Strategic Facilities Leader – Secure Centre & Asset Management

Serco; Lavadia; On-site; AUD 136,000 - 184,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging options

Wellbeing benefits

Employee referral program

Career support programs

Job summary

Serco is seeking an experienced Facilities Manager to lead a multidisciplinary team at Clarence Correctional Centre in NSW. You will provide strategic direction for facilities operations, asset management and compliance, while guiding a high-performing culture focused on safety and accountability.

You will manage budgets, governance and stakeholder engagement, delivering capital works and continuous improvement across a regulated, secure environment.

Qualifications

• Experience leading facilities/maintenance in large, complex or highly regulated environments.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams through supervisors, frontline leaders or managers.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to coach, develop and empower others.
• Experience managing budgets and capital works.
• Experience managing contractors and service providers in performance-based environments.
• A valid driver’s licence is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic direction and leadership across the Facilities function.
• Lead, coach and develop a multidisciplinary team of supervisors and facilities professionals.
• Oversee preventative and reactive maintenance programs across the Centre.
• Lead whole-of-life asset management, including lifecycle planning, capital works and repair-versus-replace decisions.
• Manage contractor and supplier relationships, ensuring performance, safety, compliance and value for money.
• Manage operational and capital budgets, resource allocation and financial risks and opportunities.
• Drive performance against contractual and operational KPIs.
• Ensure compliance with contractual, statutory, regulatory, environmental, safety and security requirements.
• Provide trusted advice and evidence-based recommendations to operational leaders and stakeholders.
• Lead facilities projects, capital works and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Build strong relationships across the Centre and with contractors, service providers and external agencies.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Budget management

Contractor management

Governance & compliance

Communication

Decision making

People development

Driver’s license

Education

Facilities management qualification

Engineering / Building services background

Job description

Serco is seeking an experienced Facilities Manager to lead a multidisciplinary team at Clarence Correctional Centre in NSW. You will provide strategic direction for facilities operations, asset management and compliance, while guiding a high-performing culture focused on safety and accountability.

You will manage budgets, governance and stakeholder engagement, delivering capital works and continuous improvement across a regulated, secure environment.