Maintenance Manager - Johannesburg, South Africa - Varsity Lodge Maintenance Solutions Pty Ltd

Description

We are urgently looking for a hands on Maintenance Manager at our student accommodation in Brixton Johannesburg.

The person will be required to fulfil the following duties which are but not limited to:

• Conducting inspections of student housing units to determine and assess work to be done and work that was done, and set work priorities
• Daily assign duties to maintenance staff by issuing job cards using Microsoft excel
• Evaluate work done and sign off on job cards if satisfied with the work
• Coordinate emergency and regular repairs to the building and ensure that the site is compliant with all OHS regulations
• Maintain fire protection systems and equipment's as well as the fire evacuation plan
• Coordinate and manage maintenance repairs to structural, mechanical, and electrical systems
• Coordinate and manage maintenance and repairs of boilers, heating and ventilation systems, weather proofing
• Coordinate and manage maintenance and repairs of finishings, ceilings, flooring and roofing
• Coordinate and manage maintenance and repairs of appliances
• Ensure that all maintenance and gardening equipment are kept clean and in a good condition
• Order maintenance stock and materials
• Collection of materials and stock
• Fleet management

- ensure that the site bakkie is serviced and the licence disk is renewed'

• Ensure that all maintenance staff are trained and are aware of how to operate maintenance tools and equipment
• Manage company's assets and do stock take every month
• Manage the storeroom and ensure that it is kept neat and tidy and that all shelves are labelled
• Responsible for the management of the petty cash card
• Maintain inventories

- (keys, units, fire equipment, tools, and machinery)

• Ensure that all contractors are issued with job cards and sign off as soon as the work is completed
• General office administration

Requirements:

• Matric
• Computer literacy a must with knowledge of Microsoft packages

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Essential

• Experience in managing staff
• Minimum of 5 years relevant experience

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Very Important. The person must have a working knowledge of painting, tilling, plumbing, carpentry, electrical, general building, and waterproofing.

• A valid driver's licence

Attributes

• People management skills
• To be thorough and pay attention to detail
• Excellent customer service skills
• Excellent verbal communication skills
• Excellent time management skills
• Reliable
• Dependable

The Maintenance Manager will be expected to be available on cell phone for after-hours emergencies and may in very exceptional cases be expected to go on site to attend to emergencies.

NB:
The person must reside in or around Brixton area as no relocation costs/ travel allowance will paid.

PLEASE DO NOT APPLY IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE REQUIRED SKILLS (PAINTING, TILLING,PLUMBING,CARPENTRY, ELECTRICAL KNOWLEDGE, GENERAL BUILDING, WATERPROOFING AND MANAGING A TEAM)


Ability to commute/relocate:

• Pretoria West, Gauteng: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)

Application Deadline: 2023/04/14

Expected Start Date: 2023/04/17