Facilities Manager

Location: Leeds, Stockton-on-Tees, Elland, York
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday 8.30am-5.00pm, 1 hour lunch
Salary: Competitive, dependant on experience
Bonus opportunity: Up to 20% of annual salary, measurement based on company and personal performance
Requirements
Reporting to the Operational Team Lead, the Facilities Manager will be part of a team responsible for ensuring seamless facilities management services are provided to all clients and customers, as well as supporting the day-to-day business of the organisation.
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Key Responsibilities

• Acting as the key account holder for designated clients and contracts
• Coordination and management of both Soft and Hard Service contracts.
• Oversee and ensure delivery of Planned Maintenance Schedules and Reactive Maintenance in line with SLA\’s.
• Reviewing, creating and issuing Risk and Method Statements and Permits.
• Outline safe operational procedures which identify and consider all relevant hazards
• Ensure working practices are safe and comply with legislation
• Liaising with our safety, environment and compliance (SEC) team to ensure all works are delivered safely, compliantly, and with the environment in mind.
• Liaising and working with clients to maintain 100% compliance on our sites at all times.
• Supporting the production and provision of reports
• Working with the wider FM Team to provide an exemplary service
• Keep the CAFM system updated ensuring tasks are closed out correctly and site information is maintained
• Assist with preparation and coordination of future lifecycle plans and costs
• Formulating quotations for remedial works and new installations, including been responsible for all quotations sent for the LIFT estate
• Sub-contractor performance management, issuing new contracts and selecting new sub-contractors

Skills and Attributes
As well as exhibiting the Sewell Behaviours of being Positive, Professional, Team and Customer Focused, with a mentality of Doing the Right Thing, the successful person will have the following:
Essential:

• At least three years experience working as a Facilities Manager or similar role
• A strong understanding of buildings and compliance requirements
• A satisfactory Enhanced DBS (criminal background) check
• Full Driving License, valid in the UK
• Knowledge and understanding of budgeting, quoting and ordering
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritise a variety of tasks
• Good knowledge of Health and Safety practices and processes
• Excellent levels of computer literacy and be comfortable with Microsoft packages (in particular Outlook, Word & Excel)
• Excellent communications skills and the ability to liaise with user groups and subcontractors
• The ability to work as a team member in a busy and fast paced working environment

Desirable:

• Hold IWFM or Facilities Management relevant academic qualifications, or hold Business or Management formal qualifications
• Hold NEBOSH General Certificate or similar equivalent
• Previous experience in managing a team
• Previous experience in organising and planning works

Benefits
Benefits

• Competitive Salary, Dependent on experience
• Annual Bonus opportunity

• 25 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays), rising with length of service to 30 days
• Being a Co-Owner of Sewell Estates, learn more here: Employee Ownership – Sewell Group (sewell-group.co.uk)
• Auto Enrolment pension
• Staff discounts
• High Street & Retail discount schemes
• Bike 2 Work Scheme
• Technology Scheme
• Paid Parental Leave and Sickness Absence schemes

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