Depot Facilities Manager

Co-op; Manchester; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cooperative is seeking a Depot Facilities Manager for their West Thurrock site. You'll ensure effective facilities management across depots, helping maintain a safe and productive environment. With competitive salary and benefits, this role is ideal for someone experienced in facilities management and looking to make a real impact.

Benefits

28 days holiday plus bank holidays

10% employer contribution to pension

Access to coaching and training

Discounted gym membership

Wagestream access

Free on-site parking

Employee support services

30% off Co-op branded products

Qualifications

• Experience working to a compliance framework.
• Understanding of operational FM environments.
• Ability to build and manage relationships with partners.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all property-related activities at the depot.
• Manage relationships with logistics, contractors, and other stakeholders.
• Conduct audits and inspections to ensure compliance and safety.

Skills

Operational experience of FM

Awareness of supply chain management

Good general IT skills

Strong risk awareness

Commercial approach

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Depot Facilities Manager – West Thurrock
£43,000 to £52,000 plus benefits and an additional pay enhancement of £270 per out of hours on call shift (Work Level 6A)
Full-time (37.5 hours) Monday to Friday, with additional occasional out of hours on call shifts
Based at our West Thurrock depot

We want our teams to reflect the diversity of the communities that we serve, and we know we’ve got some work to do to get us there. We welcome applications from everyone, and encourage applications from candidates from ethnic minority backgrounds.

We’re looking for a depot facilities manager to join us and help us deliver a great FM (facilities management) service across our logistics estate. Our Co-op stores are supplied from depots across the UK – they're fast-paced environments with a strong focus on safety and colleague wellbeing. You’ll be key to making sure our depots are places that our colleagues are proud of and thrive in, allowing them to pass this fantastic service on to our stores, members, and customers.

In this role, you’ll be based at our West Thurrock depot, where you’ll have primary responsibility for facilities services. We’ll look to you to build and maintain relationships with key service users to allow operations to run effectively, oversee contractor performance and deliver service improvement projects, that align with our overall FM plan. If you have a commercial approach and experience working in FM, then we can offer you the opportunity to grow your career and make a real impact across Co-op.

What you’ll do

• Provide oversight of all property-related activities on the site, operating as part of our depot operational management team and a trusted advisor on property-related matters
• Build and manage relationships with key partners, such as logistics operations, contractors, property, and construction colleagues
• Identify and co-ordinate responses to any property-related risks to depot operations
• Be fully aware of all open and outstanding FM or property activity for the assigned site and liaise with relevant partners to prioritise delivery
• Undertake formal periodic audits and daily walks/inspections to make sure that on site conditions are suitable and required works are picked up early
• Lead on incident management for your site, co-ordinating the response to maintain/bring back to full operation as quickly as possible
• Provide of out of hours cover (covering all depots nationally) as part of a rota

This role would suit people who have

• Operational experience of FM
• An awareness of supply chain management
• Experience of working to a compliance framework, and strong risk awareness
• Good general IT skills (you’re comfortable using programmes in the Microsoft Office Suite, such as Excel and PowerPoint)
• A commercial approach

Why Co-op?

If you’ve got the skills and experience we’re looking for, we can offer you a competitive salary and great benefits package which includes 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores (as well as other discounts on Co-op products and services). You’ll also get:

• 28 days holiday (rising to 32 in line with service) plus bank holidays
• A pension with up to 10% employer contributions
• Coaching and training to support your career development
• Wagestream – a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
• Access to a discounted Nuffield Health gym membership across multiple locations
• Grocery Aid – 24/7 access to a range of emotional, financial, and practical support services for you and your family
• Free on-site parking at your depot

Building an inclusive work environment

At Co-op, we’re proud to do things a different way. As one of the world’s largest co-operatives, owned by millions of members, community is at the heart of what we do. Since our Co-op was founded in 1844, we’ve had a clear social purpose, and everything we do as a business helps to build more value for our member-owners every day.

We’re actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.

We'll ask whether you’d like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.

If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we’ll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.

You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process.

You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme at Disability Confident Scheme - Co-op Colleagues and more about our commitments to diversity and inclusion here

As part of your application, you'll need to complete an online assessment. This assessment typically takes between 45-60 minutes. If you're a current Co-op colleague, this does not need to be completed.