Facilities Manager

Downer; Forster; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare discounts

Retail savings

Car purchases

Job summary

Downer is seeking a Facilities Manager to lead integrated services across Stockland's diverse portfolio in Australia. You will oversee site teams, drive operational excellence, and manage cost-effective delivery while maintaining safety and compliance standards.

Reporting to the Regional Manager, you will build strong relationships with stakeholders, optimise workforce productivity, and promote a collaborative, high-performance culture across multi-site operations.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in facilities/property management across commercial, retail, or mixed-use sites.
• Skilled in managing multi-site operations using both self-delivery and subcontractor models.
• Strong budgeting, cost control, and performance reporting.
• Experienced in compliance with building codes, fire safety (e.g. BWOF), and environmental standards.
• Proficient in FM systems (CMMS, CAFM) and Microsoft Office.
• Knowledgeable in asset lifecycle, preventative maintenance, and contractor oversight.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support site teams to deliver safe, efficient, and customer-focused services by fostering a collaborative culture, setting clear expectations, and developing capability aligned with Stockland's values and operational goals.
• Driving operational excellence and team engagement through collaborative leadership.
• Ensuring commercial success through cost optimisation, workforce productivity, and capability development.
• Building strong, proactive relationships with Stockland stakeholders to deliver value and responsiveness.
• Identify and support site-level service improvements and collaborative delivery models in partnership with Stockland's site leadership to enhance operational performance and customer outcomes.

Skills

Facilities management

Multi-site operations

Budgeting

Cost control

Compliance

Team leadership

Tools

CMMS

CAFM

Microsoft Office

Job description

We're proud to announce an exciting new milestone for Downer.

Downer has been awarded a major Integrated Facilities Management contract with Stockland, delivering services across a national portfolio of commercial offices, retail centres, logistics facilities and land lease communities. This long‑term partnership reflects Downer's strength in managing large, complex portfolios and delivering high‑quality services at scale.

We currently have an opportunity for a Facilities Manager to join our workforce and play a key role in the operational delivery, and performance of integrated facilities services across Stockland's diverse property portfolio. Reporting to the Regional Manager, Facilities Services, you'll help deliver high-quality outcomes for our client and our communities.

What You'll Do

This role offers a broad scope, with key responsibilities including:

• Lead and support site teams to deliver safe, efficient, and customer-focused services by fostering a collaborative culture, setting clear expectations, and developing capability aligned with Stockland's values and operational goals.
• Driving operational excellence and team engagement through collaborative leadership.
• Ensuring commercial success through cost optimisation, workforce productivity, and capability development.
• Building strong, proactive relationships with Stockland stakeholders to deliver value and responsiveness.
• Identify and support site-level service improvements and collaborative delivery models in partnership with Stockland's site leadership to enhance operational performance and customer outcomes.

What You'll Bring

• Extensive experience in facilities/property management, ideally across commercial, retail, or mixed-use sites.
• Skilled in managing multi-site operations using both self-delivery and subcontractor models.
• Strong financial skills in budgeting, cost control, and performance reporting.
• Experienced in compliance with building codes, fire safety (e.g. BWOF), and environmental standards.
• Proficient in FM systems (e.g. CMMS, CAFM) and Microsoft Office.
• Knowledgeable in asset lifecycle, preventative maintenance, and contractor oversight.

More than anything, you'll bring a strong work ethic, a positive attitude, and a commitment to delivering high-quality outcomes for our clients.

Why Downer?

At Downer, we plan, create, and sustain essential public services across Australia and New Zealand. From hospitals to data centres and defence partnerships, we manage critical infrastructure that keeps communities thriving.

What It Means to Belong at Downer

We're proud of our high-performance culture and commitment to diversity, offering:

• Training and development to support and diversify your career.
• With 30% of vacancies filled internally you'll find real opportunities to advance your career.
• Perks@Downer: healthcare discounts, great savings on retail purchases, car purchases and much more.
• Employee Assistance Program: professional support for you and your family when you need it most.

You want your work to matter and so do we. With over 26,000 people across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, our team is made up of individuals with unique perspectives, backgrounds, and ideas.

We know that diversity makes us stronger and we actively celebrate it through our commitment to inclusion and belonging.

We're committed to building a team that reflects the diverse communities we serve and we welcome people of all ages, genders, sexual orientations, cultures, abilities, and lived experiences. We especially encourage applications from those whose voices have traditionally been underrepresented in our industry, including women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Māori and Pasifika Peoples, veterans, people with disability, and neurodivergent individuals. Even if your experience doesn't align perfectly with this role, we'd still like to hear from you. If it feels like the right fit, apply - potential counts, and so do you.

As a WORK180 Endorsed Employer, we support flexibility that works for your life, inclusive leadership that values your voice, and equitable access to opportunity so you can do your best work and bring your whole self to it.

If you need support or adjustments through the recruitment process, just let us know, we're here to help you put your best foot forward.