Head of Facilities

Facilities Management

• Oversee all Club facilities to ensure that all premises are properly maintained, clean and safe.
• Management of maintenance staff and the Groundskeeping Team.
• Control preventative, planned and reactive maintenance programmes, ensuring that agreed work has been completed to a good standard and follow up on any issues.
• Ensure pitches are kept to a high standard and works are carried out efficiently.
• Oversee landscaping works, ensuring external parts of the ground are presentable, welcoming and clean.
• Monitor the Club's plant, vehicles, equipment and forward works register.
• Manage costs ensuring value for money and work within a budget for various facility needs and expenses.
• Manage specific upgrade projects.
• Ensure the correct documentation is in place for stadium and site works to ensure compliance.
• Oversee contracts and service providers such as buildings, catering, cleaning, security, energy efficiency and IT.
• Ensure contractors meet club standards.
• Carry out pre-match facility checks throughout the stadium in advance of a matchday, ensuring the stadium is ready for all matchday users, including post-match condition reports.
• Respond appropriately to emergencies or urgent issues as they arise and deal with the consequences.
• Support staff to maintain the highest standards of facilities management and H&S on matchdays.

Health & Safety

• Responsible for the Club’s Health & Safety obligations ensuring that facilities and ways of working meet compliance standards, legislation and regulations.
• Responsible for audits, risk management and reporting.
• Organise testing and inspections to ensure the highest standards are met i.e. Building Regulations, Fire, Water Management, Legionella, Electricity etc.
• Ensure the Club’s certificates and documentation is organised, monitored and kept up to date.
• Act as the lead for H&S advice, especially where safe operating and working practices are required.
• Ensure any concerns regarding health and safety are reported, logged and resolved.
• Ensure safe operational practices are conducted by sub-contractors, including permits to work, submission of RAMs and client responsibilities within CDM 2015.

About You:

You will be a committed and self-driven individual who wants to deliver success. Maintaining a safe and secure environment for all will be fundamental to everything you do. You prioritise quality and safety in every area of your work, ensuring compliance with standards and fostering a culture of safety excellence.

With a pragmatic, proactive and organised approach, you will ensure a smooth and safe infrastructure for the Club. You will enjoy problem solving and a varied role which cuts across all areas of the Club.

You will have a positive and professional attitude with the ability to work well independently. As an able communicator you will collaborate at management and customer levels, working together with key stakeholders to achieve successful outcomes.

With responsibilities spanning a number of critical areas, it’s vital that you are a technical expert in your field who can confidently manage a busy workload.

The Club is fully committed to safeguarding all children, young people and adults at risk who engage in our activities.  We recognise that we have a responsibility to safeguarding the welfare of vulnerable groups and we have policies and procedures in place which all of our staff are trained in and are expected to adhere to as part of their employment. An offer of employment will be subject to receipt of satisfactory DBS check (depending on the role), satisfactory references and proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

Salford City FC is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from anyone suitably qualified. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment. We encourage applications from all candidates regardless of age, race, gender, gender identity, gender expression, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or nationality.