Facilities Manager

About The Role

Vancouver - British Columbia - Canada

Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) Local is a hard services-led, tailored facility management solution. We self-perform hard services while partnering with best-in-class soft service providers to offer custom facility and project management solutions to our clients. We focus on empowering our team with a high-level of downstream accountability, resulting in an agile and efficient service delivery.

In addition to our core facility and project management capabilities, our platform offers direct access to our Best-in-Class services, including ESG, Security Consulting, Workplace Strategy, and Workplace Experience.

• Ensure environmental conditions are maintained at optimum comfort levels during occupied hours and ensure prompt, efficient response to tenant requests.
• Review and make necessary changes to the operating schedules of building HVAC, security, and lighting equipment to ensure tenant satisfaction is maintained at the highest levels for energy efficiency.
• Schedule, lead, supervise and direct the maintenance team, assign work priorities, determine the extent of required repairs and necessary corrective measures, provide technical training, and ensure personnel maintain appropriate records; provide necessary coaching, counseling, training, and performance reviews as required.
• Implement and manage preventive maintenance program(s) to prolong the life of building equipment and systems to minimize repairs and downtime. Ensure adequate records and schedules are maintained.
• Conduct frequent tours of the building to inspect life safety, mechanical and electrical equipment, and monitor required preventive maintenance measures and/or repairs.
• Maintain strict accountability of inventories and proper storage of supplies, stock, building fixtures, parts, and tools. Order required supplies or replacement items to maintain inventory/stock.
• Maintain written records of equipment, operating manuals, and a library consisting of pertinent data relating to operating equipment and updated building/tenant drawings and plans.
• Ensure and maintain an effective water chemical treatment program as per client requirements.
• Manage, review and report on the performance of outside service contractors.
• Ensure all contractors abide by the building rules and regulations as per the Contractor Guidelines prepared by the client.
• Manage maintenance team and subcontractors to ensure timely completion of building upgrades and repairs, update clients’ primary contact, with timely (minimum weekly) status reports on all major works.
• Provide technical assistance and advice to Client on expense and capital improvements during annual budget formulation.
• Promote safe work practices, product and equipment ownership and continuous improvement within the department.
• Maintain liaison between departments, tenants and maintenance as required.
• Maintain a good working relationship with management, staff and all employees.
• Inspect equipment to ensure that it is operating within correct parameters.
• Responsible for preventative maintenance, operation and servicing of mechanical facilities and the property in accordance with our preventative maintenance program.
• Responsible for general repairs and maintenance of the building interior/exterior as required.
• Ensure that mechanical rooms meet established cleanliness standards while complying with WorkSafeBC requirement and the BC Safety Authority.
• Monitor and respond to tenant service requests through Angus Anywhere system and coordinate necessary repairs and services as required.
• Monitor tenant construction to ensure base building systems are not altered or damaged and that the building codes are followed by contractors working at the property.
• Ensure repairs and maintenance of plumbing fixtures, including faucets, flush valves and related hardware are completed to the highest standard.
• Perform and ensure roof maintenance is completed safely, including inspection and cleaning of roof, drains and gutters.
• Ensure common area equipment (including door hardware, closers, locks, etc.) are completed to the highest standard.
• Participate and ensure testing of fire and…