Facilities Manager - #2150755

Facilities Manager

Up to £65,000 + benefits | On-site

Elevation Recruitment Group Business Support Team are exclusively supporting a well-established, multi-site UK organisation with the appointment of a Facilities Manager.

This is a senior facilities leadership opportunity for someone who enjoys ownership, strategy and operational delivery, with responsibility for ensuring a busy head office environment operates safely, efficiently and cost-effectively.

Benefits

• Up to £65,000
• 22 days' holiday + bank holidays
• PMI for you and your partner
• Healthcare benefits
• Pension
• On-site parking
• Monday–Friday, 9:00am - 5:30pm
• A senior role with genuine ownership of the Facilities function

The Role

You'll lead an in-house Facilities team, alongside managing key contractors and external suppliers, taking ownership of the organisation's facilities strategy, compliance, maintenance, projects and budgets.

You'll be responsible for:

• Leading and developing the Facilities function and in-house team
• Managing key contractors, suppliers and external technical partners
• Developing planned and preventative maintenance programmes
• Ensuring full statutory, legislative and Health & Safety compliance
• Managing facilities budgets, costs and service performance
• Leading projects from initial specification through to completion within a live operating environment
• Managing tenders, contracts, quoted works and supplier negotiations
• Developing and implementing a property/FM management system
• Auditing works to ensure quality, cost and timescales are achieved
• Working closely with senior stakeholders and reporting recommendations to the Executive team
• Identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, energy consumption and the overall use of facilities

About You

We're looking for an experienced senior Facilities Management professional who can operate strategically while remaining close enough to the operation to ensure things actually get delivered.

You'll ideally bring:

• Extensive senior Facilities Management experience
• Experience within a multi-site environment, ideally retail, hospitality or leisure
• Experience managing technical engineering teams, contractors and suppliers
• Strong contract administration and technical specification experience
• Proven project management experience within live environments
• Strong Health & Safety and compliance knowledge
• Excellent budget and commercial management skills
• A proactive approach to continuous improvement and cost efficiency
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
  
  

RICS, CIOB or IWFM/BIFM membership would be advantageous.

If you're ready to take ownership of a facilities operation, shape strategy and make a visible impact across a growing organisation, we'd love to hear from you.

For more information or a confidential conversation, contact Sarah Larkin at Elevation Recruitment Group.