At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage facilities across multiple sites, ensuring safety and high standards.
- Company: Join Potter Space, a rapidly growing family-owned property company.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, company car, 25 days holiday, and private medical insurance.
- Other info: Modern office with gym, rooftop terrace, and excellent career growth opportunities.
- Why this job: Be part of a dynamic team making a real impact in facilities management.
- Qualifications: Experience in facilities management and strong health & safety knowledge required.
The predicted salary is between 36000 - 44000 £ per year.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and ambitious Commercial Facilities Manager to join the growing Potter Space team. As the new Facilities Manager, you will take ownership of the Facilities Management function across a portfolio of strategically located business parks, ensuring sites are safe, compliant, and maintained to high standards.
This is a hands-on, customer-focused role where you’ll work closely with tenants, contractors, and internal teams to deliver a proactive, relationship-led service.
About us: Potter Space is a rapidly growing family-owned industrial and logistics property company with an existing property portfolio of 1.7m sq ft of space over 250 acres across 6 UK business parks. Potter Space is dedicated to helping our customers, communities, and team members thrive. Our mission to provide a 'home for business' drives everything we do. We believe in inclusivity and fostering a diverse workplace where everyone feels valued and respected. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds.
The Role: As the Facilities Manager, you will report into the Head of Asset Management and have the opportunity to help deliver outstanding customer service. The role is based at our new modern headquarters in Leeds City centre with rooftop terrace, gym and close access to the train station with regular travel to our sites a key requirement of the role.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage day-to-day FM operations across multiple sites
- Undertake regular inspections and schedule reactive/proactive maintenance
- Play a key role in system and process improvements with the wider team to maximise efficiency and quality of service provision
- Oversee planned maintenance programmes
- Ensure statutory compliance for the estates and head office
- Ensure compliance is documented efficiently and effectively
- Ensure individuals have appropriate training relevant to their role
- Maintain and communicate Crisis Management plans for each estate
- Manage contractors and supplier performance
- Control service charge budgets and support investment planning
- Build strong tenant relationships and support customer success
About You
- Experience in Facilities Management within commercial, industrial, or logistics environments
- Strong knowledge of Health & Safety and compliance
- Proven contractor and multi-site management experience
- Experience of setting up and monitoring service contracts in a similar environment
- Financial awareness including service charge budgets
- Dependable, flexible and responsible individual with excellent communication and organisational skills
Desirable: IWFM, IOSH, or RICS qualifications.
Location & Package: Leeds-based (with UK travel), Competitive market salary, Company car, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, Competitive Employers Pension contribution, Private medical insurance and Death in Service cover, Modern head office including Gym and roof terrace.
Application: To learn more about this exciting role, and to receive a copy of the job description, contact Potter Space’s retained recruitment consultant Nathan Wakelam of Macdonald & Company on 0161 607 5089 or email.
Facilities Manager - Potter Space - Leeds in Bradford employer: Macdonald & Company
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