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Job Title: Technical Planner - Facilities Management

Location: Middlesbrough College Main Campus, TS2 1AD

Department: Estates

Reporting to: Safety & Building Services Manager

Salary: £25,276 - £27,604 per annum

Annual Leave: 30 days per annum plus bank holidays

Contractual hours: 37 hours per week, 52 weeks

Basis: Full time, Permanent

Pension: NEST Pension

We’re looking for a proactive and organised individual to join our Campus Services team at Middlesbrough College. In this role, you’ll provide technical administrative support, manage service requests through the Halo ticketing system, and produce reports for monitoring meetings. You’ll oversee the College vehicle fleet, maintain archives, and coordinate porterage and building services activities. The position also involves managing minor maintenance works, liaising with contractors, and supporting data interrogation for BMS and CCTV systems. If you’re detail-oriented and thrive in a dynamic environment, we’d love to hear from you!

• Provide Technical administration support to the campus services team including proactive planning in line with the college calendar requirements.
• Triage and monitor all campus services requests through Halo ticketing system & support estates staff by information gathering to ensure faults and incidents are fully documented.
• Produce reports on Halo ticket status and attend monitoring meetings.
• Manage the College vehicle fleet including MOT/servicing/repairs/valet/dashcam and weekly checks & vehicle bookings.
• Maintain the College Archive provision.
• Plan and resource porterage and other building services activities in liaison with Security supervisors.
• Manage minor facility maintenance and repair works with contractors or college staff.
• Support with BMS and CCTV data interrogation.

• Level 3 Technical qualification in relevant discipline
• SIA/CCTV – desirable
• First Aid Certificate – desirable
• A commitment to undertake any mandatory training relevant to the role.

The college offers an excellent benefits package which includes:

• Health & Wellbeing – Subsidised health scheme, free gym membership, and 24/7 counselling for you and your family
• Family-Friendly Policies – We offer family-friendly policies, flexible hours, and support for all of life’s big moments
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) – Confidential support for you and your family, including counselling, legal and financial advice, and wellbeing resources
• Professional Development – Extensive training, mentoring, and career progression opportunities
• College Extras – Save money, feel great, and go green with:
  • Up to 15% cashback at top retailers & restaurants
  • Discounted gift cards for big brands
  • Home & Tech upgrades via salary sacrifice
  • Cycle to Work scheme
  • Coming soon: EV Leasing
  • Pension Schemes – Teachers’, LGPS & NEST
  • Discounted car parking on site

To learn more about working at Middlesbrough College, please visit ourWork For Uspage.

For further details and to discuss the role in more detail, please contact Ken Lowes, Safety & Building Services Manager on K.Lowes@mbro.ac.uk

Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

Ready to Make a Difference? Apply Early!

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we can appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closing date. We therefore encourage applicants to submit their applications as soon as possible.

Middlesbrough College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students, including children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff to share this commitment.

This role involves regulated activity and direct contact with children and young people. The successful candidate will be expected to uphold the highest standards of safeguarding practice.

We follow Safer Recruitment practices in line with the statutory guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education. All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references, an online search, and proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. All convictions, cautions, and bind-overs, including those regarded as ‘spent’, must be declared, subject to the DBS filtering rules.

It is a criminal offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity with children.

Middlesbrough College is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Our College will close for the festive break on Friday 19 December 2025 and reopen on Monday 5 January 2026. If you’ve applied for a role, thank you! We’ll review applications and get back to you in January.

Wishing you a happy holiday season!

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