Facilities Manager

South East London

Permanent

£60,000

I have an exciting opportunity as a Facilities Manager within a social enterprise charity. This is a hands-on and client-facing role so the successful applicant will demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills to liaise with internal and external stakeholders.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

This is a busy Facilities Manager role with lots of variety, and working with an established team, so you will be a great people manager but enjoy that chance to still be hands on when needed. Typical duties include:

• Arrange, plan and delegate reactive and proactive maintenance and improvement works across all premises.
• Day to day people management of the Maintenance & Facilities team which is around 9 people.
• Negotiate contracts with suppliers/providers associated with specialised services and review as necessary.
• Carry out risk assessments and implementing affective and applicable controls.
• To manage the company’s annual maintenance budget.
• To deliver training and relevant updates to direct reports and the wider team.

WHO YOU ARE:

To be successful, you will have solid experience in a similar Facilities Manager role, be an efficient problem solver and be able to deal with multiple requests at any given time. 

Essential requirements:

• Previous experience within a Facilities and/or Maintenance role
• Have managed a team previously
• Good IT skills, able to learn systems, use MS Office confidently.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication in the English.
• Recognised qualification in Building Trades (electrical, carpentry, plumbing, mechanical Services) would be beneficial
• Have an understanding of Health and Safety standards.
• Full, clean driving license and access to your own vehicle.

This a really interesting role where you’ll be surrounded by a supportive and friendly team. We are looking to shortlist this role asap, so apply today.

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