Building Manager

PMR; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A property management firm is seeking a Building Manager to lead a residential site team in East London. The candidate will be responsible for daily inspections, managing budgets, supervising staff, and ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations. Strong communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• Experience managing teams while providing excellent customer service.
• Strong communication skills to build relationships with clients.
• Ability to maintain records and manage budgets effectively.
• Knowledge of Health and Safety regulations and Residential Landlord legislation.

Responsibilities

• Conduct daily inspections of the development.
• Manage the service charge budget and expenditures.
• Supervise and train onsite staff.
• Handle correspondence with residents and clients.

Skills

Team management

Customer service

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Administration

Tools

IT skills

Job description

Overview

Our client is recruiting for a Building Manager to lead the team at a Residential site in East London.

Main duties

• Daily internal and external inspections of the development.
• Setting the service charge budget.
• Dealing with section 20's.
• Managing and supervising the onsite staff, training new staff.
• Monitoring existing estate service contracts for value and quality.
• Dealing with all correspondence from residents & clients appropriately.
• Building and maintaining working relationships with the leaseholders, developer and managing agent and attending regular meetings as appropriate.
• Monitoring, reviewing, and managing charge expenditures and controlling costs.
• Ensuring all Health & Safety obligations and Duty of Care are met effectively.

Requirements

• Demonstrable experience of managing people/teams and delivering an exceptional customer service.
• Confident, articulate communicator – both orally and in writing; able to build relationships with all types of customers and client with a resolution focused mentality, creative in your approach.
• Efficient in maintaining administration and record keeping electronically.
• Demonstrable ability dealing with problems and challenges effectively.
• Comprehensive understanding of the principles relating to Health and Safety regulations and Residential Landlord & Tenant legislation.
• Excellent IT skills, social–media awareness and up to date with new technology.
• Demonstrable experience with multi schedule budget preparation and management.

You must have a strong solid proven track record within a similar environment, an understanding of building maintenance and knowledge of Health & Safety in the workplace and carrying out risk assessments.

The successful candidate will be IT literate, have excellent communication, organisational and time management skills as well as being truly motivated, tenacious, and resourceful.