Facilities Manager

Facilities Manager

40,000 + 3,600 car allowance

Newcastle (Covering Northeast) - Hybrid

Winner recruitments are currently working with an outstanding company who are looking to recruit for a Facilities Manager to oversee 15 sites across the Northeast of England.

The relevant candidate will have experience in a similar role preferably for a managing agent. The role will involve ensuring that all sites are compliant and are adhering to health and safety regulations whilst managing service charge budgets and ensuring clients satisfaction are met.

Role:

• As a facilities manager you will manage a portfolio of 15 sites across the northeast England (Predominantly Newcastle and Middlesborough) ensuring the delivery of services across each site
• You will coordinate the operational day to day aspects of building management including Planned and reactive maintenance
• Your role will entail ensuring all work completed across site is in line with health and safety regulations and is compliant with the companies risk management processes and practices
• To act as the first point of contact for tenant queries and escalation from the Service Desk and you will use the CAFM systems to manage portfolio risk, Health & Safety, statutory compliance activities and overall contractor performance.
• Your role will involve performing monthly building inspections
• You will have to produce a draft service charge budget to reflect the estimated running costs of the property to include correct allocation of costs and to allow direct recovery
• As the Facilities manager your role will be to develop good relationships with the client and subcontractors and other members of the company
• You will inform the responsible Estates Surveyor/Property Manager immediately where tenant activity has the potential to breach occupational lease agreements
• You will manage all aspects of contractor day to day activities at site, including Health and Safety in the common parts
• You will to respond to and resolve any complaints within a minimal timescale, to communicate regularly with all parties, to escalate concerns where applicable and to recommend process or service improvements as relevant

Candidate:

• Previous Managing Agent Experience in a similar role is preferred, but not essential
• Some FM experience or background in a related FM discipline
• Working towards Affiliate IWFM or AssocIWFM qualification (professional qualification to be gained within two years of appointment)
• Some H&S experience and prepared to undertake the IOSH certificate within 6 months of appointment
• Ambition to progress in FM