Facilities Manager in Preston, Lancashire

• Facilities Manager
• Fleetwood – FY5
• £48,000 – £50,000
• £6,000 p/a car allowance

We are currently recruiting an experienced PFI Facilities Manager to manager a large school site in Fleetwood. The site is preparing for hand-back in 3 years and will be the first for the business so you will be spearheading this from an on-site perspective, following this your experience will be utilized on further hand-backs in the future. This is a great opportunity to get a some experience in very sought-after field and become a market-leader in the field.

The relationship between the school, FM co and SPV is a good one – while communication is good, understandably at this time commercial viability is a focus and more push backs are being made, so a strong contractual knowledge and astute commercial mind will be key for this role.

You will need to be based on the site 3 days a week with scope for working in the regional office or from home 2 days a week.

Duties of the role include:

Managing a hard services FM contract for a large school.
• Managing Engineering, Grounds, and Security through a small on-site team and a wider team of supporting subcontractors.
• Monitoring performance of subcontractor ensuring high quality of work and good value for money.
• Monitoring contractual KPI\’s to make sure all SLA\’s are met and penalties are minimized.
• Attending meetings with the school to discuss ongoing work and projects, keeping communication high and relationships strong.
• Attending contract challenge meetings as appropriate between the school and the SPV alongside the commercial manager as required.
• Working with the Projects and Lifecycle Teams to complete additional and minor works as well as any needed cap-ex works.

The ideal candidate will have the following skills and experience:

Experience in PFI is essential
• Experience in managing hard services is essential
• Managing FM within schools or colleges is a benefit
• Good communication skills
• Good commercial awareness
• Detail focused and organised