Facilities Manager

apartmentVacancy Filler placeHartlepool calendar_month 

Salary (Grade 5) – £28,554 – £30,504 per annum (dependent upon experience)

Hours: 37.5 hours per week - permanent

Location: The National Museum of the Royal Navy, Maritime Avenue, Hartlepool.

The National Museum’s vision is to be the world’s most inspiring Naval Museum: inspiring learning, enjoyment, and engagement with the story of the Royal Navy and its impact in shaping the modern world.
The National Museum of the Royal Navy is the UK’s newest national Museum. We are recruiting for an experienced Facilities Manager working within the Operations team based at our Hartlepool site. This is a unique opportunity to play a leading role in caring for Hartlepool’s Historic Quay and HMS Trincomalee, helping to ensure the NMRN’s visitors have a safe, extraordinary and enriching day out.

You will be responsible for the delivery of planned and reactive maintenance works. With a positive attitude and ability to manage and motivate volunteers, you will work collaboratively with other diverse teams across the museum.

A flexible approach to work is needed as occasional out-of-hours work/call outs will occur.
Key Opportunities
  • Opportunity to be involved in interesting and challenging work within a unique heritage environment.
  • Carry out minor repairs and maintenance duties with the support of volunteers under your supervision.
  • Develop new ways of working for the benefit of colleagues and the museum.
  • Further develop a program of planned maintenance to ensure the ship and shoreside facilities are protected the site remain safe, inspiring and enjoyable for our visitor’s, staff and volunteers.
  • Develop key working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Knowledge/Experience
  • Strong Facilities Management background with competence to undertake ‘hands on’ minor repairs and maintenance.
  • Experience of working with Facilities Management software.
  • Practical experience of Health and Safety and producing risk assessments.
  • Experience of safe working at height, maintenance of access registers and mobile access equipment.
  • Experience working with the public and having a customer centric approach to completing repairs in a busy environment.
  • Experience of procurement and management of contractors is essential.
  • Knowledge of the legal framework for controlling risks such as fire, asbestos and legionella.
We provide
  • The opportunity to be part of a friendly and diverse workplace within a unique heritage environment.
  • Group pension plan with Royal London (6% employer contributions, 2% employee contributions and death in service benefit).
  • Free onsite parking
  • 25 days’ annual leave (plus bank holidays), increasing to 30 days’ annual leave (plus bank holidays) after 5 years’ service.
  • Occupational sick pay.
  • Enhanced maternity/adoption and paternity pay.
  • Flexible working.
  • Employee Assistance Programme.
  • Free admission to other national museums and attractions within the reciprocal agreement.
  • Discounts at our shops and cafes.
  • Free and discounted tickets for family and friends.

This is not a UK sponsored visa role, therefore candidates must have the right to work in the UK to apply for this role.

For further details, or to arrange an informal discussion regarding the role, please contact Roslyn Adamson, Project Director at Roslyn.adamson@nmrn.org.uk or 01429 860 077 ext 2709.
Applicants are asked to apply via no later than midnight, Sunday 6^th October 2024. We will be conducting interviews at the National Museum of the Royal Navy Hartlepool, on 16 October 2024.

If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to the application process because of a disability, please contact the People team on recruitment@nmrn.org.uk for support.

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