Facilities Manager - Hiring Fast

On behalf of Stride Property, one of New Zealand’s leading listed property companies, Assemble are recruiting for a Facilities Manager to join their portfolio management team here in Auckland. Stride Property Group (SPG) is an NZX listed stapled group comprising Stride Property Limited (Stride) and Stride Investment Management Limited (SIML). They are primarily investors in New Zealand office, retail and industrial property. SIML is a specialist real estate investment manager.
  
This Facilities management position will predominantly work on Stride’s Office fund, Fabric, which specialises in quality office assets across Auckland and Wellington, however, will have responsibility focused on the Auckland properties.
  
The Role
  
To prudently manage the building services in the allocated portfolio to ensure that the buildings/properties are operating at optimal levels and that customer requirements are met to the highest satisfaction. The key responsibilities in this role may include but not be limited to the following:

• Providing support to the Asset Management team to enable maintenance related issues to be resolved promptly;
• Liaising with tenants directly on all FM activities, responding to queries in a timely manner and ensuring quarterly property inspections are completed and documented;
• Assisting with the preparation of monthly reporting, ensuring the BWoF schedule is adhered to and monitoring compliance across the portfolio;
• Supporting with contractor management processes, including insurance and health and safety documentation across the business;
• Assisting the Asset Managers with major capital expenditure projects including preparation of business cases, project management tracking and reporting;
• Processing invoices and purchase orders;
• Lease and database administrative duties. 

  
About You
  
In order to be successful in this role, you will likely have the following skills and attributes:

• Bachelor of Property Degree or similar tertiary qualification (preferred, but not essential)
• 3-5 years’ experience within property, preferably with strong knowledge of best practice facilities management principles
• Strong customer service ethic and stakeholder management skills
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
• Highly organised with the ability to multi-task and prioritise deadlines
• Strong verbal and written communication.

  
This role affords the opportunity to progress your career via active facilities management and work on a wide variety of assets for a leading property company, with the added benefit of being able to transition into property and asset management in the long term.
  
To learn more or to see a full job description, please submit your interest via the link above, or alternatively for a confidential discussion please contact Matt Webster at Assemble Recruitment on 027 274 6829.