Senior Facilities & Workplace Operations Leader

Confidential; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential in the UAE is seeking an experienced facilities leader to manage head office and branch operations, ensuring safe, reliable, and cost-effective environments to support banking operations.

The role oversees fit-outs, maintenance programs, workplace services, security, vendor management, and data-powered facility analytics, with a focus on health, safety, and business continuity under UAE regulations.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in facility management or corporate real estate within banking/financial services
• Senior leadership experience of a facility management team
• Strong knowledge of health, safety, building, security, and record-retention standards
• Exposure to AI-enabled building monitoring and digital workplace tooling

Responsibilities

• Coordinate site fit-out, furnishing, signage, utilities activation, and handover against launch milestones
• Operate preventive and corrective maintenance programs for building systems (HVAC, power, lighting, life-safety)
• Manage day-to-day workplace services (cleaning, mailroom, pantry, space/desk management, meeting facilities)
• Implement UAE health-and-safety procedures, inspections, drills, records, and closure of findings
• Coordinate physical-security arrangements (access control, CCTV, guarding, key management, visitors)
• Manage facilities vendors, service contracts, SLAs, invoices, and cost improvements
• Track facilities spend, maintain floor plans, asset registers, permits, warranties, service records
• Support business continuity, evacuation plans, facility-incident response, alternate-site arrangements
• Use smart-building/AI-enabled monitoring tools for utilization, energy, equipment health, and reporting

Skills

Leadership

Facilities management

Digital workplace tools

AI-enabled monitoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree or diploma in FM/engineering

Tools

CAFM

Job description

Confidential in the UAE is seeking an experienced facilities leader to manage head office and branch operations, ensuring safe, reliable, and cost-effective environments to support banking operations.

The role oversees fit-outs, maintenance programs, workplace services, security, vendor management, and data-powered facility analytics, with a focus on health, safety, and business continuity under UAE regulations.