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Facilities Operations Manager
Location: Walsall, West Midlands
Salary: £50,087 - £52,828 including car allowance
The Vacancy
Salary: £50,087 - £52,828 including essential car user allowance (pay award pending)
Contract: Full Time, Permanent, 37 hours per week, hybrid working (minimum two days in office depending on business needs)
Closing Date: 25th April 2024
We have an exciting opportunity for a Facilities Operations Manager to join our Senior Leadership Team. This is a new role reporting to the Corporate Director of People and Culture. You will manage whg’s portfolio of owned and leased office and related accommodation. You will manage one of the west midlands state of the art sustainable iconic buildings, with scope to develop further to meet our future ambitions.
whg is one of the Midlands’ leading and largest providers of good quality, affordable homes. It has a workforce of more than 750 colleagues working remotely, in our Walsall office and across our communities. A financially strong and well-run organisation, we own, manage and maintain 21,000 homes across the region and are committed to delivering 500 new homes each year.
The successful candidate will:
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Foster and develop collaborative working partnerships with colleagues, teams, contractors and suppliers.
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Develop a long-term planned maintenance plan ensuring items are carried out in a timely manner and cause minimum disruption to colleagues.
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Develop a long-term planned maintenance plan ensuring items are carried out in a timely manner and cause minimum disruption to colleagues.
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Implement strategies to optimise buildings usage and reduce energy consumption.
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Contribute to the effective management of office building alterations, refurbishment or dilapidation works.
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Management of facilities team
Do you want to help make this happen? You’ll be joining a values-driven organisation that uses its resources and influence to make a positive difference for colleagues, customers and communities.
We're looking for, not limited to:
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Experience of facilities management in a multi-sitte environment, managing maintenance, schedules works and contract.
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A level 3 BIFM qualification or proven experience.
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NEBOSH Diploma
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Contract management experience with ability to work in a challenging environment
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Experience of budget management
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Ability to effectively lead and manage others
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Ability to create positive working relationships internally and externally
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A clean full driving licence
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Experience of using Building and Energy Monitoring and Management Systems would be advantageous
What’s in it for you?
In return, you will receive a competitive salary, 27 days annual leave (plus Christmas shut down), a defined benefit pension scheme, health cash plan, Employee Assistance Programme, a range of shopping and leisure discounts, as well as the opportunity to utilise the electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme.
We are outcome focused and flexible. We believe in giving colleagues the right balance of autonomy and support to enable them to work to their full potential. Despite the high expectation for performance and delivery, we are committed to ensuring colleagues have a healthy work-life balance and are able to work in agile ways which support them