Facilities Manager

A statutory body based in Southeast Queensland is seeking an experienced Facilities Manager to join their team.

Why join the business:
Our client is a statutory body based in the Lockyer Valley. They have seen significant developments with technology, infrastructure improvements and both an internal and external customer service ethos. With this increased activity has come an increased need for effective facilities management processes. On offer is:

• Senior Management Position in the Lockyer Valley
• Long Term Opportunity
• Competitive Salary with Stability

About the role:

This role is an all-encompassing facilities management role, that leads a team and interacts with internal colleagues as well as external parties who utilise the facilities. The department’s sole purpose is to provide effective and reliable infrastructure to the community it serves. This will be a multi-year plan to attain uniformity of compliance and effectiveness across the whole infrastructure portfolio. The Facilities Manager will lead a team of between 20-25 people and look after a portfolio of approx. 290 buildings, assets and associated infrastructure within the region. The primary outcomes will include:

• Manage and develop your multi-disciplinary team to achieve operational success;
• Take a strategic approach to the department and the assets;
• Manage the budget;
• Ensure that you exceed the standards with regards to compliance and functionality of the assets;
• Work in conjunction with the procurement department to secure external services needed that are beyond the scope of the organisation;
• Implement and follow a strategic maintenance plan for the infrastructure;
• Liaise and manage the community groups that use the assets;
• Continue to work with other members within the organisation in the acquisition and disposal of assets; and
• Report to and work with the Group Manager to deliver on the strategic goals that you will help set.

About you:

This role requires an individual who can liaise with different organisations and individuals, which will include other assets & infrastructure disciplines, community groups that utilise the infrastructure, funding bodies, and other compliance-related entities that have involvement with the facilities. The successful candidate will be able to span all this whilst managing and leading your team effectively to ensure that the portfolio is in peak working order, and any works and capital improvements are within budget and delivered in full, on time.

The successful candidate will receive a generous salary package that can be structured in a number of different ways. You’ll have the best of IT, HR and peer support for your role and also have colleagues to assist. Whilst ultimately reporting through to the Group GM, this role will enjoy a large degree of autonomy and your efforts will be judged on your ability to provide a strategic plan for the Department, the cohesiveness of your team, budgetary outcomes, and the uptake of utilisation of the facilities by the community.

How to Apply?

If this opportunity is of interest, please click "Find out more" to submit your resume to JP Smith Recruitment & HR by the 16^th of July 2024.

For any enquiries, please call Jamie Smith on 07 4659 7400 quoting reference number 3774249.