Facilities Manager
| Job Type | Permanent Full Time |
| Location | Preston |
| Area | Lancashire, England |
| Sector | Facilities Management |
| Salary | £6,000 p/a car allowance |
| Start Date | |
| Advertiser | Jenny Cantrell |
| Job Ref | 5344 |
- Description
- Facilities Manager
- Fleetwood - FY5
- £48,000 - £50,000
- £6,000 p/a car allowance
We are currently recruiting an experienced PFI Facilities Manager to manager a large school site in Fleetwood. The site is preparing for hand-back in 3 years and will be the first for the business so you will be spearheading this from an on-site perspective, following this your experience will be utilized on further hand-backs in the future. This is a great opportunity to get a some experience in very sought-after field and become a market-leader in the field.
The relationship between the school, FM co and SPV is a good one - while communication is good, understandably at this time commercial viability is a focus and more push backs are being made, so a strong contractual knowledge and astute commercial mind will be key for this role.
You will need to be based on the site 3 days a week with scope for working in the regional office or from home 2 days a week.
Duties of the role include:
- Managing a hard services FM contract for a large school.
- Managing Engineering, Grounds, and Security through a small on-site team and a wider team of supporting subcontractors.
- Monitoring performance of subcontractor ensuring high quality of work and good value for money.
- Monitoring contractual KPI's to make sure all SLA's are met and penalties are minimized.
- Attending meetings with the school to discuss ongoing work and projects, keeping communication high and relationships strong.
- Attending contract challenge meetings as appropriate between the school and the SPV alongside the commercial manager as required.
- Working with the Projects and Lifecycle Teams to complete additional and minor works as well as any needed cap-ex works.
The ideal candidate will have the following skills and experience:
- Experience in PFI is essential
- Experience in managing hard services is essential
- Managing FM within schools or colleges is a benefit
- Good communication skills
- Good commercial awareness
- Detail focused and organised
