Buildings Manager

FirstGroup Internal; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A national transport and asset management company is seeking a Buildings Manager based in Plymouth to oversee commercial office premises across the GWR network. Responsibilities include managing asset maintenance, collaborating with stakeholders, and ensuring compliance with management systems. The ideal candidate will possess qualifications in Estates Management and significant experience in asset management. This role offers a 37-hour working week, Monday to Friday. Travel is required across the GWR network to manage properties effectively.

Qualifications

• Professional membership of an external accreditation professional body appropriate for role.
• Extensive experience in Estates Management including working with various contract types.
• Awareness or experience in Property Management and/or Asset Management.
• Experience coordinating and working with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage GWR's occupied Commercial office premises, ensuring functionality and critical requirements.
• Lead as the single point of contact with GWR's Landlords and managing agents.
• Manage timely maintenance, repair and renewals of commercial offices.
• Assess ongoing asset condition and service delivery.
• Track and report on asset performance and health monitoring.

Skills

Organised with the ability to prioritise workload

Able to establish relationships and communicate effectively

Customer focused

Able to challenge and make informed decisions

Education

Qualification in a disciplined field – Estates Management, Built Environment, Asset Management

Certification – MRICS, IAM, CIOB, CIBSE, IET

Job description

About the team:

Property Asset Management are responsible for the maintenance, inspection, repair / renewal of operational and commercial property assets, along with the estates management of our property portfolio. In line with our contract obligations and the national station access conditions delivered through our asset management system certified to ISO55001.

About the job:

An exciting opportunity to join our team as we continue our asset management journey in maximising the effectiveness and efficiencies of our Operational and Commercial Property portfolio.

Leading on the day-to-day asset management for our Commercial office premises across the GWR network, defined by the scope of our asset management system.

Ensuring our Commercial offices are fit for purpose and readily available, by providing a quality service that optimises the asset life-cycle delivery through excellence in asset management safely, efficiently and sustainably.

Working in collaboration with our internal and external Stakeholders managing their expectations and needs. Ensuring compliance with GWR's integrated management systems and our asset management system requirements certified to ISO55001.

Your main responsibilities will be:

As the Buildings Manager, you will have the day-to-day responsibilities for managing GWRs occupied Commercial office premises, supporting the functionality and business critical requirements across key strategic locations including, but not limited to, Plymouth (location base) and Swindon (GWR HQ).

Lead as the single point of contact with GWRs Landlords managing agents where applicable including managing service charges and utilities queries.

Work in partnership with GWRs FM and Asset Services provider, along with GWRs key Supply Chain partners.

Manage the timely maintenance, repair and renewals of GWR commercial office premises in accordance with our contract obligations and lease agreements.

Assess the on-going asset condition and service delivery for the Commercial Offices, providing an on-going lifecycle assessment of condition, with plans for asset replacements for the short, medium and long-term.

Act as Sponsor for Minor Emerging Works throughout the life cycle delivery – managing cost, risk and performance.

Undertake Contractor / Tenant site assurance checks / audits in compliance with our Safety Plan.

Track and report on the asset performance and health monitoring on our statutory and non-statutory planned preventative maintenance (PPM).

You'll need to be:

• Organised with the ability to prioritise workload
• Able to establish relationships and communicate effectively with colleagues and stakeholders
• Customer focused
• Able to challenge and make informed decision making

As a minimum you’ll need to have:

• Qualification in a disciplined field – Estates Management, Built Environment, Asset Management;
• Certification – MRICS, IAM, CIOB, CIBSE, IET
• Professional Membership of an external accreditation professional body appropriate for role;
• Extensive experience in Estates Management including working with various contract types;
• Awareness or Experience in Property Management and / or Asset Management;
• Experience of coordinating and working with multidisciplinary teams on a variety of issues or projects;

About the location:

As well as being based in Plymouth the role also requires operating and managing over a large geographical area of the GWR operational network. Therefore, the candidate must be willing to travel across our network to familiarise themselves with our property asset portfolio and develop relationships with our internal and external stakeholders, including the undertaken of planned Safety Tours.

Working Pattern:

37 hour working week – Monday to Friday.

Additional Information:

For further information please contact Matthew Crittle, Head of Property Asset Management on 07525 641568.

For more information regarding the application process please contact the GWR Recruitment Team at [e-mail].