Site Manager

Overview

We are seeking a proactive, experienced and reliable Site Manager to join our team at Queen’s Manor Primary School in Fulham. You will be working independently, supported by a Health & Safety Officer and an Estates Manager. The ideal candidate will possess strong customer service skills; a flexible and positive attitude; and a commitment to ensuring a secure and well-maintained environment for our children and staff.

Duties

Security

• To ensure that the school site is secure at all times
• Manage the access control system (external and internal) including activating and deactivating staff access cards/fobs as required.
• Check that the buildings and premises have not been disturbed overnight. Turn on/off lights, heating, check windows, internal doors and locks.
• Maintain a key safe and register of key holders and car park fobs
• Ensure the buildings and external gates, including the car park gates, are locked and unlocked at appropriate times and arm/disarm the security system.
• Act as primary key-holder.
• Act as first contact and manage any on site emergencies.

Cleaning and Hygiene

• Monitor cleaning and report to the Estates Manager, on a regular basis, on the effectiveness of the cleaning
• Act as key contact for the school cleaning team
• Ensure that stocks of cleaning materials, soap, paper towel, toilet consumables etc. are maintained and replenished as needed in all classrooms and bathrooms.
• Ensure that COSHH regulations are observed
• Manage external bins ensuring regularly emptied
• Emergency and ad hoc cleaning duties as required.
• Ensure that all internal and external hard surfaces and the MUGA are clean and tidy eg daily sweeping of playground, leaf clearance, litter picking.
• Ensure that storage areas and kept clean and tidy

Site Management

• Undertake building repairs and maintenance as needed and report on issues requiring specialist services.
• Regular inspection and maintenance of school furniture, play equipment, fire fighting equipment, pipes and gutters etc
• Maintain the garden beds/plants by watering, pruning and weeding.
• Ensure that lighting is kept in good working order throughout the school, replaced as needed and used efficiently.
• Ensure that the school is adequately heated and that boilers are managed efficiently
• Ensure that water is used efficiently eg ensure taps are not leaking, broken, etc.
• Act as the main point of contact for contractors/external agencies requiring access to the site and accompany contractors at all times while on site, monitoring progress and ensuring that work is carried out to the required standard.
• Maintain detailed records of maintenance activities, inspections, and repairs for compliance purposes.
• Log status updates and tasks completed for compliance on the site management software.
• To act as porter for deliveries, paper, fruit, milk, furniture removals and any other lifting tasks required by the school. Move furniture/ set up spaces as required for assemblies, parent evenings, etc. Note: the school is a multi storey Victorian building and does not have a lift.

Health and Safety

• Ensure that the school complies with the United Learning and local Health and Safety policy requirements
• Follow up contractors as needed where defects are identified and ensure issues are resolved
• To operate in accordance with safe working practices
• Identify hazards and ensure immediate remediation and reporting to senior staff as needed
• Carry out risk assessments as appropriate with support from the H&S Officer
• Ensure testing of fire bells, fire doors, emergency lighting, door closers, intruder alarms, fire equipment, etc is carried out internally or by external contractors as appropriate
• To act as Fire Warden
• Provide safe access to the school in times of snow, minor floods and emergency situations.
• Initiate the relevant emergency services procedures quickly and accurately in the event of emergency eg fire, gas, electric.

Lettings

• Ensure that premises are set up as needed prior to letting
• Inspect premises after lettings and report any damage
• Act as the main contact for lettings providing assistance as required eg fire evacuation procedures

Essential experience/knowledge:

• Health and Safety knowledge
• Building/site maintenance knowledge eg heating, plumbing, carpentry, electrical.
• Confident using technology eg Office 365, excel, software platforms

Desirable experience/knowledge:

• Experi…