Job Description

Contract: Permanent
Type: Full time
Hours: 42.5
Pay/Salary: 15 per hour + Discretionary performance related bonus scheme
Location: White Rose Shopping Centre, Dewsbury Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, LS11 8LU
FULL UK MANUAL LICENCE IS REQUIRED
Overview:
We are seeking a dedicated and proactive Cleaning and Environmental support manager to join our team.You will report directly into the cleaning & environmental operations manager.This hands-on role involves leading a team of cleaning staff & team leaders to ensure high standards of cleanliness and environmental care across our facilities. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in cleaning services, excellent leadership skills, and a commitment to maintaining a safe, healthy, and sustainable environment.
Key Responsibilities

• Hands-On Cleaning: Participate in cleaning tasks as needed, setting an example for the team and ensuring high standards are consistently achieved.
• Support Manager: motivate a team of cleaning staff, providing guidance, training, and support to ensure efficient and effective performance.
• Quality Control: Conduct regular inspections to ensure cleaning standards are met and maintained. Address any issues promptly and implement corrective actions.
• Scheduling: Develop and manage cleaning schedules to ensure all areas are covered and tasks are completed in a timely manner.
• Inventory Management: Monitor and manage cleaning supplies and equipment, ensuring adequate stock levels and proper maintenance.
• Health and Safety: Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations, conducting risk assessments and implementing safety protocols.

• and minimizing single-use plastics. Educate and engage the team in these practices to ensure effective implementation.
• Winter Strategy: Develop and implement a winter strategy for managing site gritting and snow removal. Ensure pathways, entrances, and critical areas are safe and accessible during winter months. Coordinate with the team to execute gritting and snow removal tasks efficiently.
• Communication: Liaise with other departments and stakeholders to coordinate cleaning activities and address any specific requirements or concerns.

Qualifications:

• Proven experience in a cleaning or environmental services role, with at least 2 years in a support manager role position.
• Strong knowledge of cleaning techniques, products, and equipment.
• Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills.
• Commitment to maintaining high standards of cleanliness and environmental care.
• Knowledge of health and safety regulations related to cleaning and environmental services.
• Understanding of and commitment to sustainable practices in cleaning and environmental management.
• Experience with waste reduction initiatives and programs.
• Experience in developing and managing winter strategies, including gritting and snow removal.
• IOSHH OR ABOVE.

Our market-leading flexible benefits scheme provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.
We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.
When you join us, we'll give you a link to our flexible benefits platform, Choices. This gives you the chance to customise your benefits to best suit your lifestyle. You can choose from dental insurance, dining cards, coffee clubs, buying technology products at an affordable cost and much more!
We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme.
Life cover is the greater of your equivalent annual salary or a minimum of 10,000 - giving peace of mind for your dependants. We also offer a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).
We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there's a chance to scoop a top prize of 10,000!
Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.
Since 1987, Mitie's 76,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK's leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.
Join our Mitie Team.
Together our diversity makes us stronger
Our market-leading flexible benefits scheme provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle. We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans. When you join us, we'll give you a link to our flexible benefits platform, Choices. This gives you the chance to customise your benefits to best suit your lifestyle. You can choose from dental insurance, dining cards, coffee clubs, buying technology products at an affordable cost and much more! We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover is the greater of your equivalent annual salary or a minimum of 10,000 - giving peace of mind for your dependants. We also offer a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie). We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there's a chance to scoop a top prize of 10,000! Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.

• Proven experience in a cleaning or environmental services role, with at least 2 years in a support manager role position. * Strong knowledge of cleaning techniques, products, and equipment. * Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills. * Ability to work independently and as part of a team. * Strong organizational and time-management skills. * Commitment to maintaining high standards of cleanliness and environmental care. * Knowledge of health and safety regulations related to cleaning and environmental services. * Understanding of and commitment to sustainable practices in cleaning and environmental management. * Experience with waste reduction initiatives and programs. * Experience in developing and managing winter strategies, including gritting and snow removal. * IOSHH OR ABOVE.

Skills Required