Oaklands College

Technical Services and Compliance Manager at PureGym

Accountable for the Planned Preventative Maintenance program for 280+ gyms across the UK, directly influencing the reduction of energy consumption, the development of a sustainable asset replacement programme and minimising breakdowns on site.
Responsible for the performance of all 3rd party maintenance providers to ensure effective M&E delivery.
Act as Technical Authority, providing support and advice on all technical issues and compliance.

PureGym

Technical Services and Compliance Manager

Lead, manage and develop the UK Facilities team across 43 sites nationally
Accountable for the support and service delivered by the team to ensure response to health club operations in line with KPI’s and SLA’s for both in-house support and contractor support, delivering the best customer experience
Fully implemented a new Computerised Aided Facility Management system
Full accountability for the Repair & Maintenance and Utilities budgets for the UK
Develop long term strategic facilities operational plans to implement organisational objectives
Accountable for Maintenance Capex expenditure and managing related projects work

Virgin Active

Head Of Facilities

Lead and direct the delivery of maintenance, asset renewals and project work for St.Pancras, Stratford and Ebbsfleet HS1 stations.
Head of the facilities maintenance for both hard and soft services, ensuring contracts are delivered effectively and efficiently.
Responsible for the development and delivery of NRHS station asset management strategy, policies and plans.

Network Rail (High Speed) Limited

Head of Station Assets

Involved in the successful project handover of 625 lodges and a 75-room hotel across 360 acres of woodland.
Set up the Accommodation Maintenance Team for a new site as part of the £260m project at Woburn Forest.
Responsible for the planned and reactive maintenance of all accommodation buildings, through leadership of the Accommodation Maintenance Team.
Monitor performance of staff to ensure they are delivering excellent service through response to guest issues and the standard of accommodation.

Center Parcs UK

Head of Accommodation Maintenance

Responsible for the management of the Gatwick Airport Specialist Maintenance Systems including the Life Safety Systems, Inter-Terminal Shuttle and LEPC Assets (Lifts, Escalators and Passenger Conveyors), delivering the engineering plan on a daily basis.
Ensure the assets fulfil their obligations under the Core Service Standards Scheme, including financial penalties should targets not be met.
Lead and support GAL directly employed labour, supporting the Specialist Maintenance Systems.
Manage contracts including small support contacts through to the large contract for LEPC assets site wide covering 200 lifts, 80 escalators and 40 passenger conveyors.
Manage the short term maintenance plans and implement long term improvements in order to enhance performance.
Contribute to the design & delivery of engineering improvements into the asset replacement plan.

Gatwick Airport

Engineering Business Manager

Responsible for site services and utility maintenance across a 10-acre chemical manufacturing site.
Control the day-to-day running of the utility team, prioritise maintenance work including both planned and reactive work orders and carryout project work from initial requests through to final commissioning.
Manage existing contracts to ensure service levels are in line with agreements and negotiate new contracts with both current providers and potential new suppliers.

Nick Barford