Facilities Manager

SUMMARY:
Our client specializing in the Property & Hospitality Sector, specifically student accommodation; is seeking to employ a experienced Facilities Manager to their Pretoria (Hatfield) based team.

Three plus years experience in overseeing the maintenance function in a similar environment secures.

A wonderful career opportunity awaits you.

POSITION INFO:
Requirements:

• 3 plus years experience in overseeing the maintenance function.
• Experience managing a team of greater than 5 employees.
• Must be able to work independently and in a team.
• 2-year technical degree or 4-year college degree preferred.
• Excellent communication, organization and writing skills.
• Proven Team Player ability to work with a team and achieve daily and monthly goals.
• Self-starter able to identify work that needs to be done and does it without required instruction.
• Courteous and professional able to perform tasks at hand when guests are onsite.
• Detail oriented pays attention to details regarding processes and extra attention to special requests.
• Ability to solve practical problems using reasoning skills.
• Desire to learn and seek new challenges.

• Planning, budget and execution of Annual Preventative and Service programs.
• Planning, scheduling, and execution of daily room maintenance.
• Administration and reporting on daily room and communal area maintenance.
• Stock source, control and purchasing.
• Storeroom management Planning, scheduling, and execution of Annual and mid-term room inspections.
• Daily site inspections.
• Reporting on-site inspections.
• Manage Service Level Agreement and ad-hoc Service Providers.
• Participate in the on-duty roster during week and weekend days.
• Work with service contractors.
• Oversee maintenance-related procurement requests.
• Project-manage portfolio large-scale maintenance and renovations projects.
• Weekly review of the job reports to manage team performance.
• Identify and act on Facilities’ categories with recurring job requests.
• Attend service-related emergencies 24/7.
• Manage all facilities included in the product offering.
• Use best business practices to manage and reduce operating costs.
• Optimize utility usage and distribution.
• Increase operational efficiency of buildings and infrastructure.
• Deliver exceptional building and facility cleanliness.
• Assure positive experience through quality maintenance and cleaning practices Perform all tasks on schedule with maximum efficiency.
• Work with the Community Management team to identify opportunities to enhance the individuals experience.
• Manage the facilities and service team to perform tasks at the highest quality. (Maintenance team, Gardening team, Cleaning team, Contractors.