Estates And Facilities

Professional/Senior Management

Grade £51,630 - £58,089

The Estates and Facilities Directorate provides a number of essential services to Durham University and is responsible for managing, maintaining and developing the infrastructure and building fabric across the estate.

It is an exciting time to join the team, as we are currently in Phase One of a three-phase programme, running until 2027, to deliver a new estate; supporting the University’s overarching strategy, with the design and construction of new teaching, leisure and accommodation facilities, alongside the repair and refurbishments to the existing infrastructure and buildings.

Working at the University provides a wide-range of benefits, including but not limited to: generous pension plans, a pay and grading structure which supports career progression, generous annual leave and customary days. Further information can be found on the additional information as part of this advert.

The Head of Asset Maintenance will be responsible for delivering a strategic-based building maintenance and minor works service to the University.

The post-holder will lead and manage the team(s) within their area of responsibility to deliver a highly effective, efficient and customer-focussed service resulting in the continuous improvement in the condition of the University estate.

The post-holder will manage, coordinate and lead their function, optimising the use of internal and external resources and exercising overall budgetary control to achieve performance and quality targets.

The post-holder is required to manage, and if required participate in, the provision of an out-of-hours management on-call rota.

Closes midday on : 18-Aug-2019