Director of Maintenance Job at City of London a minute Full Time NEW

We are recruiting for a Director of Maintenance to lead maintenance operations across a national property portfolio within a housing property management environment. This role will focus on delivering planned and reactive maintenance, ensuring compliance, managing budgets and leading teams across multiple sites.

Salary: £80,000 – £100,000 (depending on experience)

Location: London (UK-wide portfolio)

Key Responsibilities

• Set and implement maintenance strategy across all sites, aligned to business objectives and asset lifecycle planning.
• Oversee planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive works across the portfolio.
• Ensure service delivery meets SLAs and KPIs.
• Manage contractors, suppliers and internal maintenance teams.
• Ensure compliance with UK regulations including gas, electrical and fire safety requirements.
• Lead audits and ensure adherence to health and safety standards.
• Manage risk relating to building systems and maintenance operations.
• Manage multi-million-pound maintenance budgets, including forecasting and cost control.
• Approve major repairs and capital expenditure projects.
• Lead regional managers, engineers and support staff, setting performance targets and supporting development.
• Oversee asset registers and maintenance systems (CAFM).
• Plan refurbishment, upgrades and long-term asset replacement programmes.
• Use data and reporting to support decision-making and improve asset performance.

Skills and Experience

• Significant experience within facilities management or maintenance at a senior level.
• Experience managing large, multi-site property portfolios.
• Strong knowledge of building systems including HVAC, M&E and compliance requirements.
• Experience managing maintenance budgets and delivering cost control.
• Degree in engineering, building services or similar (preferred).
• Membership of a relevant professional body (e.g. CIBSE, IMechE) desirable.
• Health and safety qualification such as NEBOSH.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience managing contractors and supply chains.
• Ability to use data and systems to support performance and decision-making.