Facilities Manager

Facilities Manager

Location:

Tamworth, Dordon (B78 1BF
), United Kingdom

Hours:

40 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Salary:
Up to £50,000 per annum, depending on experience, plus car / car allowance.

• 33 days holiday
• Pension
• Life assurance
• Employee assistance programme
• Wellbeing support
• Flexible benefits scheme

Relationships mean everything to us, and this one is particularly special. You’ll have a critical part to play in our team, supporting the automotive aftermarket operation and strategy, delivering operational excellence and continuous improvement in a fast-paced environment. The operation ships aftermarket parts for over 900 UK retailers from our 850,000 square feet site in Tamworth.

As the Facilities Manager you’ll take Facilities Management to the next level for operations and overall efficiency. It’s a great opportunity for a high calibre Facilities Manager to transfer knowledge and experience from previous projects. You will take control of facilities operational requirements for the project, working closely with Unipart Logistics and the client.

• Liaise with and manage where required client’s principal contractor, M&E contractors, engineering suppliers, architects, and various departments to lead ambitious and challenging projects.
• Monitor and manage agreed timing plans and ensure delivery within the agreed time scales.
• Manage and oversee multiple project tracking on site across various contractors.
• Ensure agreed budgets are managed and not exceeded.
• Manage, develop and report on PPM schedules on full range of facilities and equipment including mechanical handling equipment (MHE) within the distribution centre.
• Manage all planned, preventative and reactive maintenance across the site ensuring it is fully compliant and meets strict regulations.
• Ensure all legal compliance and record keeping for all services – water/air/electricity utilities plant specific legislation Legionella (i.e. Boiler Operation, LV and HV distribution, Pressure Systems, Emergency Lighting and Fire Alarm System etc.).
• Provide line management and day to day support of existing in-house resources including electrical, mechanical.
• Continuously manage and review the provision of facilities management services.
• Ensure setting, and subsequent compliance, with agreed SLAs and KPIs.
• Lead and support the UL FM team to ensure the demonstration of world class standards, as well as managing the delivery of the service for the clients and UL through robust and effective working relationships with the General Manager.
• Provide effective communication and ensure all day to day FM issues are being managed effectively and all escalations/issues dealt with appropriately.
• Develop and deploy the strategy for utilising external contract support in order to react to relevant circumstances in resource requirement.
• Understand project roadblocks and ensure clear escalation to ensure business plans and objectives are met.
• Ensure work activities consistently meet quality, safety, cost and delivery specification.
• Ensure environmental compliance and adherence to all relevant environmental process requirements.
• Investigate project requirements determining and identifying the most appropriate solution.

• Significant experience in a similar facilities management with extensive relevant experience is essential.
• Good knowledge of the latest regulatory and statutory regulation, such as PUWER, LOLER and H&S acts plus any EU/UK regulations is essential.
• Experience in a fast-paced industrial, 3PL logistics, production or manufacturing environment – desirable.
• Results oriented approach with good analytical, team leadership and organisational skills.
• Ability to work under pressure in a cross functional organisation is essential.
• Computer skills (MS Office, etc.).
• IOSH Managing Safely essential / NEBOSH desirable.
• IWFM Level 3 qualification or higher is essential.
• IWFM Membership – desirable.

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.

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