Regional Maintenance & Compliance Officer

Job title:                     Regional Maintenance & Compliance Officer

Salary:                         £24,500 to £27,000 per annum (dependent on experience)

Hours:                         Full Time – 37 hours per week

Location:                   Sites across the North East & Cumbria

 

Groundwork NE & Cumbria is seeking a dedicated and proactive Regional Maintenance & Compliance Officer to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity to support the upkeep of our premises, ensuring they are safe, functional, and welcoming for everyone.

About the Role

As our Regional Maintenance Officer, you’ll be at the heart of this charity’s operations, playing a key role in maintaining the buildings and sites across the North East and Cumbria. Reporting to our Facilities & Compliance Manager, you will be responsible for carrying out routine maintenance, responding to repair needs, and ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations.

Key Responsibilities
  • Conduct regular maintenance and upkeep jobs across our all our premises.
  • Carry out minor emergency repairs
  • Perform site legal compliance checks, eg emergency light checks, fire alarm tests, legionella
  • Liaising with contractors and facilitating specialist contractor works
  • Maintaining accurate records of all maintenance activities, inspections and compliance checks.
What we’re looking for
  • Proven experience in diagnosing and carrying out general maintenance repairs
  • Familiarity with health and safety compliance in a facilities management setting
  • A proactive hands-on approach to site maintenance ensuring a safe and welcoming environment
  • Strong organisational skills with attention to detail
  • Excellent communication and problem-solving abilities with a customer focussed mindset.
This role is ideal for a practical, solutions driven individual who takes pride in maintaining high standards across multiple sites.

For an informal discussion please contact Lesley Gardner, Head of HR at hr.northeast@groundwork.org.uk   

Want to apply

Great.  All you need to do is complete the application form below;

Application Form

Regional Maintenance & Compliance Officer – Job Description

Regional Maintenance & Compliance Officer – Person Specification

All completed applications should be emailed to HR.NorthEast@groundwork.org.uk  

Closing date:           Midnight on Friday 18th April 2025

Please note, should we receive a high volume of applications, we may look to close the role early, therefore we recommend an early application.

Make yourself at home

We want you to be yourself at Groundwork and we value everything that makes you unique. We recognise and celebrate your difference and together we make Groundwork a special and great place to work. As a Disability Confident employer we offer a guaranteed interview to applicants with a disability who meet the essential criteria for the role.

At Groundwork we ensure that we provide a safe environment for adults, children and young people to take part in any activity or service that we organise. We are committed to creating a culture that promotes safeguarding and the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk. Our safer recruitment practices support this by ensuring that there is a consistent and comprehensive process of obtaining, collating, analysing and evaluating information from and about candidates to ensure that all the people we appoint are suitable to work with our children, young people and adults

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