PFI Facilities Manager

• PFI Facilities Manager
• £56,000 p/a package including car allowance
• Blackpool

We are currently looking for an experienced Facilities Manager who was worked in the PFI sector to join an award-winning FM business on 2 of their sites in Blackpool. The PFI FM will manage 2 local sites – one Healthcare centre and one Academy School. You will manage the caretaking teams on a day-to-day basis as well as engaging with the engineering team and external subcontractors for hard services works. The FM will have a overall responsibility for Health and Safety, KPI and SLA delivery, budget management and lifecycle and maintenance works on the sites.

Having a strong commercial awareness with the PFI arena and excellent relationship management skills are needed for this role to truly partner with the on-site customer.

Benefits Highlight:

• £50,000 p/a  with annual salary reviews
• £6,000 car allowance or hybrid/electric vehicle options
• 26 days holiday + bank holidays
• 6.5% employer contribution to pension
• Bupa healthcare scheme
• Sick pay
• Lots of other benefits including physical and mental health benefits as well as family schemes, training and development  - very full robust package.

Duties of the role include:

• Managing a direct team of caretakers across 2 sites, working with the supervisors to monitor their schedules of work and performance.
• Staff appraisal and development.
• Working with specialist subcontractors for various provisions to make sure all services are delivered on time and to a high standard for the client in a cost effective manner.
• Overseeing hard services on the site – ppm, reactive works and lifecycle works.
• Managing site health and safety as well as compliance (statutory and regulatory), completing regular inspections and ensuring relevant audits and paperwork trails are up to date.
• Completing method statements and risk assessments for the site.
• Mansing KPI and SLA delivery to ensure jobs are completed on time and no penalties are taken on the contract.
• Working in line with budgets.
• Monitoring the performance of the contract against requirements and looking for continuous improvement.
• Monthly reporting of contract performance.
• Dealing with any enquiries or issues from the school or the SPV.

The ideal candidate will have the following skills and experience:

• PFI experience is essential.
• Management of both hard and soft services is preferred but would consider either/or.
• Experience manging KPIs.
• Experience management budgets.
• Good knowledge of contracts and performance management.
• Experienced relationship builder.
• The role will require an enhanced DBS check.