Build Manager

Residential Management Group, part of Places for People, is looking for a customer-focused and organised Building Manager to join our Property Management team. This is a key role where you'll be responsible for providing a comprehensive building management service, ensuring the development is managed efficiently, safely and within budget, while maintaining high standards of service for residents. You'll be a visible presence on site, helping to make sure communal areas are well maintained, services are running smoothly and residents receive a professional and responsive service. 35 hours per week as per rota below Saturday: 9am to 5pm As Building Manager, you'll carry out regular inspections of all common areas, ensuring they are clean, tidy and in good repair. You'll identify and address maintenance issues on a daily basis, helping to ensure resident safety and compliance with relevant health and safety legislation. You'll also arrange, monitor and obtain quotations for service and maintenance contracts relating to building services and facilities. Where appropriate, you'll complete minor repairs such as changing light bulbs or spot cleaning, and you'll inspect and sign off work completed by external contractors to ensure standards are met. Working closely with the Property Manager, you'll support with more complex issues, liaise with contractors and issue permits and health and safety notices where required. You'll also be responsible for routine checks including fire, emergency lighting and security testing, as well as maintaining access control systems such as key fobs. A key part of the role will be keeping accurate records, including logs of activity and resident complaints, attending residents' meetings when required and helping to manage the building within agreed budget parameters. You'll also support risk and safeguarding awareness, ensuring any concerns or incidents are appropriately reported. Knowledge of building services, facilities management and residential building operations. Excellent customer service skills with the ability to build positive relationships with residents, contractors and colleagues. Experience of identifying and managing risks, with an awareness of safeguarding principles. 27 days holiday plus all Bank Holidays - Pro rata for shift based roles ~ Free Healthcare cashback Plan (re-claiming for things like optical treatment (plus an optical discount voucher) and dental care, physiotherapy and GP Charges – plus more! (all to a generous fixed amount), plus 24/7 access to remote GP Services ~ Pension scheme (matched up to 7%) and Life assurance (4 x annual salary) ~ As part of Places for People Group (RMG's parent company), you will have access to Our Place Rewards, where you can choose from a huge range of shopping discounts, instore vouchers and reloadable e-cards, earn cashback on on-line purchases and take advantage of many exclusive offers!     As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we offer a guaranteed interview to candidates who are disabled, neurodiverse, or have served in the Armed Forces, provided they meet the essential criteria for the role. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview experience, please let us know. If you are a Places for People customer and you're looking for support with your application, please contact our skills and employment team on skillsemployment@placesforpeople.co.uk . W e understand the importance of a supportive and inclusive work culture so please talk to us at interview about flexibility you may need. For this role we are open to discussing the possibility of reduced hours, flexible start and finish times or compressed hours.   We are committed to creating safe communities for our customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect.  We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment.  By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communities