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Facilities Manager

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Job Introduction

Are you an experienced Facilities Manager with a focus on technical services? Do you have a strong understanding and proven experience in soft services, with the ability to drive a contract forward? We are currently looking for a Facilities Manager to join the team at our client site in West Thurrock, Essex. 

The ideal candidate would have strong client management experience, excellent communication skills, experience of working with Tech Services and strong financial acumen. This will be a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Facilities Manager to join a highly reputable business that encourages career progression and offers excellent rates of pay and company benefits.

 

Role Responsibility

  • Ensure local delivery of IFM services (soft & technical) at the site exceeding their client’s expectations
  • Responsible for the entire operating structure at their clients site ensuring delivery against Key Performance Indicators
  • Strong people leadership and engagement; ensuring all personnel are fully trained and competent
  • Ensure full compliance to statutory, legislative and specific requirements
  • Enhance existing business and proactively identify new business opportunities delivering operational excellence
  • Total accountability for the entire site and all services

The Ideal Candidate

  • Strong Technical Services background ; the ability to demonstrate knowledge of managing Soft Services
  • Experience working in a manufacturing / FMCG environment
  • Strategic and Innovative thinker ; ability to demonstrate improvement and analysis of MI
  • Excellent leadership skills
  • The ability to build and maintain strong client relationships
  • Strong team engagement and ability to develop and retain personnel
  • A "can-do" attitude
  • Proactive approach to FM ; ability to manage change and identify opportunities for improvement and growth

Package Description

£50,000 - £55,000 per annum 

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 35,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process

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