Cleaning Manager

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 14 August 2025
LOCATION
Teesside
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
SALARY
£32,000 / year
CATEGORY
Cleaning Services
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SKILLS

Leadership People management Health and Safety procedures Risk Assessments Rota Management Cleaning Audits IOSH Managing Safely COSHH

FULL DESCRIPTION

Summary

As a Cleaning Manager working at Teesside Park you will be responsible for all day to day aspects relating to the successful delivery of the Cleaning standards on site reporting directly into the Dual Services Manager. Your responsibilities will be to ensure that sufficient cover is provided at all times and all Cleaning tasks are allocated correctly. It will be essential for you to support the Dual Services Manager in delivery of the whole service to the client. During periods of staff absence or holidays, you will be responsible to monitor the Cleaning Operatives attendance, check for any trending and ensure any trigger points which are reached are dealt with accordingly as per the Company Absence Policy, any absence issues are to be communicated immediately to the Dual Services Manager.

Key Responsibilities

  • Meeting the Service Levels
  • Planning of any additional tasks
  • Leading the team to achieve Service Level Agreements
  • Using initiative to make improvements
  • Training of the team on equipment and tasks
  • H&S training, including Risk Assessments and Method Statements.
  • Incident Reporting
  • Staff uniforms
  • Attendance Management
  • Rota Management including holiday planning
  • Cleaning Audits and Key Performance Indicator support

Core Requirements/Qualifications/Skills

  • Have good Leadership and people management skills.
  • Ability to work to set schedules and the ability to work on own initiative.
  • Flexible and proactive attitude is essential.
  • Needs to represent [Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk] values on site by being presentable, uniformed, and helpful always willing to go the extra mile.
  • Experience of co-ordinating a range of tasks and individuals.
  • Have good knowledge and experience of Health and Safety procedures and carrying out good induction processes.
  • Good understanding of Risk Assessments and Procedures.
  • Good record keeping.
  • Provide and document all training given to Cleaning Operatives.
  • Be competent to support the Security Manager in carrying out scenario training for Major Incidents.
  • Carry out Cleaning Audits, competency audits and safety audits.
  • Identify and correct hazardous conditions.
  • Investigate accidents or incidents and revise risk assessments where necessary.
  • Monitor compliance with risk assessments, enforce the control measures and stop anyone who fails to comply.
  • Be competent to carry out attendance/performance reviews with the team, documenting all elements.

Role overview

As a Cleaning Manager working at Teesside Park you will be responsible for all day to day aspects relating to the successful delivery of the Cleaning standards on site reporting directly into the Dual Services Manager. Your responsibilities will be to ensure that sufficient cover is provided at all times and all Cleaning tasks are allocated correctly. It will be essential for you to support the Dual Services Manager in delivery of the whole service to the client. During periods of staff absence or holidays, you will be responsible to monitor the Cleaning Operatives attendance, check for any trending and ensure any trigger points which are reached are dealt with accordingly as per the Company Absence Policy, any absence issues are to be communicated immediately to the Dual Services Manager.

You’ll be responsible for:

  • Meeting the Service Levels
  • Planning of any additional tasks
  • Leading the team to achieve Service Level Agreements
  • Using initiative to make improvements
  • Training of the team on equipment and tasks
  • H&S training, including Risk Assessments and Method Statements.
  • Incident Reporting
  • Staff uniforms
  • Attendance Management
  • Rota Management including holiday planning
  • Cleaning Audits and Key Performance Indicator support

About You

  • Have good Leadership and people management skills.
  • Ability to work to set schedules and the ability to work on own initiative.
  • Flexible and proactive attitude is essential.
  • Needs to represent [Employer hidden] values on site by being presentable, uniformed[[JL1]](https://www.churchillservices.com/job/4784/#_msocom_1), and helpful always willing to go the extra mile.
  • Experience of co-ordinating a range of tasks and individuals.
  • Have good knowledge and experience of Health and Safety procedures and carrying out good induction processes.
  • Good understanding of Risk Assessments and Procedures.
  • Good record keeping.
  • Provide and document all training given to Cleaning Operatives.
  • Be competent to support the Security Manager in carrying out scenario training for Major Incidents.
  • Carry out Cleaning Audits, competency audits and safety audits.
  • Identify and correct hazardous conditions.
  • Investigate accidents or incidents and revise risk assessments where necessary.
  • Monitor compliance with risk assessments, enforce the control measures and stop anyone who fails to comply.
  • Be competent to carry out attendance/performance reviews with the team, documenting all elements.

Must Haves

  • Cleaning experience at a Supervisory or Manager level
  • Have IOSH Managing Safely certificate.
  • COSHH Certificate or training
  • Ability to communicate at all levels, with good written and spoken English.
  • Basic IT skills is essential.
  • Ability to carry out investigations and report accordingly.
  • Have a good understanding of the Disciplinary Policy and be able to hold Disciplinary outcome meetings.
  • Understanding & knowledge of Health & Safety policies and procedures.
  • Clean drivers licence.

Great to Have but not essential.

  • NEBOSH
  • HACCP knowledge
  • Level 5 Leadership/Management certificate
  • IOSH managing safely

Who We Are

Our core belief is that spotless environments have a positive impact on the way people feel, behave and work. Our teams are given the autonomy to take a flexible and agile approach to how they work and are focused on helping clients maintain outstandingly clean and safe environments by delivering quality services, reliably and consistently.

We provide general, specialist, window and washroom cleaning services, in addition to grounds maintenance, pest control and waste management. We work in numerous sectors, including education, transport, shopping centres/retail parks, local councils, NHS Ambulance Trusts, and housing associations.

Visit www.churchillservices.com/cleaning/ to find out more about us.

Our Values and Behaviours

Our culture is built around living and breathing our values of doing the right thing, putting people first and always seeking better. Simply put we have strong morals, we invest heavily in genuinely being an employer of choice and creating an equal, diverse, and caring place to be, as well as never standing still and always pushing ourselves to find a better way of doing things.

We have become employee owned to empower our teams to share our goals and shape the future of [Employer hidden] as becoming employee owned really means we can all be safe in the knowledge that every decision the business takes will be to positively affect our customers and employees.

Join Us

You will be part of one of the fastest growing specialist FM providers in the UK. This means that as our teams continue to grow, so can you.

[Employer hidden]’s culture is built around living and breathing our values of doing the right thing, putting people first and always seeking better. Simply put we have a strong moral compass, we invest heavily in genuinely being an employer of choice and creating an equal, diverse and caring place to be, as well as never standing still and always challenging ourselves to find a better way of doing things.

We’ve become employee-owned to empower our teams to share our goals and shape the future of [Employer hidden] and our specialist businesses as becoming employee owned really means we can all be safe in the knowledge that every decision the business takes will be to positively affect our customers and employees.

What We Offer You

We are employee-owned, making you a beneficiary of our future success

A workplace pension scheme

Two paid volunteering days annually – from beach cleans to supporting your local community. You choose…

Apprenticeship opportunities in many disciplines, for any stage of your career

More than 250 perks and hundreds of exclusive deals and discounts

Lots of training and development programmes to grow and progress your career

Our Mosaic committee leading the change on all things Wellbeing, Diversity & Inclusion at [Employer hidden]

All year-round recognition and annual awards programme to thank our shining stars

Access to our WellMe wellbeing hub and a network of Mental Health First Aiders

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