Assistant Facilities Manager

Job Introduction

• Full time
• 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Monday-Friday 
• £35k per annum
• Good Transportation links. 
• Limited parking. 
• Access to the gym.
• Complimentary hot and cold drinks
• Opportunities for professional development
• Plus our Sodexo employee benefits package

Assistant Facilities Manager

Cambridge CB1 2FB - Fulltime

Empowering our people. Empowering your career

At Sodexo, we’re passionate about our people. We know that our teams are the key to delivering exceptional service and creating meaningful experiences for our clients, customers, and employees. 

We are currently seeking a dedicated and dynamic Assistant Facilities Manager to join our team and play a key role in driving excellence and innovation

As an Assistant Facilities Manager you'll:

• Customer & Client Focus: Lead on-site teams to deliver exceptional service, manage soft services, space planning, and act as primary client liaison, ensuring satisfaction and proactive service delivery.
• Operational Excellence: Oversee FM equipment maintenance, compliance with Health & Safety, Environmental standards, and manage suppliers, contractors, and finance processes effectively.
•  Continuous Improvement & Risk Management: Drive service improvements, manage health, safety, and risk protocols (COSHH, manual handling, evacuation coordination), and maintain high workplace standards.
• Leadership & Collaboration: Recruit, train, supervise, and engage team members, providing induction, development, and consistent support, while collaborating professionally with colleagues, clients, and suppliers.
• Reporting & Innovation: Provide timely reporting to Facilities Manager, assist on projects, manage expenditure records, and seek innovative, cost-effective service delivery enhancements.

What we're looking for:

• Strong communication, customer service, organisational, and administration skills, with a focus on client satisfaction and quality of services provided.
• Proactive problem-solver with commercial awareness, rigorous results management, and the ability to work independently under pressure.
• Skilled in performance monitoring, business consulting, and supporting innovation, change, and brand notoriety initiatives.
• Knowledgeable in Health & Safety, HR service delivery, employee engagement, and learning and development practices.
• Team player with leadership capabilities, a can-do attitude, and a commitment to continuous growth for both self and business

Why Sodexo?:

Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it’s a chance to be part of something greater. 

Belong in a company and team that values you for you. 

Act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions.

Thrive in your own way. 

We also offer a range of perks, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:

• Unlimited access to an online platform offering wellbeing support 
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or life's larger problems, including legal and financial advice, support with work or personal issues impacting your wellbeing
• Access to a 24hr virtual GP Service
• Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 across popular high street retailers (also open to friends and family)
• Save for your future by becoming a member of the Pension Plan
• Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools
• Bike to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit
• Sodexo UK and Irelands enhanced benefits and leave policies

A little more about Sodexo:

At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all. As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100million consumers each day through our unique combination of On-Site Food and FM Services, Benefits & Rewards Services and Personal & Home Services.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We are a forces friendly employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities. We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents & Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, SoTogether, Generations and Origins.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations. We run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.

Click here to read more about what we do to promote an inclusive culture.

Ready to be part of something greater? 

Sodexo reserves the right to close this advert early if we are in receipt of a high number of applications