Facilities Manager

I am recruiting for a Facilities Manager for my client based in North Tyneside.

The ideal candidate should have a background in Care Home / Social Housing and will be required to oversee 26 care homes across North Tyneside.

As the Facilities Manager, you will be required to manage the lifecycle of buildings and oversee the operations and maintenance of the facility systems of an organisation. Your duties will include planning and coordinating the use of sub-coordinators and suppliers in the delivery of planned preventive maintenance, ensuring that buildings meet health and safety standards. They also coordinate all installations or refurbishments.Facilities Management duties and responsibilitiesFacilities Managers prepare documents and put out tenders to contractors, manage projects and supervise the work of contractors.

The main duties and responsibilities include:

• Managing and leading the change of facilities to ensure minimum disruption of core business activities
• Coordinating and planning essential business services such as maintenance, reception, archiving, mailing, cleaning, waste disposal and security
• Ensuring that buildings and facilities meet the required health and safety requirements and government legislation
• Planning and recommending the best locations for new buildings and reorganising current buildings to effectively utilise the available space
• Monitoring contractors and checking that the work assigned to workers and contractors is completed in a satisfactory manner
• Leading and coordinating construction teams to cover multiple areas of responsibility
• Using performance management tools to monitor the workers' performance and recommend agreeable service levels and ways to improve
• Responding quickly to emergencies that arise in workplaces and dealing with them appropriately

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