Purpose of the role:
The Facilities Manager works with the Head of Facilities and the Facilities Assistant to maintain and improve Chambers’ buildings and ensure health and safety compliance.
Key responsibilities:
Buildings management
- Liaise with landlords, agents, professionals, and the City Council regarding premises matters.
- Responsible for the security and integrity of Chambers’ premises, including liaising with out-of-hours security and fire response services.
- Undertake minor repairs and maintenance to buildings which do not warrant the use of third-party contractors.
- Oversee facilities-related projects to support Chambers’ development plans (e.g. increased headcount).
- Managing refurbishments, renovations and office moves when required.
- Lead on sustainability initiatives relating to facilities matters.
- Designated out-of-hours emergency contact for facilities issues.
Contractor/supplier management
- Work with all contractors to maintain planned preventative maintenance schedules (PPM)
- Instruct proactive/reactive works as required to improve the condition of the buildings.
- Act as the point of contact for site visits and quotation works.
- Review RAMS before work commences and suggest adjustments where required.
- Review performance against SLAs and escalate issues where needed.
- Identify opportunities to improve services, including conducting robust procurement exercises to ensure competitive rates for Chambers.
Health and Safety
- Lead on Health and Safety across the business.
- Maintain statutory compliance records to meet required regulations.
- H&S checks and remedial actions.
- Maintain and identify staff training needs. o Incident/accident investigation and risk assessment implementation, update and review. o Review/amend/create new policies & procedures.
General management
- Mentor, train and line manage the Facilities Assistant.
- Contribute to the preparation of the Facilities budget.
- Maintain the facilities-related aspects of the business continuity plan.
- Any other duties as determined by the Head of Facilities
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