Greater Manchester Arts Centre Ltd trading as HOME
Greater Manchester Arts Centre Ltd.
Maintenance Manager
Application Pack
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Job Title – MAINTENANCE MANAGER
This opportunity
This is the perfect opportunity to work in a cross art building with diverse groups of people at Manchester’s largest cultural venue, HOME.
HOME has a joined-up artistic programme of equally important theatre, contemporary visual art and film. This sometimes manifests itself in cross art-form projects working through part, or all of the organisation and involving a huge range of people of all ages and backgrounds.
The Maintenance Manager is part of the essential Operations Team whom ensure the building is maintained to allow all HOME’S activities to happen giving our audiences a great experience.
This post holder will report to the Building Manager and will work closely with the Operations Team to deliver a safe, clean well maintained building.
You will be part of an exciting forward-looking organisation. Our team is enthusiastic, motivated and engaged so expect to be challenged! If you can share our ambition and have the skills, knowledge and experience to do the job, this is a great and unique opportunity.
Our Ideal Candidate
You will be a great people person with a hands on manner. You will have a track record of managing and coordinating contracts and contractors. You will also have maintenance experience.
Liaising with various contractors, from Fire to Intruder will be second nature to you, and managing the expectations of these contractors within the remit of the building and budgets will be something you excel at.
You will be an excellent communicator with some level of admin skills and will have the skills and experience to relay information as appropriate.
This is an exciting and challenging role in a dynamic organisation.
Application Procedure
Please complete the HOME application form telling us how you meet the Person Specification for this role and return it with the completed Equal Opportunities form.
Closing date for applications:12noon on Fri 27th January 2017.
Interviews will take place on Wed 8th February 2017.
A PDF of your completed application form should be sent to
If you have not heard from us by Wed 1st February, please assume that we will not be taking your application any further.
Unfortunately we cannot provide individual feedback on applications.
HOME strives to be an equality of opportunity employer
Thank you for your interest in this post.
Job Description for Maintenance Manager
Purpose
As a working Maintenance Manager, to be responsible for:
· the administration of the routine maintenance programme, by planning the work, organising visits from contractors and monitoring timing, performance and completion of works to the correct standard; and
· carrying out day to day maintenance and general repairs to the building fabric, lighting, heating and plumbing systems
Responsible to: Building Manager
Responsible for: Practical maintenance, scheduling and Contractors
Main Duties:
1 To carry out, in consultation with the Building Manager, both a planned and
Preventative internal/external maintenance programme for of HOME.
2 To carry out Mechanical/Electrical and Building Management System fault finding and repairs. Take part in root cause analysis to determine and identify the reasons behind breakdowns in order to prevent recurrence.
3 To undertake a range of practical maintenance and repair tasks as and when necessary
4 To work together with the Front of House Managers to ensure that, at all times, HOME's premises and equipment are safe and secure.
5 To co-operate with the technical team on the installation of temporary equipment and to provide advice where necessary.
6 To respond to out of hour callouts if required.
7 To be responsible for ordering and maintaining sufficient and adequate supplies of workshop materials within budget.
8 To assist and advise the Building Manager in the negotiation of all service contracts.
9 To be responsible for the supervision of all external maintenance contractors working on HOME premises and to ensure that all Health and Safety regulations are adhered to.
10 To maintain a log of all maintenance and service visits.
11 Assist the Building Manager in researching for new equipment in line with industry and environmental requirements.
12 To be able to adhere to safety regulations, assessing risks and undertake training
when required.
13 To ensure that the workshop provides a clean and safe working environment
and that all electrical equipment is regularly serviced (including PAT) and all
hazardous materials are correctly identified and stored.
14 To cover any other duties relevant to the post as required by the Building Manager
This job description is a guide to the nature of the work required of the Maintenance Manager. It is not wholly comprehensive or restrictive and may be reviewed with the post holder and line manager as operationally required.
PERSON SPECIFICATION FOR
MAINTENANCE MANAGER
Essential / DesirableQUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING / Educated to degree level or with comparable life experience. / Maintenance related Qualifications.
SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE / Knowledge and understanding of Health and Safety.
Knowledge of Building Management. / Familiar with Cultural Buildings.
EXPERIENCE / Experience of managing contractors
Experience in working with diverse groups of people.
Experience in coordinating and programming schedules.
Reporting and evaluation of work. / Experience of facility
management
PRACTICAL & INTELLECTUAL SKILLS / Ability to work on own initiative and prioritise and organise workload.
Excellent team working skills.
Excellent time management and organisational skills.
Ability to work under pressure, remain calm and meet deadlines.
Excellent communications skills both written and verbal.
Flexible and imaginative approach to communicating ideas and skills.
Excellent people skills.
Numerate.
Computer literate in word processing and use of spreadsheets and database programmes. / Trained in using Excel.
Experience of BMS or similar tool.
DISPOSITION & ATTITUDE / A collaborative outlook to working across the organisation and with external partners.
Flexible and innovative approach to work.
A friendly and open personality with the ability to communicate with a diverse range of people.
Ability to flexible working hours if necessary
Understanding of and proven commitment to Equal Opportunities and social inclusion.
Understanding of and commitment to customer service.
This post is based in Manchester.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
MAINTENANCE MANAGER
GMAC Ltd has a Staff Handbook that provides full details of all terms and conditions of employment as well as staff benefits. The following are the main terms of employment.
Salary £24,000
Hours of work GMAC Ltd has a standard working week of 40 hours inclusive of meal breaks.
Exact hours of work as required by demands of the post.
Overtime payments will not be made, however time off in lieu, with the agreement of the Head of Engagement, will be available to cover any additional hours worked.
Contract Period Permanent
Probationary period 3 months
Period of notice 1 month will apply to both employer and employee
Holidays 25 days p.a. plus statutory holidays
Pensions GMAC Ltd operates a company pension scheme that is available to all staff
Appendix 1
About HOME
HOME Vision
To be an international production and exhibition centre of outstanding provocative contemporary theatre, visual art and film and an axis of experimentation at the point where they meet. To be a HOME for both artists and audiences, with a strong reputation for use of digital media communication and distribution, developing talent, audience engagement, and working creatively with communities.
HOME Mission
We live to work with artists to define a new form of art centre by producing and presenting questioning ambitious artistic projects in and of Manchester but with a distinctive international outlook that grows and involves audiences through new remarkable experiences and diverse stories
Strategic Aims
1. To position HOME as a major national and international centre with a body of work and reputation for great/distinctive/diverse contemporary work
2. To have developed cross artform practice that attracts new partnerships and investment
3. To have created a sustainable business model for HOME that enables artistic risk and growth
4. To have built a new audience for HOME and re-positioned programme and offer
5. To have established an organisational culture for HOME that supports the artistic ambition
Programme Strands
HOME Film - An extraordinary and independent programme and experience across five screens
HOME Theatre - is international, interdisciplinary, provocative, questioning, visual and poetic.
HOME Visual Art - foregrounds artists' projects that work across its distinctive strengths - artist film, performance and participation
HOME Community & Young People - with and for the people of our city
HOME Digital & Creative Development – developing local talent
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