Regional Facilities Manager

Regional Facilities Manager
Attractive salary plus benefits and travel expenses
Birmingham – with the ability to travel around the Midlands

Due to an exceptional period of high growth, our client is looking to hire a Regional Facilities Manager to maintain a portfolio of properties across the Midlands.

You will be responsible for providing technical support and hands-on maintenance, whilst supporting the FM Director across a diverse portfolio of properties. The role requires regular travel to sites within the Midlands and occasional national coverage.

Responsibilities include:

• Setting, agreeing and managing service charge budgets and expenditure in line with the RICS code
• Delivering, reviewing and implementing all contracts and ad hoc services to service charge sites
• Holding responsibility for statutory compliance and health and safety for the portfolio and working with external consultants to produce reports across all FM delivery and compliance
• Managing contractors including procurement management, auditing, tendering and instruction
• Arranging third-party inspections as required
• Ensuring statutory compliance and H&S obligations are met within the terms of the maintenance contract
• Providing technical support and guidance to colleagues and other stakeholders regarding property, statutory, budgetary, and policy matters, as well as central repairs and maintenance systems
• Planning and managing your workload to meet deadlines
• Ensuring responsive, planned and cyclical repairs and maintenance, and minor refurbishments are carried out according to agreed standards and procedures
• Creating processes to improve efficiencies and create proactive solutions

To be successful in your role as a Facilities Manager, you should have the following skills and experience:

• Full UK driving license with the ability to commute to the Birmingham office minimum once per week
• Previous experience working for a property managing agent, managing a portfolio of properties
• Experience setting and managing service charge budgets
• Health and safety knowledge and experience
• A “can-do” attitude and willingness to “roll your sleeves up” changing direction day to day
• The ability to diagnose and resolve common building faults and resolutions
• An analytical thinker with a logical and systematic approach to problem-solving
• Possess strong organisational skills with the ability to plan and manage workloads
• Ideally you will hold IOSH or NEBOSH certification

If this sounds of interest please send your CV in Word format, quoting reference 32122/LT/ED detailing your current remuneration package and availability. If your application is of interest, one of our consultants will be in touch.
We regret that due to the high volume of responses, only those candidates that are progressing to the next stage will be contacted.