Regional Maintenance Manager

About the role

Affinity Water is seeking an experienced Regional Maintenance Manager to help deliver safe, efficient maintenance programmes across its operational region. The role covers planning, managing and delivering maintenance activity across a regional property portfolio, keeping operational sites, buildings and infrastructure safe, compliant, functional and well presented while minimising disruption. It is based in Hatfield and offered on a hybrid basis.

Key responsibilities

• Lead reactive, planned and preventative maintenance across the regional property portfolio.
• Monitor asset condition and develop repair, refurbishment, replacement and improvement plans.
• Manage maintenance contractors and specialist providers, monitoring safety, compliance, quality, performance and value for money.
• Support procurement and tendering, including scopes, specifications and contractor performance measures.
• Ensure compliance with legislation, building regulations, company standards, CDM requirements and safe systems of work.
• Identify and manage maintenance, asset and contractor risks, escalating significant concerns.
• Manage refurbishment, improvement and property enhancement projects, including scope, schedule, budget and quality.
• Coordinate work arising from CAFM requests, compliance actions, operational change and Estates programmes.
• Build stakeholder relationships, monitor service performance and provide emergency or out-of-hours support.

Required profile

• Significant experience in estates, facilities management, property, construction or maintenance.
• Experience managing operations across multiple sites.
• Good knowledge of Health & Safety, building regulations and statutory property compliance.
• Experience managing contractors and contracts.
• Strong planning, prioritisation, decision-making and stakeholder management skills.
• IOSH Managing Safety, NEBOSH or equivalent qualification in Health & Safety (desirable).
• UK driving licence.

Required skills

• Proficiency in all Microsoft Office packages.

What we offer

• Salary of £43,000 - £52,000 depending on skills and experience.
• Working hours 08:30-17:00 Monday to Thursday and 08:30-16:30 Friday.
• Company car and 3-month notice period.
• Annual leave from 26 days rising with service, plus up to 5 extra days and a celebration day.
• Double-match pension scheme (company contribution capped at 12%).
• Family benefits including maternity, adoption, paternity, shared parental, fertility support and carers leave, plus a menopause and reasonable adjustment policy.
• Wellbeing centre access, discounts through the Tap4Perks scheme, disability confident approach and up to 4 Affinity days volunteering per year.