About the Role
The Property and Maintenance Departments sits within the Estates Directorate at Luminate Education Group. We are responsible for compliance and maintenance of the hard facilities management assets across the Group. We look after all the planned preventative maintenance and reactive maintenance that's raised from all sites. We are building an in house maintenance team to carry out reactive repairs around the sites as well as other smaller PPM tasks to assist our facilities colleagues.
We offer a generous benefit package which includes 27 days annual leave (increases by 5 days after 5 year’s service) plus bank holidays and additional time off between Christmas and New year.
We offer a generous pension scheme with the employer contributing up to 17.3% plus other great benefits. We are able to offer bespoke training & development to further develop you, to enable you to progress. We are able to offer flexible/hybrid working within this role.
What You Will Do
- Develop with colleagues, put in place and manage group assets register including site visits to verify and tag plus ensuring compliance of the assets.
- To manage health and safety and key risks relating to works on assets building and estate maintenance works.
- Prepare and maintain a Planned Preventative Maintenance schedule in accordance with statutory requirements in line with SFG20 and agreed deviations.
- Work with Commercial Manager, Procurement and other colleagues to prepare costs for maintenance schedule showing clear funding priorities based on legal requirements and H&S risks and business continuity risks.
- Work with the in house Maintenance Team and external contractors to deliver maintenance schedule in a controlled manner.
- Work with the Commercial Manager external contractors to cost and deliver building and estate maintenance requirements ensuring quality and value for money.
- Work with Estates and Capital Projects teams to develop and implement Facilities Management (CAFM) system.
- Meet with contractors and maintenance providers to assess asset status, needs, risks, goals and progress.
- Research and study market trends to maximize value for money and funding opportunities.
- Coordinate with Estate colleagues, campus Principals and projects team to ensure efficiencies across the group wide estate.
- Travel to other campuses/sites within the Group (travel expenses will be paid)
- Any other duties commensurate with the level of the post, which may be required from time to time.
About You
- Must have previous working experience in asset management or a similar field within a multisite organisation.
- Understanding of compliance for building assets relating to SFG20.
- Must have a construction related degree or extensive work experience in a similar field
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Must be IT literate and comfortable using different systems/databases
- Able to build and manage working relationships with multiple stakeholder
The actual job title for this role will be Asset Manager.
Benefits
There are plenty of benefits available to our staff members, here are just a few:
- Annual leave entitlement - If you work full time, you'll get at least 27 days holiday plus bank holidays and up to 5 discretionary closure days at Christmas (pro rata for part time staff).
- Support Staff 27 days (increasing to 32 days after 5 years service)
- Academic 37 days
- Senior Management 37 days
- Generous Pension schemes
- Teachers’ Pension Scheme
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Memberships and discounts - employees can sign up to various membership cards and discount schemes such as TOTUM card (formerly NUS card).
- Travel and commuting - discounted travel available through Metro card, Northern Rail, First Bus, Arriva Bus and Cycle to work schemes.
- Learning and development opportunities - including staff development days
- Employee wellbeing initiatives
- Flexible and hybrid working opportunities - this will vary depending on role requirements
About Us
Luminate Education Group is a collective of education providers based in Yorkshire with one clear purpose: to make a positive difference to people’s lives through genuinely transformative education and training.
We offer a wide range of job vacancies across our business support functions - Finance, Human Resources, ITSS, Marketing, Communications, Executive Support, Estates and Food Services. Our large size and diverse range of member organisations means there are always exciting opportunities to progress.
As an education provider, we are committed to lifelong learning and investing in our workforce, and you’ll have access to a broad variety of training and professional development designed to help you continually develop and grow.
Join us on the journey to being the best that we can collectively be for our students, apprentices, staff and our stakeholders.
Luminate Education Group consists of; Harrogate College (HC), Keighley College (KC), Leeds City College (LCC), Leeds Conservatoire (LC), University Centre Leeds, Leeds Sixth Form College and Yorkshire Centre for Training & Development.
SAFEGUARDING
At Luminate Education Group we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students including children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow the Safer Recruitment requirements and best practice as set out within Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance. All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check, online checks and must have two satisfactory references. Please be aware that it is a criminal offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity in connection to children.
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