Statutory Maintenance Manager

The advert: 

The safety, compliance and resilience of our estate depends on effective leadership. As Statutory Maintenance Manager, you’ll ensure Cardiff Met’s buildings and infrastructure meet the highest standards of statutory and regulatory performance—supporting our ambition to maintain a safe, sustainable, and student-centred environment.

You’ll lead the way by:

• Overseeing statutory compliance programmes across the estate.
• Be the Approved Person for areas where you are technically competent to do so, and ensuring AP’s are in place for all other systems where required
• Managing planned preventive maintenance (PPM) and statutory inspections.
• Developing robust tracking systems, compliance dashboards, and contractor audit processes.
• Leading a small, dedicated compliance team, act as a key technical advisor across the University.
• Working closely with teams and colleagues across the university to ensure responsibilities for all compliance activities are clearly defined and delivered, reducing risk and improving performance.
• Supporting Strategy 2030 and the University's net zero commitments by aligning compliance with sustainable operations.

What you’ll bring

With a strong background in statutory compliance and estates management, you’ll bring a practical understanding of technical standards, contractor oversight and safe systems of work. Your ability to plan, lead, and collaborate will be essential to ensuring our built environment remains fully compliant and future ready.

• Minimum of HNC/HND or equivalent in building services, engineering, or facilities management and a member of IWFM.
• Significant experience in managing statutory compliance across large estates or facilities environments.
• Strong technical knowledge in relevant legislation, compliance processes, and risk management.
• Proficiency in contractor management and performance auditing.
• Robust knowledge of IWMS/CAFM systems, data-led management and compliance reporting.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Demonstrable personal commitment to addressing climate change
• Ideally, experience in higher education or public sector settings and holding NEBOSH/IOSH certification. 

Why join Cardiff Metropolitan University?

We are a values-based University. We are proud of our culture, and we are there for our people. Our community spirit is the golden thread that underpins our values and behaviours. We support and embrace inclusion that enables everyone to feel respected and able to perform at their best. By joining our University, you'll find yourself in a unique environment where a wealth of knowledge and resources are readily available, supporting you with your career development. 

We offer excellent benefits such as:

• Annual leave of 35 days, plus 12 bank holiday / concessionary days.
• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme with generous monthly contributions.
• Excellent family friendly policies – take a look on our Policy Hub page.
• Opportunities to learn and develop your skills with access to library and digital services facilities.
• Excellent sports and fitness facilities with subsidised membership.
• Free family access to our independent specialist wellbeing support provider, Health Assured.

Contact us

For more information about the role please contact Lewis Graham on lgraham2@cardiffmet.ac.uk, or feel free to contact Aleks Janusiewicz, the Recruitment Advisor supporting this vacancy on ajanusiewicz2@cardiffmet.ac.uk.  

All applications must be submitted online.  

The person specification will be used as a tool for shortlisting; so please make sure you use this information when writing your application. You can find useful hints and tips about how to apply by visiting our Application Guidance page.

If you would like to discuss your advert with a member of the recruitment team please contact staffrecruitment@cardiffmet.ac.uk for guidance and support.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh, and an application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

Should a high volume of applications be received, we may need to close this vacancy early. We therefore encourage you to apply as early as possible.

Cardiff Metropolitan University is proud to be a Disability Confident employer and a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant.

All applicants with disabilities, or those who are part of the Armed Forces community who during the shortlisting process meet the essential criteria for the role will be progressed to the next stage.

We use the person specification as a tool for shortlisting; so please make sure you use this information when writing your application. You can find useful hints and tips about how to apply by visiting our Application Guidance page. 

The University is committed to creating a highly inclusive culture. We offer family friendly and flexible working arrangements and a range of staff networks, forums and events to support and develop our people. We warmly welcome applications from those traditionally underrepresented in the higher education sector.