An excellent opportunity has arisen for an Estates & Facilities Operations Manager join our team in London.
You will manage, facilitate and coordinate all E&F activities for a range of properties within the Trust estate in London and West Hertfordshire, and the role will also involve co-ordinating and overseeing a range of projects with a team for the Trust and their Capital program.
A central part of the role is to manage cost reductions and efficiencies across the Estate and to oversee the operational facilities team managing day to day activities.
Liaising with stakeholders on E&FM issues and to be responsible for overall operation of buildings, compliance, records and on-site day to day processes and procedures, including line managing E&FM Managers, Co-ordinators, caretakers, and managing service providers for Hard and Soft FM in an NHS environment. What you'll be doing:
• Implement and manage local health & safety systems with in the cluster in line with Trust wide Health & Safety procedures, liaising with the Estates and Facilities department and resilience teams as required.
• Manage, liaise and work with all stakeholders of the Trust regarding the estate's Projects and Capital program management across the Trust including Green plan initiatives.
• Lead and advise on the engineering mechanical and electrical aspects of the capital program working with the providers of the Hard FM services, and in a team structure with specialist partners and advisors.
• Manage, liaise and work with 3rd party contractors and Landlord providers and E&F staff regarding estates management of all CLCH sites
• Oversee and help the team ensure all hard and Soft FM provision including waste, site systems, food and catering suppliers and standards are monitored and levels of quality and service are met.
• Monitor site systems including CCTV, FM services, BMS and energy systems, telephones and lines for alarms and lift rooms are all maintained.
What we're looking for:
• Experience of working across multiple sites in a Health / NHS environment.
• Professional knowledge acquired through degree or equivalent acquired though course and / or experience
• Experience of implementing policies and practices across specialist areas/impacting on other departments
• Experience of recruitment and day-today staff management including performance management
• Experienced budget holder and payments signatory, managing a range of contractors and payment procedures.
• Experience of risk management
• Experience of change management
• Experience of planning and prioritising maintenance activities and projects including liaising with colleagues/contractors/specialist agencies and project management.
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What's in it for you?
• A competitive basic Salary
• 23 days' holiday (rising to 27) with the opportunity to buy extra leave
• The opportunity to take a paid day out of the office, volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice
• Company matched pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks' fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks...and plenty more
• Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle - from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology
• Access to our Employee Network Groups, which represent every strand of diversity and allow colleagues to connect and learn from each other on an open, inclusive platform
What we hope you'll do next:
Choose 'Apply now' to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.
We're an equal opportunity and Disability Confident employer, which means we recruit and develop people based on their merit and passion. We're committed to providing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process and working environment for everyone. If you need the job description or application form in an alternative format (such as large print or audio), or if you'd like to discuss other changes or support you might need going forward, please email Iqbal at reasonableadjustments@capita.com or call 07784 237318 and we'll get back to you. For more information about equal opportunities and process adjustments, please visit the Capita Careers website.
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