Site Facilities Officer in Histon

A new opportunity has arisen for a Site Facilities Officer to join the Property Services Site Facilities Team primarily based at our headquarters, New Shire Hall in Alconbury Weald, occasionally at a CCC office location in Histon, near Cambridge and regularly working at CCC’s sites throughout Cambridgeshire.

We are looking to appoint a committed and self-motivated professional to support the CCC Facilities Management and Property Services team. The successful candidate will be responsible for monitoring the preventative and reactive maintenance cycles, minor repairs, liaising with building contractors and the property services helpdesk, security of keys, building checks, overseeing visitor parking, collection and deliveries, working on the set-up of some corporate events and ensuring our buildings are safe, secure, clean, tidy and fit for purpose.

You will need to have some experience of working in a building facilities and customer service environment as part of a busy team. Ideally you will have undertaken some formal training in property and facilities related subjects covering the health and safety of yourself and others. The successful candidate must be proactive and able to work under their own initiative, as well as contributing to team working. You will be an ambitious and innovative individual who is focussed on providing good customer service, with excellent communication skills to deal with customers and colleagues at all levels. A full driving licence and the ability to work flexibly are essential for this role.

Overall purpose of the job:

• To monitor, manage and assist in ensuring that all CCC corporate properties are fit for purpose, are safe for our customers and staff to utilise daily and our contractors adhere to the internal processes set out within our service level agreements with specific attention to adherence to health and safety whilst working within an operational building.
• To check, oversee and carry out small building repairs, where possible and when required be responsible for budgetary expenditure to facilitate repairs.
• Monitor and oversee the cleaning, security, waste management and grounds maintenance contracts at all our corporate sites throughout the county for compliance to standards.
• Manage contractors while on site, assisting with agreeing site access and ensuring that internal processes are always adhered to ensuring safety and compliance within an operational working building.
• Audit and report on maintenance issues through the appropriate route.
• Performance and Risk management issues are recorded requiring good IT skills to use the FM Concerto system.
• To provide leadership and support to colleagues within Property on all matters relating to building maintenance, access, security, Councillor support and civic duties throughout the corporate Property Portfolio.

The ideal applicant will have good communication and organisational skills, the ability to work individually as well as part of a team. Full details of requirements for qualifications, skills and experience are detailed in the attached person specification.

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage.

• A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family.
• Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme.