Facilities Manager

Role: Facilities Manager
Pay: £23.69 Per hour PAYE Incl Holiday | £30.24 per hour LTD Umbrella
Contract: Temporary
Hours: Full Time, 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Location: Staines - Onsite 5 days per week

Are you an experienced Facilities Manager currently looking for a new position with a reputable organisation?

Service Care Solutions are currently working with a client who require a Facilities Manager to join on a Temporary basis.

Role Overview
As a Facilities Manager, you will take ownership of facilities services across the main office in Staines. You will ensure that all workplaces are safe, compliant, cost-effective, and welcoming, providing the right environment for staff, visitors, and contractors.

This is a varied role where no two days are the same. From managing health and safety compliance and overseeing hard and soft facilities contracts, to leading office fit-outs, relocations, and flexible working arrangements, you will play a key part in creating an efficient, high-quality workplace. You will also lead and support a small facilities team, ensuring excellent service delivery and a strong customer focus.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for managing and overseeing the operational delivery of the facilities service within the main office/region. To manage a range of hard and soft facilities services within the building
• Take accountability for compliance with Health and Safety, and Statutory and Mandatory legislation within the office environment including fire risk and office risk assessments, fire drills and evacuations, first aiders, workstation assessments and legislation relating to building management and control for example legionella, water temperature etc
• Ensure reception services within the main office is managed, open and staffed between 8.30am to 5pm, and that staff are able to receive and deal with a range of clients, customers and visitors
• To manage the cost-effective distribution of post and parcels within the main office using Royal Mail, UK mail or the DX systems as appropriate
• Manage contracts for office supplies, consumables, cleaning services, waste and recycling, and security, ensuring value for money and agreed service standards are met
• To manage the hard facilities within the Staines office. This will include establishing repair and maintenance contracts for lift maintenance, air conditioning, intruder alarms, panic alarms, fob entry systems, lighting systems, water dispensers, electrical power supply systems and water supply systems
• To manage the flexible office working policy within the main office including review of policy compliance, office and meeting room usage and resolution of issues through liaison with senior management within the business
• To ensure storage facilities within the office are managed, allocating space as necessary and managing the movement of files etc. to offsite arching facility in accordance with the Groups archiving Policy
• To manage various building projects within the main office, which could be from the creation of additional workspaces, meeting rooms or involvement in the building of a new office
• Manage and support a facilities team, providing direction, development, and cover as needed

More About You

• Educated to GCSE level (or equivalent) in Maths and English (Grades A*–C)
• Accredited IOSH Managing Safely qualification
• Strong knowledge of health and safety legislation as it applies to offices and facilities management
• Proven experience in staff management
• Comprehensive understanding of facilities management and building operations
• Experience of office fit-outs and relocations
• Knowledge of leases and lease obligations is desirable
• Experience of budget responsibility up to £250,000
• Skilled in tendering and managing third-party supplier contracts
• Proficiency in Microsoft applications
• Able to influence and build strong relationships with stakeholders, contractors and staff, and communicate complex issues clearly
• Engage professionally and positively with others, creating a welcoming and customer-focused environment
• Maintain a strong performance focus, staying organised and commercially aware to deliver efficient, cost effective services

Following successful application and onboarding, an immediate start is available.

For more details on this position, and to register your interest, contact Prakash today by calling 01772 208967 or emailing prakash.panchani@servicecare.org.uk