Cleaning Area Manager

Better places, thriving communities.

At Mitie we bring out the best in places. Unlocking their potential so that everyone looks forward to using them and can do their best work in them. From offices and shopping centres to hospitals and airports, we create better places for the communities we serve to thrive.

We're looking for a Service Support Manager who will deliver excellent service standards, while meeting SLA agreements and adhering to cleaning specifications and compliance procedures.

Contract: Permanent, Full-time job

Location: Sussex area

• Build strong relationships with contract clients and conduct audit inspections.
• Monitor performance against SLAs and cleaning specifications.
• Manage daily employee wages and ensure Health & Safety compliance.
• Follow statutory Fire and Safety regulations to mitigate risks.
• Ensure service delivery across multiple contracts aligns with company policies and procedures (HR, QHSE, RTW, Vetting, Compliance).

• Previous management experience in soft services/cleaning within facilities management.
• Excellent customer service and communication skills.
• Strong organisational and time management abilities.
• IT literacy, especially in Microsoft Office.
• Full UK clean driving licence (company car provided).
• IOSH Health & Safety qualification desirable.

• Access to a virtual GP for you and your household.
• Financial wellbeing support via Salary Finance, including early pay access and competitive loans.
• Flexible lifestyle benefits through our Choices platform, including extra holidays, insurance, dental care, and tech products.
• Access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform.
• Cycle-to-work scheme.
• Life cover of up to four times your salary.
• Enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).
• Mitie Stars recognition, with monthly cash prizes and a chance to win a top prize of £10,000.

Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Sophie Willson at

Since 1987, Mitie’s 80,000 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.

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