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Head of Maintenance

Maintenance Services

Location:  Kedleston Road
Salary:  £55,610 to £64,308 per annum
Closing Date:  Thursday 28 May 2020
Contract Type:  Permanent
Post Type:  Full Time
Reference:  0119-20
Responsible To:  Director of Estates

Challenging, interesting and constantly changing, the University of Derby is an exceptional place to learn and an incredibly rewarding place to work.

Ours is an extraordinary educational environment and because we specialise in identifying and developing individual potential, you can be confident you'll receive all the help and encouragement you need to build a rewarding career with lots of opportunities to progress. 

Our combined higher and further education offering is spread over campuses in Derby, Buxton, Leek and Chesterfield and we have some of the best university facilities in the UK, investing more than £200 million in facilities in the last 10 years. 

We achieve outstanding results for our teaching and research and with more than 34,000 people choosing to study with us every year, we depend on the dedication of a team of 2,200 academic and professional services staff. 

Financially strong and seriously ambitious we offer our employees a family-friendly, rewarding career with lots of opportunities to progress.

About the Role

The Head of Maintenance will be a key member of the Estates senior leadership team, contributing to the development of the strategic direction and business plans of Estates as a whole, operationalising those plans within their own areas of responsibility.  The role has at its core the need to ensure transparent value for money engineering and maintenance activities, providing strategic investment advice and working to ensure the University estate is optimally maintained. 

The successful applicant will provide strategic and operational leadership in developing, implementing and maintaining a first class maintenance and engineering provision across the University’s entire estates portfolio. This role will lead on ensuring the effective and efficient deployment of maintenance and engineering resources to optimise the maintenance of the University portfolio, especially focusing on ensuring compliance with statutory legislation delivering safe and legal buildings.

A key requirement for the Head of Maintenance will be the ability to develop and implement a maintenance strategy and to lead on any change initiatives required to amend the operational delivery model. This will include the utilisation of the in-house teams as well as using contracted out services to ensure that the department delivers very best service levels to all stakeholders. 

The post holder will have a strong commitment and capability to deliver cultural change as necessary and to set an example by consistently promoting and applying the University’s values & behaviours. Working in partnership with the Director of Estates, the Head of Campus Services, the Director of Derby Student Residences Limited and the Head of Estate Development, this role is required to take a wide Senior Leadership responsibility beyond the areas of direct operation: contributing to the development of the Estate strategy, contributing to the leadership and management of the Estates department and representing the University in external engagement where appropriate. 

Please note, unfortunately due to the SOC level and salary associated with this post we would be unable to sponsor any applicants requiring a Tier 2 (general) visa. For further information, please visit the following link: https://www.gov.uk/tier-2-general .

If you wish to discuss your individual Visa arrangements in relation to this role, please contact us at HRUKVI@derby.ac.uk

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect everyone who works for us to also share this commitment and to treat people with courtesy and respect.

Further details:    Job Description    

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