Job Description
Associate Director of EFM: Engineering & Maintenance
Salary scale £77,425 - £107,174 plus excellent benefits
The University of Sheffield is seeking to recruit to the role of Associate Director of EFM: Engineering & Maintenance. The University of Sheffield is a truly special place, with a bold and ambitious future. A leading global university renowned for the excellence, impact and the distinctiveness of its research-led learning and teaching across a wide range of disciplines, we are home to 30,000 of the brightest students and over 8,000 staff from more than 140 countries around the world. We want Sheffield to be an international centre of excellence for centuries to come, so we recruit ambitious, creative people from across the globe and we nurture their talent.
The Department of Estates and Facilities Management (EFM) at the University of Sheffield is the largest Professional Services Department at the university, employing over 720 staff across a range of professions and specialist areas. Now is an exciting time to take up a leadership role within the department. Following the appointment of a new Director of Estates and Facilities Management in March 2024, EFM is entering a transformational period with further leadership appointments in the department that will shape the team and culture for many years to come. There are exciting challenges ahead, with the development of a new estate strategy, significant capital investment, drive to net zero, asset management and space optimization, engineering and maintenance delivery, and campus services provision.
- Leading on the strategic direction and operational management of the estate maintenance and engineering infrastructure
- Responsible for a large-scale and complex estate portfolio
- Delivering customer-centric, performance-driven service
- Managing a multidisciplinary in-house team of circa 140 staff
We are seeking an individual with significant career experience in engineering leadership roles across large-scale, operational property portfolios, together with a track record of planning and executing transformation programs resulting in performance improvement in the areas of engineering, maintenance, and estate compliance.
Rewards and Benefits:
- Extensive wellbeing, lifestyle, training, and development benefits
- Very generous pension scheme
- Annual leave allowance of 41 days including UK public holidays and university closure days
Application Details:
To learn more about the role and opportunity visit the candidate brochure here. For a briefing discussion please contact our retained advisors David Craven ( david.craven@mrgglobal.com ) and Michael Hewlett ( michael.hewlett@mrgglobal.com ) of MRG. Applications should consist of a CV and supporting statement and should be sent to david.craven@mrgglobal.com and sally.brockway@mrgglobal.com. Closing date for applications: 19th May 2024
Diversity Statement:
We build teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles from across the world, whose talent and contributions complement each other to greatest effect. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact through research, teaching, and student experience.