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Assistant Operations Manager (Building Fabric)

Please Note: The application deadline for this job has now passed.

Job Introduction

We are currently looking to recruit an Assistant Operations Manager to work with and support the Operations Manager in managing and ensuring the day to day maintenance services that are carried out on site at Wythenshawe Hospital.

Reporting directly to the Operations Manager, you’ll have direct line management responsibility for both the painting and joinery supervisors on site.

You’ll provide technical support, with the ability to diagnose and resolve problems in all elements, but particularly with regards to services and equipment on our large Healthcare Establishment. You’ll be responsible for buildings and site infrastructures, including building fabric, fire doors, fire compartmentation, fire extinguishers, rain goods, drainage systems, grounds & gardens and P.O.L.

Sodexo Healthcare is a leading provider of services to the NHS and private healthcare organisations in England. We provide quality of life services that improve patient and staff experience, raise standards and deliver financial benefits to our clients. We help to enhance the patient environment (including patient dining, cleaning/housekeeping, retail services), provide clinical support (equipment sterilisation) and manage technical estates teams (estates management, asset management, land maintenance and energy management).

Role Responsibility

  • Responsible for the efficient management of directly employed labour and subcontractors
  • Complete and maintain Authorised Person / Responsible Person Appointments
  • Assist in PPM and Reactive maintenance workload planning and management
  • Support the Commercial Manager in the day to day management of Minor Works
  • Assist in the management of the operational procedures and maintenance activities ensuring that all Statutory and Non-Statutory planned activities are undertaken at the Manage the preparation, maintenance and revision of the local operating procedures, method statements and risk assessments
  • Ensure maintenance records for all planned Statutory and Non-Statutory Maintenance activities are kept and are in an auditable state
  • Provide advice on technical and operational issues
  • Monitor and control the performance of plant and equipment
  • Liaise with trade union representatives on day to day issues as directed
  • Control and manage the Contract Management Plan
  • Manage the company Safety, Health and Environmental policies applicable to the contract

The Ideal Candidate

  • Suitable qualification in Building and/or Electrical/Mechanical Engineering and NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Safety and Health
  • Proven experience on delivering planned and reactive maintenance services on a busy healthcare establishment
  • Experience in management, writing and implementing procedures, records to support/evidence of works planned and completed
  • Good communicator at all levels with operational staff, facility users and the client
  • Be able to assist in the management of the contract in accordance with the British Standards for Quality (ISO 9001), Safety (ISO 18001) and Environment (ISO 14001) having had direct experience in this subject area
  • Familiar with PFI contracts and the delivery of facility management services within this framework

Package Description

As part of our commitment to improving the quality of life for our employees, Sodexo offers a Flexible Benefits Scheme, allowing you to tailor a reward package to suit your needs but includes a technology scheme, private dental insurance, travel insurance, gym membership, Gourmet card, private medical insurance and the ability to purchase or sell annual leave. We also have a Sodexo Discount scheme, which offers employees and their friends and family the opportunity to benefit from over 1,200 discounts from top retailers both online and in-store.

40 hours per week, additional hours as business dictates. Flexibility is a must

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 35,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process.

Sodexo and our clients are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults within a regulated activity. Certain roles will require applicants to undergo screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and/ or Disclosure Scotland.

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