Facilities Manager

Julie Rose Recruitment are looking for a Facilities Manager to join a company in the heart of Bromley.  The right candidate will have previous experience with maintenance and security for buildings and offices, together with managing a print room and ideally post too.

Hours: Between 7am and 7pm Monday to Friday

(35 hours per week / 7 hours per day – typically 8:30am to 4:30pm but on occasion when necessary, 7am to 3pm or any combination between this and 11am to 7pm)

Main duties:

• Ensure the provision of effective print management and post room services to the company, managing of 3 staff within the department
• Procurement management within the company expense policy guidelines
• Manage the departmental budget, approve payments, and constantly review and negotiate the most effective rates when contracts or agreements are renewed
• Ensure the building meets Health & Safety requirements, deputising for the Health & Safety Officer, complying with legal requirements including ESOS
• Ensure the provision of effective 24-hour security, and general day to day building services (AC/ventilation system, cleaning, waste disposal, security alarm and fire alarm systems, lifts, vending machines, repairs, removals, etc.) and energy management controls
• Management of legal aspects of property such as rent reviews, leasing, etc.
• Recruit, manage, train and develop the team
• Deputy Fire Liaison Officer
• First Aider
• Project management of contracts, with supervision and coordination of contractors’ work and carry out tendering process when required

Person Specification:

• At least three years’ experience in Facilities Management with print room responsibilities (this is essential)
• Ability to manage a varied and complex workload, and control budgets
• Problem solving and decision making skills
• Good spoken and written communication skills
• Strong people management skills with experience of managing Facilities team
• Organisational and project management skills  
• Effective negotiation skills
• The ability to develop working relationships with people at all levels both internally and externally

Qualifications for the Facilities Manager:

• Facilities management qualification or qualified by experience
• Technical knowledge of building services, environmental issues, ESOS, Health & Safety (preferably IOSH certified), office systems and technologies