Facilities Manager
2 days ago
Manchester
Facilities Manager opportunity for an established and growing property organisation. Your new company Our client is a well-established and growing property organisation with a strong presence in the commercial and mixed-use sector. They are known for delivering high-quality environments and maintaining a strong focus on operational excellence, customer experience, and regulatory compliance.With a diverse portfolio of assets, the business takes a proactive approach to facilities management, investing in both its people and properties to ensure long-term performance and value. The organisation promotes a collaborative and professional working culture, offering opportunities for development within a dynamic and fast-paced environment. Your new role As Facilities Manager, you will take full ownership of the day-to-day facilities operation, ensuring the estate is safe, compliant, and maintained to a high standard at all times. You will play a key role in delivering a seamless occupier experience while driving efficiency and best practice across all service lines. Key responsibilities: • Manage all aspects of building operations, including planned and reactive maintenance, fit-out works, and day-to-day service delivery, ensuring assets remain safe, efficient, and fully operational, • Oversee both hard and soft facilities services, maintaining high standards and driving continuous improvement across all areas, • Take ownership of health & safety compliance, carrying out inspections, audits, risk assessments, and managing permit-to-work processes, • Support and manage incident investigations, ensuring issues are resolved quickly and effectively, • Coordinate contractor and supplier management, including procurement support, performance monitoring, and service reviews to ensure value and quality delivery, • Assist with the preparation and control of service charge budgets, managing expenditure, purchase orders, and cost efficiencies, • Develop, implement, and maintain emergency response and business continuity plans, ensuring teams are trained and prepared, • Build strong relationships with internal teams, contractors, and stakeholders, promoting a collaborative and high-performance culture, • Act as a key contact for occupiers, ensuring service requests are handled promptly and contributing to a positive customer experience, • Manage all aspects of building operations, including planned and reactive maintenance, fit-out works, and day-to-day service delivery, ensuring assets remain safe, efficient, and fully operational, • Oversee both hard and soft facilities services, maintaining high standards and driving continuous improvement across all areas, • Take ownership of health & safety compliance, carrying out inspections, audits, risk assessments, and managing permit-to-work processes, • Support and manage incident investigations, ensuring issues are resolved quickly and effectively, • Coordinate contractor and supplier management, including procurement support, performance monitoring, and service reviews to ensure value and quality delivery, • Assist with the preparation and control of service charge budgets, managing expenditure, purchase orders, and cost efficiencies, • Develop, implement, and maintain emergency response and business continuity plans, ensuring teams are trained and prepared, • Build strong relationships with internal teams, contractors, and stakeholders, promoting a collaborative and high-performance culture, • Act as a key contact for occupiers, ensuring service requests are handled promptly and contributing to a positive customer experience What you'll need to succeed • Proven experience in a Facilities Manager role within commercial property, • Strong understanding of building services, compliance, and UK health & safety legislation, • Experience managing contractors, service delivery, and budgets, • IOSH Managing Safely (essential); NEBOSH desirable, • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, • Strong organisational and time management ability, • Proactive, solutions-focused mindset, • Commercial awareness with focus on cost control, • Calm and professional under pressure, • High attention to detail and accountability What you'll get in return • Salary £45,000, • 26 days holiday, • Opportunity to manage a high-profile and diverse assets, • Supportive and collaborative working environment What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career. #4806954