Facilities Manager - Armidale

Job Title Facilities Manager - Armidale
Job Description Summary
Job Description
The purpose of the Facilities Manager role is to manage a portfolio of assets across the PDNSW portfolio, ensuring a consistent standard and best practice approach in the delivery of Facilities Management services. This role will manage client relationship obligations and act as an escalation point where required. The Facilities Manager is expected to foresee and take proactive management of issues to mitigate and escalate any potential risks. This role will contribute to the consistent and best practice approach to account delivery across the client portfolio, following contractual obligations and C&W policies.
About the role:
Manage site operations, including scheduled and ad-hoc works, to ensure continuity of property services with minimum disruption to client business operations
Manage and control budget and cost expenditure to contractual requirements for facilities management operations, for both preventative and reactive maintenance works at nominated sites
Monitor and implement asset management and ensure all preventative maintenance services are captured and delivered in accordance with environmental and safety guidelines / legislative requirements and site asset requirements
Conduct property condition audits as per contract requirements
Identify and support implementation of cost saves, innovation, and best practice
Ensure that safety measures and systems are implemented in accordance with relevant legislation, policy, compliance, and customer safety requirements
Identify hazards and conduct risk assessments for the tasks associated with the works
Proactively conducts regular stakeholder meetings to drive engagement, collaboration, and continual improvement through shared learnings
With a focus on client experience, effectively manage all client, landlord and supplier partner relationships
Manages the budget and financial performance of the portfolio
Provides input into annual FM budget preparation and quarterly forecasts
About You:
Minimum 2-5 years’ experience as a Facilities Manager – both non-technical asset type and technical asset type
Knowledge of software systems relative to commercial property
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Strong client focus and customer experience mindset essential
Trade qualified with minimum of 4 years’ experience highly desirable.
Excellent attention to detail skills
Excellent time management skills
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