External Works Inspector
| Posting date: | 07 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | £27,500.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 January 2026 |
| Location: | Manchester, M13 9WL |
| Company: | Sodexo Ltd |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | SDX/TP/1373940/152336/HC |
Summary
Job Description
- Job Title: External Works Inspector
- 37.5 Hours Per Week
- £27,500 Per Year
- Location is Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9WL
Job Introduction
Join our team as an External Works Inspector and take the lead in maintaining the safety, integrity, and appearance of our site’s external buildings and grounds. You'll be responsible for routine inspections, risk management, and implementing corrective actions across 63 buildings. From winter gritting and paving repairs to health and safety checks, stakeholder engagement, and reporting, this role offers a dynamic opportunity to ensure our external environment is safe, functional, and well-maintained. If you’re proactive, detail-oriented, and enjoy working closely with trades and senior leadership, we want to hear from you.
What You'll Do:
- Check that no rubbish, cardboard, or waste can be a source of fire ignition or pose slip, trip, and fall risks.
- Check render within the Peter Mount / courtyards and report any issues.
- Check the joiner workshop and report any issues.
- Check for cracks in building structures and surfaces, and place jobs on Maximo.
- Check all external walkways and grass areas, and place jobs on Maximo.
- Check all external building conditions.
- Check roof areas and report any issues.
- Carry out internal and external inspections / PPE.
- Review fire risks as part of PPMs.
- Assist Junior Estates with the Dr process.
- Complete POS for external works.
What You Bring:
- Experience working within a Plantroom environment
- Excellent communication skillsbothwrittenandverbal
- Self-motivated and able to adapt to changing priorities
- Able to demonstrate an aptitude for problem solving using a logical approach
- Works well in a pressurized environment
- Abilitytodealwithpeopleatalllevels
- AbilitytobeaneffectiveTeamplayer
- AwareofrelevantHealth&Safetyandgenerallegislativematters
- Attend external and internal courses as required
- Must be computer literate
- Must be able to demonstrate good verbal and written communication skills
- Good level of mathematical skills
- Technical fire safety awareness
- A understanding of fire Regs
- Demonstrating maturity in working with Hard FM groups
- Any specialist knowledge relevant to the health care environment
- Previous experience using PDAs
- The completing of external reports to a clear and understandable level
What we offer:
Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it’s a chance to be part of something greater.You’ll belong in a company and team that values you for you; you’ll act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions; and you’ll be able to thrive in your own way.In addition, we also offer a range of resources, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:
- Unlimited access to an online platform offering mental health and wellbeing support.
- Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or larger problems where you may need additional support, including legal and financial advice, support with work related issues or personal issues such as bereavement.
- Access to a free health and wellbeing app that provides rewards for maintaining a healthy lifestyle and includes access to a 24hr virtual GP and various other services.
- The Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 (also open to friends and family) and/or the prepayment cashback card.
- Money Insights and financial benefits via the Salary Finance Platform.
- Save for your future by becoming a member of the Sodexo Retirement Plan
- A Death-in-Service benefit for colleagues who pass away whilst employed by Sodexo
- Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools.
- Cycle to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit.
- Volunteering Opportunities to enable all colleagues to help support worthwhile causes in our communities.
- Flexible and dynamic work environment
- Competitive compensation
- Full training and full protective uniform supplied.
Ready to be part of something greater? Apply today!Career progression for the caring profession.
Sodexo reserves the right to close this advertisement early if we are in receipt of a high volume of applications.
About Sodexo
At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all. As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100 million consumers each day through our unique combination of On-Site Food and FM Services, Benefits & Rewards Services and Personal & Home Services.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We are a forces friendly employer.We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds, and identities.We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents & Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, So Together, Generations and Origins.
We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer.We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.We run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.
Click hereto read more about what we do to promote an inclusive culture.
Sodexo Disability, Ability network, So Together, Generations and Origins.