Site Manager | Primary School | Bicester

We require a proactive highly reliable and technically skilled Site Manager to oversee the comprehensive estate management maintenance and security operations of our vibrant primary school campus. Operating across an educational environment that caters to early years and primary-aged children the successful candidate will hold operational responsibility for the daily physical upkeep of the school buildings asset optimization planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and health and safety monitoring ensuring a safe clean and warm learning environment where young children can thrive.

Our primary school is dedicated to cultivating an ambitious nurturing and high-achieving learning environment where every childs educational journey begins with confidence and joy. As a forward-thinking school with an excellent local reputation we hold our physical estate to the highest standards recognizing that a beautifully maintained secure campus directly impacts a childs well-being and love for learning. The site and facilities department is characterized by a culture of professional pride collaborative problem-solving and service efficiency. We operate within a supportive and highly organized operational structure ensuring our site team has the resources materials and investment required to maintain our indoor and outdoor learning environments to an exemplary standard.

• Primary Estate Maintenance & PPM: Conduct and schedule a comprehensive Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) framework across all school buildings plant systems and outdoor fixtures while operating a rapid-response system for everyday reactive repairs.

• Rigorous Health & Safety Monitoring: Execute and document routine statutory compliance checks including fire alarm testing water temperature monitoring for legionella control COSHH logs asbestos register checks and fixed wire safety tracking.

• Site Security & Keyholding: Manage the opening and locking routines for the entire school campus ensuring all buildings are secure access control systems are functional and serving as the primary point of contact for out-of-hours emergency call-outs.

• Child-Centric Environment & Porterage: Regularly inspect and risk-assess the physical spaces including specialized early years outdoor learning zones and active play equipment ensuring all safety surfaces are pristine. Handle internal porterage demands such as moving deliveries setting up event halls and monitoring seasonal grounds upkeep.

• Contractor Liaison & Safety Supervision: Greet monitor and assist external service engineers and building contractors on-site ensuring all school safeguarding (DBS) protocols visitor logging and safe working practices are strictly followed.

• Experience: A proven track record of successful site management caretaking or trade-based handyperson experience ideally within a primary school nursery or high-footfall public sector environment.

• Technical Practicality: Strong practical skills across basic building trades (such as plumbing minor carpentry or painting) with the capability to manage complex building utility systems and localized maintenance budgets.

• Reliable & Community-Focused Ethos: Exceptional reliability punctuality and an empathetic interpersonal manner displaying a clear commitment to communicating warmly with school leaders teachers young children and parents.

• A Modern Garden Town Ecosystem Driven by Sustainable Innovation: Based in the rapidly expanding and historic town of Bicester the school capitalizes on a unique regional identity characterized by ambitious eco-town developments technological growth and sustainable urban infrastructure. Famous nationally as a premier commercial centre and a pioneer in green construction standards Bicester presents an inspiring forward-thinking environment. This modern regional landscape connects the physical management of our school campus directly to high standards of energy efficiency sustainable facilities upkeep and smart infrastructure growth across Oxfordshire.

• Connectivity & Infrastructure: The campus benefits from exceptional regional transport links offering straightforward road commuting via the strategic M40 motorway corridor (Junction 9) the A34 and the A41 dual carriageway. Public transit networks operate seamlessly via comprehensive local bus routes while Bicesters two major railway stationsBicester North and Bicester Villageserve as vital rail hubs providing high-frequency Chiltern Railways services that connect the school effortlessly to Oxford Banbury High Wycombe and London Marylebone.

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