Mechanical Maintenance & Aftercare Manager

Role: Mechanical Maintenance & Aftercare Manager

Location: Warwick

Salary: £45k - £50k + pkg

Job Description

A fantastic opportunity has arisen with a well-established M&E Contractor based in Warwick who are recruiting for a Mechanical Maintenance and Aftercare Manager to join their company.

As a business, this company works on multimillion-pound contracts in the West Midlands for top-tier Main Contractors. They are now looking for a Mechanical Maintenance and Aftercare Manager to support the Major Projects team post contract and manage and grow the Small Works and Maintenance division, working alongside their existing Electrical Small Works Manager.

This is a relatively new role for the business, and you will also manage any defect repairs following project completion and manage the current planned maintenance contracts, whilst continuing to promote and secure further contracts with new and existing clients.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Planning of resources, including materials, labour, and sub-contractors. Creating maintenance schedules and organising labour accordingly to the programme.
• Managing mechanical defects to completion.
• Conducting site inspections and identifying areas requiring maintenance works whilst ensuring quality and compliance of work is achieved.
• Supervising maintenance staff and ensuring they follow safe work practices.
• Producing costs for follow-on/extra works and/or remedial works as necessary.
• Scheduling minor on-site repairs following instructions from Clients.
• Scheduling contractors for major repairs as instructed by Clients.
• Discussing maintenance concerns with the Clients and communicating these to Maintenance staff where applicable.
• Developing maintenance budgets and discussing with Clients for contracts.
• Controlling and monitoring inventory.
• Co-ordinating work performed by specialist sub-contractors.
• Raising purchase orders and invoices, logging defects, and maintaining administration procedures.
• Growing this business area to include new clients and maintaining current relationships.

There will also be the requirement to manage some Small Works projects on the mechanical side in conjunction with our existing electrical maintenance/SW department, which would be carried out by both direct and sub-contract labour. This will involve potentially visiting sites to ascertain the scope of works, referring to drawings, producing costs, and ultimately project managing the works if successful.

Experience/Requirements

For this role, you will need to have at least 5 years of relevant construction mechanical industry experience either in an install or maintenance environment and have knowledge of building up quotations/estimating from start to final invoice and be able to read drawings accordingly. You will have a good customer focus, be organised in your workload, and able to manage staff and different situations as they arise. It may suit someone with a good overall building services background that would like to come into the office from an install background and explore other opportunities, or someone from a similar customer care background that has served an apprenticeship. You should hold relevant industry-recognised qualifications i.e., HVAC and qualifications/served time as an Apprentice. Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required, along with a confident communication style when meeting people at all different levels. Self-motivated with the ability to work proactively, making decisions where required, and effective organisation skills are essential. A positive and friendly outlook is also important. Hold a relevant trade CSCS skills card.

Package

In return, you get to be part of a friendly established organisation with the following:
Salary £45-50K depending on experience.
Westfield Health Cash Plan Benefit 1 and NEST pension.
Laptop, PPE, and Corporate clothing.

Hours of work are 8.00 am to 5.00 pm, office and site-based.

If this role sounds of interest and you would like to be considered or discuss further, apply now.