Office Facilities Manager - 3 Month Contract - Immediate Start

Office Facilities Manager – 3 Month Contract – Immediate Start

We are recruiting for one of the nation’s largest commercial companies who provide an extensive range of construction services including construction management, general contracting, design and build and preconstruction.

The Role:

An opportunity has arisen for a proactive Office Facilities Manager to join our team in Canary Wharf, East London on a 3 month temporary contract. The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic individual with previous experience of working in a similar role in a Corporate environment and will be responsible of running the office and facilities management services at our new Canary Wharf office which serves around 400 employees. The new offices have been designed to provide a bright, modern and flexible working environment to encourage collaborative working practices and the Office/Facilities Manager is expected to ensure the space is maintained and managed to an exceptional standard.

Key Requirements

• agree and implement any outstanding services which are required at the offices


• full responsibility for the provision of office/facilities services at the office to agreed service levels including the line management of the in-house FM team


• management of 3 FM assistants


• ensure that all areas are maintained to exceptional standards at all times managing contractors and staff accordingly to ensure disruption during working hours is minimised


• enforce a clear desk policy which will be vital for ensuring our desk spaces are used to their maximum potential


• support creation of a ‘Front of House’ manual to support the FM team in the smooth running of the office


• work with H&S to ensure Fire Wardens/First Aiders and a fire procedure for the site are in place


• ensure compliance with the Senior Business Units policies and procedures at all times


• manage all suppliers/contractors including reactive maintenance contractors and service contractors to ensure compliance with H&S regulations and agreed KPIs.


• Work closely with the outsourced café operator to ensure the companies financial and operational expectations for the facility are met


• ensure the office remains legally compliant at all times and maintain statutory records accordingly
  H&S file for the building is accurately maintained


• manage the FM budget for the site


• provide information/reports as required by the Senior FM and/or line manager


• ad-hoc duties as required by management

You

Essential Experience:

Strong knowledge of Health & Safety and building maintenance requirements
– Management/supervisory experience
– Experience in the provision of Facilities Services and/or Office Management at a Corporate level
– Exceptional Customer Service skills
– Must be confident in dealing with people at all levels to achieve required results
– Excellent verbal/written communication skills
– The ability to work independently and successfully manage varying workloads
– Experience of the procurement/management of service contracts
– Experience of working with/managing outsourced catering operations
– IT literate with a good working knowledge of the Microsoft suite of programmes

• IOSH Managing Safely – Desirable


• MBFIM – Desirable

To apply for this role please send through your CV for consideration and we will be in touch should your experience match our criteria. Open to all experience candidates who are available for an immediate start. Due to high volume we are only able to contact those who have been shortlisted.

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