Facilities and Estates Area Lead

• Optimising property condition and quality and to ensure all buildings and locations in your Area are kept in a safe and efficient working condition
• Maintaining the highest level of quality, providing maximum satisfaction to internal and external customers, clients, residents and the wider team
• Having a good understanding of the mechanism of buildings including Building Management Systems, electrical, plumbing, plant, safety systems and equipment
• Providing response to fault finding, whilst maximising quality and ensuring cost effectiveness
• Ensuring that your cluster remains legally compliant and appropriate records are maintained
• Provide the wider area team with the clear purpose they require and support with relevant learning experiences and constant feedback on individual and team performance
• Observe and coach maintenance personnel to ensure that they are continuing to develop their skills
• Provide interview, selection, coaching and induction support to Home Managers where requested

• Understand and demonstrate the importance of Health and Safety in the workplace
• Comply with organisational safety, policies and procedures and identify hazards and reduce them
• Carry out repairs to the fabric of a building, for example repairs to walls, doors, doorframes, skirting boards or plaster damage to internal walls
• Understand and maintain plumbing and drainage systems, for example repairs to WC systems, leaking taps or water testing and unblocking drains
• Maintain high levels of water hygiene within a building
• Understand and maintain electrical distribution, safe repair of electrical installation to legal requirements, for example replacing damaged sockets, plugs, lighting and fuses
• Understand and maintain plant, safety systems and equipment
• Understand and demonstrate the principles of Planned Preventative Maintenance
• Understand how to prepare for refurbishment and risk assess or provide/comply with CDM guidance as appropriate
• Manage reactive and planned preventative maintenance on Site Help Desk or other CAFM systems which may be adopted
• Understand how to programme and interrogate any BeMS and Nursecall Systems installed
• Record and report information accurately either internally or externally
• Maintain records and file in the current and approved Meallmore format
• Develop a working knowledge of IT network and telephone installations including identifying WIFI access points, switch cabinets and patch panels to support the central IT function in fault finding

Competitive benefits + overtime rates