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Facilities Manager

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Job Introduction

Role Purpose: To support and work closely with all PPP stakeholders and to manage day-to-day operational issues and the on-site hard & soft service delivery team.

 

Reports to : PPP Schools Contract Manager

 

Context: This role is to manage the PPP on-site service delivery team (hard & soft services), to ensure compliance with all contractual obligations, to ensure consistent communication in terms of process, to provide leadership and instruction to the on-site teams, maintenance reporting, contractor engagement, lifecycle process management, contractual reporting and personal development.    

 

Dimensions - Responsible for:  The on-site service delivery team (hard & soft services) and the effective management and delivery of planned preventative maintenance programs and lifecycle programs. Responding to the ‘reactive’ needs of the client in line with contractual obligations.

 

Role Responsibility

 

  • To support the administration of the PPP contract.
  • Understand the need to drive service delivery and performance.
  • Develop beneficial internal/external relationships
  • Produce, prepare and issue reports in a Word Excel or PDF format
  • Monitor operational deadlines and complete the appropriate follow up to ensure success
  • Maintain and update annual lifecycle plans and actual costings.
  • Resolve issues by liaising with relevant Management and site FM teams
  • Ensure safe systems of work is adhered to at all times
  • To adhere to Sodexo’s policies and procedures
  • To develop knowledge of in house management system
  • This document is not and can not be exhaustive, additional responsibilities and ad hoc duties may be added as required

The Ideal Candidate

Personal Qualities:

  • Strong “people management” skills.
  • Strong contract and commercial management experience in the PPP industry, with experience in a client facing role.
  • Good communication skills with the mental agility to “think on your feet” and provide solutions.
  • Intelligent approach to performance monitoring.
  • Proficient IT skills, including Excel, Work and MS office.
  • Understand and thrive on working in a customer focused environment
  • This role requires a high level of attention to detail coupled with an ability to do things at pace without loss of accuracy

Qualifications:

  • An understanding of basic technical aspects of FM Services (hard & soft)
  • Customer facing attitude and excellent team building, people management and leadership skills.
  • Capacity to understand and interpret commercial contracts.
  • Excellent communication skills, must be able to demonstrate effective verbal and written communication
  • Financial acumen.
  • PC literate, an intermediate knowledge of Microsoft products is essential (Word, Excel, Outlook)
  • Very strong communication skills.
  • Previous FM management / coordination experience

Package Description

  • 20 days annual leave increasing to 25 with service
  • Free GP service
  • Bike to work scheme
  • Life assurance
  • Company pension scheme
  • Eye care vouchers
  • Employee assistance program with counselling and life advice supports
  • Family leave options
  • Shopping vouchers
  • Training, development, and progression opportunities

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs around 30,000 people, and partners with clients in many sectors across business and industry; schools and universities; sports and leisure; energy and resources; government and agencies; healthcare; justice and defence.

Sodexo’s connected; people-centric approach brings together a diverse range of expertise. The breadth of services it offers ranges from food and hospitality; cleaning; reception; concierge (Circles); security; property management and technical services through to data driven workplace strategy and design (Wx); employee engagement and recognition services (Sodexo Engage) and personal home services through Prestige Nursing + Care and the Good Care Group.  

Vital Spaces is Sodexo’s value proposition that puts people at the heart of everything we do, bringing together services and solutions and focusing on the productivity and wellbeing of people wherever they are.

Sodexo is committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.

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 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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