Facilities Manager in Surrey

ABOUT GREYSTAR Greystar is a leading, fully integrated global real estate platform offering expertise in property management, investment management, development, and construction services in institutional-quality rental housing. Headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, Greystar manages and operates over $350 billion of real estate in more than 260 markets globally with offices throughout North America, Europe, South America, and the Asia-Pacific region. Greystar is the largest operator of apartments in the United States, managing over one million units/beds globally. Across its platforms, Greystar has nearly $79 billion of assets under management, including over $34 billion of development assets and over $36.5 billion of regulatory assets under management. Greystar was founded by Bob Faith in 1993 to become a provider of world-class service in the rental residential real estate business. To learn more, visit www.greystar.com. JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY The Facilities Manager supports the Community Manager to achieve operations and financial goals, through overseeing the teams and performing the facilities tasks of a technical services and property maintenance function to both the internal and external parts of buildings, grounds, amenities, and common areas, to meet the Company’s requirements for building standards, health and safety, statutory compliance and overall asset functionality. Key Role Responsibilities Acts as a role model at all times by demonstrating the core values. Actively seeks interaction and contact with residents to proactively seek to improve service delivery and takes appropriate action to resolve and address service issues. Assigns and ensures completion of work orders generated from resident requests for service within the appropriate time and to the required standards, as well as ensuring the routine upkeep on the properties by diagnosing the source or cause of the defect or problem, and making repairs in accordance with established policies, procedures, and safety standards. Monitors the building services maintenance and management regime to ensure the mechanical, electrical and other building services plant and equipment reach their expected life span. Notification of major defects or failure trends to the Community Manager and Estates Manager with recommended actions and costings where appropriate. Works with external stakeholders on a regular basis i.e. local council, project managers, fire services to ensure the property is compliant in all aspects of its works. Works with the Estates Management team to ensure Fabric, Electrical and Mechanical works are correctly specified and technical advice is available and be the point of contact for Capital works handover back to the property. Provides the Estates Management team with monthly reporting of PPM, potential life cycle replacement and contractor performance reviews. Inspects work performed by other maintenance team members to assess workmanship, effectiveness of policies and procedures and develop corrective action plans as needed. Hires, onboards and develops capability of team members in order to meet key performance goals and future succession requirements. Contributes to the development of the annual budget(s) for the properties and is accountable for attainment of related budget goals by analysing and evaluating financial statements, reconciling monthly statements against approved budget, and working with the Community Manager. Originates, approves and submits purchase orders and processes invoices from vendors, contractors and service providers for payment and manages communication with finance team members and other stakeholders as required. Maintains adequate inventory of spare parts and maintenance materials and works with Community Manager to order supplies and tools as needed to stay within budgetary guidelines. Develops and actions regular planned preventative maintenance (PPM) schedules with the approved supply chain of contractors at the required intervals. Contributes to the selection and management of the PPM Contractors. Monitors reactive, statutory and PPM, works ensuring service level agreements are met, and accurate, up to date records are kept on systems and at the property. Coordinates and monitors minor works contractors and suppliers’ standards; retains accurate stock records, site operations log, including all relevant RAMS championing consistency and operational excellence in the area of facilities management. Proactive in striving for continuous improvement through feedback. About You Good level of general education educated to ‘A’/HND Level as a minimum or equivalent with demonstrable written and numerical skills. Proficient in the use of Microsoft office packages including Word, Excel and Outlook. An understanding of UK Health including a willingness to work on-call or overtime where required. Strong commercial awareness with aptitude to determine the innovative and cost-effective solutions. Desirable A degree or equivalent qualification in a related discipline, e.g. engineering or estates management may be beneficial. A knowledge and understanding of change management with the ability to effectively implement it when required. IOSH qualified. An understanding of HVCA SFG20 maintenance job plans. Important Notice Greystar will never request your banking details or other sensitive personal information during the interview process. Greystar does not conduct any interviews via text or messaging, and all communication will come from official Greystar email addresses (@greystar.com). If you receive suspicious requests, please report them immediately to . Our continued success depends on our people. If you are looking for a career that values dedication, collaboration, and integrity, we are looking for you! Greystar is a vertically integrated real estate company offering expertise in property management, investment management, and development