Facilities Manager
York
Circa £40k +benefits

The Company

Our client has recently been awarded a 7-year contract for the maintenance and improvement of the Defence Built Estate, to include in excess of 20,000 assets.

They are a new business, formed to deliver infrastructure, asset and facilities management services into the UK Defence Sector. They are a 50:50 Joint Venture between 2 already established big players in the FM and Utilities markets with over 55 years’ experience.

They are committed to enabling Defence capability through maintaining and enhancing the built estate in which our Armed Forces live, work and train.

The role

This is a single site position. The role will focus on the delivery of the planned and reactive maintenance across the site. This is all carried out via subcontractors and therefore your main responsibility is to build relationships with them to enable you to drive their performance. You will also have responsibility for client management and meetings etc and will also be involved in minor new works projects up to £25k.

Could this be for you?

You will need demonstrable experience of managing and supervising staff in Construction, Property Maintenance, or related field.

• HND level qualification in a Building/Civil Engineering or Electrical/ Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline or equivalent experience
• Management level qualification in H&S and Environment (e.g. SMSTS)
• Continuing Professional Development

In addition you must have experience with the following:

• Management of the operational delivery of Estate Management tasks
• Leading an operational team to achieve KPIs
• Planning, directing, and controlling activities via sub-contractors

Why apply

Competitive salary
Government funded defence contract
Ongoing development offered
Excellent long term career prospects