Senior Facilities Manager
hace 21 horas
Leeds
Title: Senior Facilities Manager Location: Leeds The Position The Facilities Manager is responsible for the day-to-day operational management of HGF’s office environments, ensuring that all facilities services are delivered efficiently, consistently, and to a high professional standard across the firm. The role plays a key part in creating safe, welcoming, and well-functioning workplaces that support colleagues, clients, and visitors, while enabling the wider business to operate effectively. Working closely with the Facilities & Procurement Director, the Facilities Manager translates strategic direction into practical delivery, managing suppliers, overseeing office operations, and leading the Facilities Coordinator. The Senior Facilities Manager works collaboratively with Health & Safety colleagues and provides flexible, hands-on support when required as part of a dynamic and responsive Facilities team. The role also supports office coordinators and reception teams as needed to ensure continuity of service. About You You are an experienced and proactive Facilities professional with a strong operational mindset, comfortable working in a fast‑paced, professional services environment. You take pride in delivering safe, high‑quality, and well‑managed office spaces, balancing attention to detail with the ability to translate strategy into effective day‑to‑day delivery. Confident and approachable, you build strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels and act as a trusted first point of contact for facilities-related matters. You bring proven experience managing facilities across multiple locations, leading suppliers, and maintaining service standards while controlling costs. As a people manager, you lead with clarity and care, fostering a positive and collaborative team culture while effectively managing priorities and responding calmly to challenges. You are solutions‑focused, flexible in your approach, and motivated by continuous improvement, sustainability, and delivering an excellent colleague experience, with knowledge of compliance, Health & Safety, and multi‑site or European environments considered advantageous. Key Deliverables • Manage day-to-day facilities operations across HGF offices, ensuring safe, functional, and high-quality environments., • Oversee planned and reactive maintenance, working with landlords, managing agents, and external contractors., • Ensure consistent facilities standards and ways of working across all offices, while accommodating local needs., • Support office moves, refurbishments, and space changes in collaboration with key stakeholders., • Manage facilities suppliers and contracts, ensuring performance, service levels, and value for money., • Monitor facilities budgets, contracts, and invoices, identifying risks and opportunities for improvement., • Line manage the Facilities Coordinator, setting objectives, supporting development, and managing performance., • Provide practical cover and support across Facilities, Office Coordinators, and Reception teams as needed., • Support Health & Safety activities by escalating issues, assisting audits, and promoting a culture of safety., • Drive continuous improvement, supporting ESG initiatives, policies, and enhancements to colleague experience. About HGF: HGF Limited is one of Europe’s largest intellectual property specialist firms offering a fully integrated IP solution, bringing over 200 Patent Attorneys, Trade Mark Attorneys and IP Solicitors together to provide a full-service IP solution. With 25 offices across the UK, Ireland, Germany, Netherlands, France, Switzerland & Austria, HGF’s Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys provide specialist technical and legal advice to blue chip organisations and small to medium businesses across the world. Many of our clients are household names and the work HGF does allows them to protect and exploit their inventions, new products and branding. Why move to HGF? • HGF takes a transparent and merit-based approach to your career development and you will have the opportunity to shape your long-term progression., • We’re a firm with a focus on DEI (Diversity, Equality and Inclusion), with a staff led DEI Focus Group, affinity networks and a DEI Board sponsor, • As a business we have a dedicated Learning and Development team focused on career long development of your skills along with a digital learning platform covering a wide range of content, • Benefits including our award winning enhanced parental leave policy, 27 days holiday, bonus scheme and flexible working HGF Values People - People matter. We treat people fairly, with respect and compassion. We foster a friendly, inclusive and enjoyable culture for everyone to prosper in. We invest in our people and offer appropriate coaching and training to assist with development and learning. We promote a healthy work-life balance. Progression is based on merit. Excellence – We strive to be the best. We pursue excellence in all our individual roles resulting in outstanding legal and technical advice for our clients. Our people are pragmatic, responsive and commercially minded. We do not presume but listen to understand so we can engage proactively and appropriately. Teamwork – We stand together. We work with our clients to protect their interests, and with each other as a mutually supporting firm. We value, appreciate and listen to others, regardless of role, recognising each individual’s particular blend of talent, skill and experience. We are individually and jointly accountable and take responsibility for our actions and decisions. Progressive – We innovate. We continually improve our services and processes through understanding, creativity, and investment. We evolve by taking opportunities and adopting new business procedures, unencumbered by historical structures or out-of-date attitudes. As a firm, we have an entrepreneurial spirit, and encourage new thinking in our people.