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Facilities Manager
Fleetwood - FY5
£46,000 - £48,000 p/a
£6,000 p/a car allowance
We are currently recruiting an experienced PFI Facilities Manager to manager a large school site in Fleetwood. The site is preparing for hand-back in 3 years and will be the first for the business so you will be spearheading this from an on-site perspective, following this your experience will be utilized on further hand-backs in the future. This is a great opportunity to get a some experience in very sought-after field and become a market-leader in the field.

The relationship between the school, FM co and SPV is a good one - while communication is good, understandably at this time commercial viability is a focus and more push backs are being made, so a strong contractual knowledge and astute commercial mind will be key for this role.

You will need to be based on the site 3 days a week with scope for working in the regional office or from home 2 days a week.

Duties of the role include:

Managing a hard services FM contract for a large school.

Managing Engineering, Grounds, and Security through a small on-site team and a wider team of supporting subcontractors.
Monitoring performance of subcontractor ensuring high quality of work and good value for money.
Monitoring contractual KPI's to make sure all SLA's are met and penalties are minimized.
Attending meetings with the school to discuss ongoing work and projects, keeping communication high and relationships strong.
Attending contract challenge meetings as appropriate between the school and the SPV alongside the commercial manager as required.
Working with the Projects and Lifecycle Teams to complete additional and minor works as well as any needed cap-ex works.

The ideal candidate will have the following skills and experience:

Experience in PFI is essential

Experience in managing hard services is essential
Managing FM within schools or colleges is a benefit
Good communication skills
Good commercial awareness
Detail focused and organised