Building Manager - Bradford

Permanent / Part Time / 34 hours per week

Working Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 7am – 2pm & Tuesday 7am – 4pm

Residential Management Group, has an opportunity for a customer focused Building Manager, based at Lister Mills, Bradford (BD9 5BE) residential apartments.

You’ll be supporting the Property Manager covering 2 blocks (Silk Warehouse and Lister Mills), which are within walking distance of each other, 34-hour a 34 hour week, as outlined:

Monday, Wednesday Thursday & Friday 7am – 2pm & Tuesday 7am – 4pm

Benefits of the Building Manager Role:

• Salary of £21,289.04 equivalent to over £12.04 per hour
• 25 days holidays + Bank Holidays + Never Work Your Birthday off
• 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
• Exclusive savings on travel, shopping, restaurants, supermarkets, fitness, fashion and electronics through our benefits portal.
• Generous pension scheme and Life assurance (4 x annual salary)
• Two paid volunteer days per year
• Employee Assistance Programme with access to free confidential advice on matters important to you

As the Building Manager, your role will be to enhance residents’ quality of life, by helping to create a warm and friendly environment and by being helpful, polite and courteous throughout the fulfilment of your Building Manager duties.

You’ll be the ‘face’ of the building, greeting residents, visitors and contractors, undertaking safety checks (fire door and fire alarm checks) and meter readings.

What are some of the things I will be doing?

• Answering residents’ enquiries.
• Inspect buildings daily to identify any maintenance issues and ensure that the Health & Safety of residents is not compromised – inspect and sign off all maintenance work undertaken by external contractors
• Spot Painting and other minor maintenance activities and carry out basic maintenance works where appropriate eg : changing light bulbs, spot cleaning etc.
• Undertake minor Grounds Maintenance.
• Ensure all common areas - internal and external - are regularly cleaned, inspected, tidy and in good repair
• Litter pick all external areas and sweep car park areas.
• Present bins on collection days (Tuesday), removing or arrange removal of bulk items from bin store.
• Monitor the appropriate service and maintenance contracts for all building services, facilities and installations.
• Ensure correct signage is displayed throughout the building and any notice boards are kept up to date.

What skills and experience are we looking for?

• A friendly positive ‘can-do’ and flexible work attitude
• Excellent customer service skills, with previous experience within a customer facing customer service role
• Confident communicator with excellent communication skills
• Proven ability to solve problems with diplomacy, empathy and patience
• Able to complete administrative tasks using relevant IT systems
• Experience in a similar role is desirable