form part of the Water Safety Group and will assist the mechanical engineering manager in the delivery of an effective water management scheme,

To work alongside the Mechanical Engineering Manager and Electrical Engineering Manager on all aspects of maintenance and minor capital works.

Identify and prioritise any backlog maintenance and prepare budget costs and timeframes to inform the development of the annual estates business plan.

Act as project manager on minor building fabrics capital projects and / or support the college technical managers working on capital projects. This includes defining the project brief, monitoring, reviewing and co-ordinating project design, work on site and programme and, when required, selecting and appointment of consultants. You will also be required to enforce the terms of the contract, processing payments and validating invoices for payment and ensuring that projects meet the needs of the business within agreed timeframes.

Manage and appoint contractors, issuing site inductions, permits to work and verifying RAMs.

Be part of the Estates Emergency Evacuation Team.

To carry out financial management of all delegated areas of budgetary responsibility in line with established Estates procedures. Provide effective reporting to the Head of Estates with regard to the status of equipment and infrastructure and associated costs and risk to business continuity.

As part of the Estates management team, to be responsible for and contribute to the provision of a customer first ethos within all areas of operational activities and ensure that effective relationships are maintained with internal and external clients.

Support the Head of Estates in the implementation of operational plans, corporative objectives, the accommodation strategy and College developments to achieve full compliance. Identifying and reporting on backlog maintenance issues.

Provide professional and technical advice and guidance on electrical engineering matters including the interpretation and implementation of existing and new legislation, regulation and codes of practices etc.

Plan and manage the implementation of property maintenance in line with appropriate best practice.

Maintain asset lists for new buildings and planned maintenance schedules, using these to obtain costs for service contracts.

Ensure compliance with UK legislation.

To monitor and allocate maintenance calls via the College Helpdesk

Work in conjunction with colleagues to introduce best practice and savings to the College in reduction of energy costs and to provide professional guidance to evaluate and enable and energy plan including the use of a BMS for monitoring and reporting.

Standard Responsibilities for all positions in NCG:

• Participate in any staff review/performance management processes involving the identifying and meeting of training needs for self and others.

• Take appropriate responsibility to ensure the health and safety of self and others.

• Pursue the achievement and integration of equal opportunities throughout all activities.

• Undertake any other tasks and responsibilities appropriate to the level of this post.

• Comply with all NCG policies and procedures.

• NCG is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share and promote this commitment.

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NCG is a national college group, offering further and higher education across our seven colleges. Our mission is to \xe2\x80\x98enable social mobility and economic prosperity through exceptional education\xe2\x80\x99 and we exist to create life-changing opportunities for individuals that strengthen the prosperity of their local communities.

Through ambitious teaching, innovative courses and outstanding learning environments, we aim to inspire excellence, spark curiosity and make a real impact on our learners and communities, with a vision to become the UK\xe2\x80\x99s leading college group, recognised for our local impact, national reach and influence.

Together, our colleges and partners are creating the workforce of the future by enabling all people, regardless of their background, to develop the skills that our local communities need to be successful and sustained.

We\xe2\x80\x99re made up of seven colleges and a central professional services team which supports our entire college network. Whatever your role, you\xe2\x80\x99ll be an important part of helping us to achieve our goals, realise our vision and most importantly, support learners across our colleges to succeed.

We are committed to creating inclusive communities of excellent learning and teaching which benefit from sharing best practice developed across the seven learning organisations which are NCG.

Our people are at the heart of NCG and by joining our organisation, you will be valued, empowered and will benefit from being part of a national network of colleagues who you will be able to work and collaborate with, learn from and share your knowledge.

NCG is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff to share this commitment.

At NCG, our values are not just about what we do, but also about how we do things.

Our values underpin the culture and beliefs of our organisation, we expect all our staff to demonstrate behaviours in line with our core values.

1. Being both inclusive and diverse

2. Trusting and respecting our communities

3. Taking ownership whilst working collaboratively

4. Inspiring excellence and curiosity.

NCG offers an excellent benefits package, including generous holiday entitlement, access to the Teachers\xe2\x80\x99 pension scheme (for teaching posts) or Local Government pension scheme (non-teaching posts), company sick pay, a cycle to work scheme and much more.

NCG seeks to promote and maintain an equal, diverse, inclusive and supportive environment for work and study that assists all members of our communities to reach their full potential. We are committed to achieving a truly representative workforce and therefore welcome applications from across the national and regional communities that we work with and serve.

To view , Person Specification and NCG Values Pack please click the document attachment at the bottom of this advert. No agency applications will be accepted.

NCG reserve the right to close the vacancy early.

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