Senior Facilities Manager – 1 Year Fixed Term Contract

Contract: Full time, 1 Year Fixed Term Contract
Location: Multi-site-based role covering the Northern region – commutable locations to Normanton and Alfreton
Salary: c.£60,000 plus car / car allowance, 33 days holiday, pension, bonus, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits scheme

About the Job

Working within our NHS Supply Chain team, you will carry out multi-site facilities and service tasks for all relevant sites in line with General Manager / Operational Excellence Manager and Facilities department requirements.

As part of your key responsibilities you’ll:

• Support Head of FM and Unipart Projects Team for operational delivery of all BAU and Transformation Projects
• Be the subject matter expert for the sites in relation to all facilities related issues
• Be responsible for all aspects of Warehouse and operational Health and Safety compliance ( i.e. First Aid, Fire Safety, Co-ordination, Communication), facilities administration and training records
• FM accountability of all Warehouse, Racking, MHE Eqpt, Hard and Soft Services (FM) HVAC, PPM,
• Cleaning, Catering and Engineering Insurance Inspections
• Be the initial point of escalation for facilities queries through to resolution, lessons learned etc
• Act as liaison point for Site stakeholders in all relevant aspects of reactive, PPM and disruptive works in line with business priorities
• Manage the Facilities services contract audit regime ( i.e. Catering, Cleaning, PPM)
• Collate and analyse data to improve service delivery to the site. Production of reporting and MI
• Be an ambassador for Unipart Logistics Facilities Dept. and the wider Services team
• Carry out documented Health and Safety Inspections of the site and facilities and follow through on remedial actions
• Have a flexible and adaptable approach to work – carry out duties over and beyond those listed above as per UL business/Project requirements
• Support GM and OEM with monthly Quality and Compliance Audit requirements

About You

We’d love you to have the following skills and experience, but please apply if you think you’d be able to perform well in this role!

Essential:

• Engineering/Technical qualification and/or ability to lead and manage in specialise technical areas in a Warehouse environment
• Solid experience of multi-site FM and Health and Safety challenges
• Ability to be flexible with travel between sites and keen to learn with a creative approach
• Knowledge of and the ability to apply the principles of best practices, proactive risk management and Health and Safety competency into a work environment
• Fully conversant with Risk Assessment and remedial actions (RAMS)
• Project Management attributes – Strong planning, organising and time management skills – able to balance priorities, work to deadlines, and under pressure
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, especially via email and telephone
• Ability to process information accurately, quickly and logically
• Customer focus – will give excellent customer service and take accountability for proactively resolving issues
• Unafraid to challenge practice / process and people to ensure efficiency and continuous improvement – ability to influence events rather than passively accept them
• Ability to manage and prioritise own workload effectively in a multi-site environment
• Tech Savvy – IT literate with a good working knowledge of MS Office (PowerPoint, Word and Excel)

Desirable:

• NEBOSH
• Member of IWFM or open to joining
• Coaching and mentoring skills / qualifications

Our recruitment and selection process has been developed to ensure that it is consistent, fair and provides equality of opportunity – all selection decisions are based solely on technical and behavioural competencies. We do not discriminate on the grounds of race, colour, or nationality, ethnic or national origins, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, religion or belief, age or any other current or future protected characteristic as defined in the current Equality Act of England and Wales. As an organisation we also promote an environment which encourages diversity of characteristics and thought, where you feel included, safe and confident to be the best version of yourself and do your best work every day.

You may have experience in roles such as: Facilities Manager, Senior Facilities Manager, Facilities Operations Manager, Facilities Service Manager, Facilities Coordinator, Facilities Team Lead, Facilities Director, Property Services Manager, Facilities Maintenance Manager, etc.

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