Maintenance Senior Manager
HTB Group · London · £40,000–£45,000 (stated in the posting)
HTB is seeking an experienced and proactive Maintenance Manager to lead the delivery of maintenance and capital projects across our diverse portfolio of sites. This is a senior leadership role within the Estates team, providing technical expertise, project oversight, and day-to-day management of maintenance operations.
Working closely with the Head of Estates, you will be responsible for ensuring our buildings are safe, well-maintained, and fit for purpose, while leading refurbishment, construction, and maintenance projects from conception through to completion.
Applications for this role close on Sunday 22nd November. The salary range for this position is £40,000 - £45,000.
Some of the key responsibilities are:
Leadership & Management
- Lead the Estates maintenance function across multiple HTB sites.
- Deputise for the Head of Estates on maintenance matters.
- Manage, develop, and coordinate Estates team members and contractors.
- Set priorities, allocate resources, and ensure maintenance programmes are delivered effectively.
Project Delivery
- Lead maintenance, refurbishment, and building projects from planning through to completion.
- Develop project briefs, work programmes, specifications, and delivery plans.
- Coordinate planned, preventative, reactive, and project-based maintenance activities.
- Oversee projects involving historic and listed buildings where required.
Budget & Cost Management
- Prepare project estimates, cost plans, and budget forecasts.
- Manage project and maintenance budgets, ensuring effective cost control.
- Monitor expenditure and recommend corrective actions where necessary.
Contractor & Stakeholder Management
- Procure and manage contractors, consultants, and suppliers.
- Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external partners.
- Coordinate architects, engineers, consultants, and specialist contractors to ensure successful project outcomes.
Health & Safety
- Lead Health & Safety management across construction and maintenance activities.
- Ensure risk assessments, safe systems of work, and compliance procedures are implemented and followed.
- Monitor site safety standards and drive continuous improvement.
Maintenance Systems & Building Records
- Oversee maintenance requests and ticketing systems, ensuring timely completion of work.
- Maintain accurate building records, drawings, and project documentation.
- Support the management and updating of AutoCAD drawings across HTB sites.
Requirements
The following skills and experience form the minimum requirements for the role:
- At least three years’ practical experience in building construction, maintenance, refurbishment or a closely related environment, including responsibility for project delivery.
- Demonstrable experience of managing a maintenance function or programme and taking accountability for safe, timely and high-quality work delivery.
- Experience of managing and supervising employees and external contractors simultaneously, including allocating work, setting expectations and resolving performance or delivery issues.
- Strong technical understanding of building construction, maintenance methods, materials and site operations.
- Experience of estimating, preparing cost plans, managing budgets and controlling project and maintenance expenditure.
- Experience of managing projects from definition and planning through delivery, handover and close-out.
- Sound knowledge and practical experience of Health and Safety in construction and maintenance, including coordinating contractors and safe systems of work.
- IOSH qualification, or an equivalent relevant Health and Safety qualification.
Benefits
We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing and work-life balance, including:
- 25 days annual leave (plus public holidays) , which increases with length of service
- Pension scheme contributions
- Employee Assistance Programme for confidential support
- Medicash plan
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, and shared parental leave
- Access to training and development resources to help you grow in your role
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