At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage facilities across 13 commercial sites, ensuring top-notch service and compliance.
- Company: Dynamic company focused on effective facilities management with a commitment to diversity.
- Benefits: Up to £50,000 salary, £4,200 travel allowance, hybrid work model, and career development.
- Other info: Join a supportive team that values equality and offers excellent growth opportunities.
- Why this job: Lead impactful projects in a role that combines management and innovation.
- Qualifications: Degree or equivalent, experience in facilities management, and strong communication skills.
The predicted salary is between 50000 - 50000 £ per year.
Salary: Up to 50,000 per annum + 4,200 travel allowance
Portfolio: 13 commercial sites
Hybrid role – 3 days on–site/office and 2 WFH
The role involves managing the delivery of an effective and compliant facilities management service through in–house staff, suppliers and consultants, across hard and soft services, across a regional portfolio of properties.
Responsibilities:
- Prepare, monitor and reconcile service charge budgets
- Check and approve expenditure against service charge budgets
- Provide best in class customer service to internal and external customer base
- Maintain regular and effective communication with clients and tenants
- Manage site based staff, ensuring all people related policies and procedures are followed
- Maintain regular and effective communication with internal colleagues in Property Management, support functions and the wider Real Estate business
- Monitor works conducted/service provided by suppliers
- Audit and inspect supplier delivery
- Measure and report supplier performance against agreed SLAs
- Manage suppliers to ensure effective, safe and compliant delivery of all M&E related services, including life safety systems, vertical transportation equipment and public health systems
- Work effectively with a range of specialist consultants to deliver agreed outcomes
- Procure goods and services, following procedures and policies
- Develop, agree and manage capital replacement programmes
- Prepare management reports for a variety of stakeholders and attend/chair management meetings as required
- Undertake regular building inspections, complete reports and initiate/progress any required works
- Ensure compliance with all current statutory legislation in respect of health and safety and the environment
- Manage local environmental activities in order to meet statutory obligations and achieve/retain industry standards e.g. ISO14001 working with sustainability team
- Ensure compliance with all internal procedures and policies – e.g. Procurement, Finance, Compliance, HR
- Ensure security and emergency procedures are robust and adhered to at all times, taking an active role in the event of emergency situations
Person specification:
- Degree or equivalent
- Membership or Associate Membership of IWFM or RICS
- National General Certificate in Occupational Safety and Health – accredited by NEBOSH
- Previous experience in a similar role
- Understanding of commercial leases and the landlord and tenant relationship
- Good understanding of service charge budgets and accounting principles
- Management of in–house and supplier staff
- Management of supplier relationships
- Good health and safety and environmental knowledge
- Good mechanical and electrical services knowledge
- Excellent English language skills – both written and spoken
- IT literate – MS Office at intermediate level and other relevant software (e.g. Vantify Risk Manager, Proactis, Inline & Tramps) at a level to undertake the role satisfactorily
- Experience of managing multi–site environments
- Experience of managing a single–site environment in excess of 100,000 square feet and/or service charge budgets more than 1m
Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.
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