Facilities & Maintenance Supervisor

About SPT

Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) is the largest of Scotland’s seven regional transport partnerships.  As well as running the iconic Glasgow Subway, SPT delivers an extensive range of public transport services including bus stations and subsidised bus services, manages large transport infrastructure projects and is responsible for delivery of a long-term multi-modal transport strategy for the West of Scotland.

About the Role

We are seeking to recruit a Facilities & Maintenance Supervisor who will be responsible for supervising a facilities maintenance team that focuses on service delivery whilst ensuring safe, timeous and satisfactory completion of planned and reactive maintenance activities across the SPT estate.

You will also work with external and internal stakeholders including Engineering & Maintenance, Projects, Subway and Bus Operations on service delivery and modernisation projects, ensuring compliance and safe maintenance procedures are always adhered to whilst continually looking to improve processes and adopt good working practices.

About You

The successful candidate will be a highly motivated, capable, reliable and resilient individual with supervisory management skills and experienced in planning and delivering maintenance activities in a safety critical environment leading the facilities maintenance team. 

You will be a time served craft person in a recognised engineering discipline, with experience in supervising a team.  You will have the ability to work collaboratively with internal clients and other corporate services.  Your good planning and problem-solving skills will be needed as you work with others to plan and complete maintenance activity as well as to react to changing priorities in an operational environment.

Having sound influencing and communication skills are important when working with internal and external stakeholders to ensure proactive and planned maintenance of the SPT estate.

Further details of the role and key responsibilities are set out in the job description.  

The nature of this role may require you to work outwith normal office hours on occasion to support the operational requirements.

You will be based at Buchanan Bus Station, Killermont Street, Glasgow.

Please note, this position falls into the high risk category under the Alcohol and Drugs policy and therefore is subject to random and for-cause testing procedures.

What we can offer……

Working at SPT comes with many benefits you can look forward to:

• 33 Days Annual and Public Holiday Entitlement then 41 days after 5 years’ service
• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme - SPT contribute a percentage of your annualised pay in line with the requirements of the Strathclyde Pension Fund
• Group Life Assurance Cover
• SPT actively encourages learning and development and are committed to ongoing learning and development to support career progression
• Employee Travel Pass Scheme - a Subway Smartcard to travel on the Glasgow Subway for free plus an additional card for a member of your household
• Salary Sacrifice Bus or Rail Season Ticket Scheme - subsidised at a maximum of £667 towards the cost
• Cycle to Work Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, Long Service Awards, Credit Union

How to Apply

To apply, please select the ‘apply now’ button to complete an online application form.

Closing date for applications will be 11 May 2026 at midnight.

SPT is an Equal Opportunities company welcoming applications from a diverse background.   If you have got the right skills for the job, we want to hear from you.   SPT encourage applications from the right candidates regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief or race.

SPT operates blind recruitment, which is the process of removing any and all identification details from candidate application forms.   This includes identifiable personal details such a candidate’s name, gender, ethnicity and age. This information is not visible to our Hiring Managers.   This practice is used to ensure fairness, attract diverse candidates and to remove unconscious bias from our recruitment process.  By implementing this approach, SPT aims to create a level playing field to assess applicants solely based on their skills, qualifications and experience.

For applicants with special requirements, or if you have any questions please email quoting the above reference.