Maintenance Officer

Job Introduction

Sodexo are recruiting for a Maintenance Officer to join our busy team based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 

You will be an essential member of our management team, ensuring installation, maintenance and repair both preventative and reactive of multiple M&E services, building fabric and specialist equipment on site.

The role will require you to co-ordinate labour to ensure deliver of the planned preventative maintenance, reactive maintenance and micro projects across a complex portfolio of buildings.

Our wealth of experience partnering Government Agencies means we are able to transfer best practices from the corporate sector to create better working environments in the public sector. We bring services that increase employee engagement, wellbeing and productivity to the public sector to help support government to deliver on its promised outcomes while reducing costs. Our goal is to improve service outcomes and reduce overall costs to the taxpayer.

Role Responsibility

• Regular liaison with client to ensure a continuous dialogue and build confidence in delivery
• Act as responsible person on allocated systems and provide training to end users as necessary
• Provision of reports as required by contract including any reasonable ad-hoc reporting
• Management of and regular meetings with all supply-chain to ensure contract compliance and the application of KPIs where applicable
• Undertaking continual assessment of quality of contract services delivery
• Providing advice and guidance to the contract team in all aspects the of the M&E and building services associated with the contract
• Participate in the on-call rota, providing out of hours cover for emergency maintenance requests
• Focus on the continuous improvement of service delivery and put forward suggestions as necessary
• Ensure delivery a high-quality service through robust auditing and compliance with contract specifications
• Ensuring that all works undertaken are appropriately documented to ensure full traceability 
• Ensure all staff and contractors comply with the requirements set out in the Health, Safety, Environmental and Sustainability policies of both the client and Sodexo
• Respond appropriately and in a timely manner to emergencies and issues as they arise on the client’s estate
• Coordination of various internal and external stakeholders as necessary to deliver required services; 
  • Reactive maintenance
  • Planned Preventative Maintenance
  • Remedial works
  • Micro Works / Small Projects
• Responsible for management of Health and Safety related tasks and provide technical support / advice to colleagues and client
• Managing, scheduling and coordinating assigned estate services in line with statutory requirement
• Responsible for the upkeep of accurate asset data across the estate.
• Working as part of a team, sharing knowledge of specialism

Please see attached job description for further information regarding the role requirements.

The Ideal Candidate

• Proven experience in a similar role
• Ideally a Level 4 qualification such as NVQ, professional diplomas or HNC in Mechanical or Electrical subjects
• Due to working across multiple sites a Driving license will be required for this role
• Proven track record in the successful management of maintenance services on a complex estate
• Solid understanding of statutory compliance requirements

Preferable:

• HND or equivalent in a Mechanical or Electrical subject
• Experience of Construction Design Management Regulations (CDM).
• Proven track record in the delivery of small projects on a complex estate
• Demonstrable experience of PPM specifications and standards
• Experience understanding and delivering contractual requirements such as audit and reporting
• Experience managing multiple contractors on a complex estate
• Strong stakeholder relationship skills
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
• Strong planning and problem-solving abilities
• Experience of CAFM / CMMS systems
• Experience of the Government Services sector or large estate services supplier

Package Description

Competitive Salary

Discretionary bonus

40 hour working week - Monday to Friday with flexible shift pattern

Any on call duties required paid at overtime rate

Sodexo Rewards and benefits scheme - earn vouchers and discounts for daily exercise 

We also offer Sodexo Discounts promoting discounted mobile phone tariffs, savings across restaurant chains and days out, where you and your family can save money on everything from your weekly food shop to the latest cinema blockbuster and much more

All offers are subject to security clearance checks 

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 36,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the energy, 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

At Sodexo we are committed to a leading role in promoting equality opportunities and valuing diversity and inclusion. We seek to create a work environment based on mutual respect for all individuals, building a culture that appreciates and values the experiences and skills brought by each person to benefit our organisation and work hard to ensure that all people, whatever their age, disability, gender, transgender, marital or family status, race or ethnicity, religious belief of sexual orientation are welcome to and included within our 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