Facilities Technician Supervisor - James Gillespie's High School - _

Facilities Technician Supervisor
James Gillespie's High School

Salary- £29,173 - £33,287

Hours:

36 hours per week, 52 weeks per year, Monday to Friday

The range of duties undertaken is likely to include the following:

Staff Supervision and Work Co-ordination

-Supervise the day-to-day activities of Facilities Technicians, including the co-ordination and allocation of work duties, apportioning workloads and rotas as agreed with the Locality Hub Team Leader and in the event of sickness or absence to provide appropriate cover Induct,
- Train, supervise and carry out personal development plans, performance reviews and return to work interviews
- Ensure services are provided in accordance with appropriate management systems and carry out monitoring inspections to ensure the standard of repairs and other tasks undertaken by direct reports comply with agreed standards
- Relevant to the role, ensure that equipment and machines are maintained and serviced by contractors in line with manufacturer's recommendations.
- Equipment and furniture and fitting maintenance
- Ensure equipment and furniture maintenance services are delivered to standard, undertaking minor maintenance and repairs to equipment in accordance with good practice and procedures or checking repairs carried out by Facilities Technicians
- Undertaking general porterage duties, including moving furniture for the setting up of rooms and halls for events, performances, exams, meetings
- Monitoring and recording all FF&E including the condition of repair of equipment and fixed furniture items as well as reporting serious faults to the Helpdesk and relevant personnel
- The list of above duties is not exhaustive, and the post-holder will undertake any other duties arising and reasonably pertaining to the post.
- Building maintenance and services
- Ensuring the prescribed procedures in the event of or to prevent fire, flooding, accidents or damage are followed
- Undertake or arrange for small work requests and day to day minor maintenance and repairs in accordance with best practice and building maintenance procedures. This can include maintenance of wooden floor surfaces, tasks of a DIY nature, removal of, or painting over, graffiti, hanging of blinds, shelves or pin boards, maintaining and decorating doors, windows, woodwork and walls and/or checking / assisting with repair tasks
- Ensure that all jobs and tasks, including emergency callouts, comply with Council policies and procedures and ensure effective management and monitoring of sub-contractors visiting sites
- Ensuring that required temperature levels are maintained throughout the premises in accordance with the Council's energy conservation arrangements.
- Monitoring the condition of heating plant, notifying the appropriate staff member of the need to effect repairs and undertaking routine maintenance. At some locations, cleaning associated convector systems in accordance with established procedures. Monitoring fuel stocks and ordering supplies as necessary, ensuring that adequate fuel is available always. Keeping the boiler-house clear at all times and undertaking frost protection measures as necessary.
- Periodically checking the lighting system throughout the building ensuring that internal and external areas are adequately lit and replacing lighting materials and fuses where possible in accordance with established guidelines, e.g. Electricity at Work Regulations. Making sure that all unnecessary lighting is extinguished when the building is closed.
- Liaising with outside contractors and service partner ensuring that the Team Leader is informed of all work being undertaken and chasing up of work and signing of necessary work orders in consultation with line management when required
- Where the establishment has a swimming pool, undertake tests and maintenance in accordance with relevant guidance
- Security and safety of premises and grounds
- Locking and unlocking of buildings and setting/un-setting security systems at prescribed times securing the building at the close of their shift (e.g. walk round, check doors/gates/windows are closed). This should not infer wider security tasks such as out of hours'…