Facilities Manager in Halstead

Hours – Monday – Friday, 8:00am – 17:00pm
Salary - £50,000 per annum
25 Holiday Days plus Bank Holidays
Access to a Company EV scheme (subject to minimum level of earnings)
Cycle to work scheme (subject to minimum level of earnings)
Buying the latest tech through your salary at the lowest price with access to SmartTechTM
Free mortgage advice through Charles Cameron
10% off PureGym memberships
24/7 access to a digital GP
Access to an Employee Assistance Programme
Up to 2 days volunteering leave
Access to a discounts platform
Ability to purchase a health cash plan and a dental plan
Buy up to 10 days annual leave
We're currently looking to recruit a Facilities Manager to manage all building services and soft FM services on site. In this role you will be responsible for the safe, efficient and compliant operation of the building operations, including the delivery of planned preventative maintenance (PPM), reactive maintenance, minor projects and statutory compliance, together with the line management of on-site cleaning and waste management staff.
The Facilities Manager will ensure reactive maintenance tasks are responded to, diagnosed and completed in a timely, cost-effective and safe manner. You will oversee the operation, maintenance and servicing of building services systems, coordinate specialist subcontractors and identify opportunities to improve asset performance, energy efficiency and maintenance processes.
In addition, you will ensure exemplary standards of customer service delivery. Acting as a key point of contact for clients and stakeholders, you will attend site meetings, provide service updates and ensure customer expectations are met. You will lead by example and ensure that team building, staff morale and fostering great relationships are at the forefront of everything you do.
Participation in an out-of-hours call rota will be required to provide coordination and support for emergency and urgent work when necessary.
As an Apleona Facilities Manager, we're looking for:
IOSH Managing Safely or equivalent H&S qualification (or willingness to obtain within an agreed timescale).
Competent in the use of CAFM systems and MS Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook; PowerPoint desirable).
HV functional switching experience / authorisation.
Experience with Trend or similar Building Management Systems.
Additional qualifications in controls, refrigeration or HVAC.
Proven experience in a facilities management, engineering or maintenance role within a commercial or critical environment.
Strong knowledge of building services systems planned and reactive maintenance and statutory compliance.
Experience of supervising or line managing on-site teams and/or contractors, ideally including soft FM services such as cleaning or waste management.
Demonstrable ability to prioritise, plan and organise workloads to meet competing deadlines.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to interact effectively with clients, occupants, contractors and colleagues.
Experience within the facilities management industry in a client-facing, single-site role.
In return, we'll provide you with full training once you start and make sure that you have everything you need to do a great job and be part of our awesome team.
Apleona is an equal opportunities employer, and we are committed to recruit a diverse and inclusive workforce. We base all our employment decisions on merit, job requirements and business needs.
Apleona is a UK provider of integrated facilities management. With a client base that extends across 520 UK operational sites, we employ over 1500 talented people to deliver service solutions that work for our clients. Our culture is fast paced, challenging and above all, friendly and we are looking for you to join us!
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