Facilities Maintenance Manager

Carriera Limited; London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in the luxury hotel sector is seeking a Facilities and Maintenance Manager to oversee UK properties. This role involves managing cyclical maintenance programs, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations, and driving energy-saving initiatives. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in facilities management, with experience in the hotel or leisure sector being a plus. This full-time position offers a unique opportunity to impact a portfolio of signature hotels while working closely with general managers and external contractors. If you are ready to take on this exciting challenge, we want to hear from you!

Qualifications

• Experienced in facilities and maintenance management with a focus on operational challenges.
• Understanding of building services and management of property services and suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Deliver annual maintenance schedules and manage health & safety compliance.
• Oversee contract negotiations and manage a small team at each location.

Skills

Facilities Management

Maintenance Management

Building Management Systems (BMS)

Health & Safety Compliance

Contract Negotiation

Education

Degree in Facilities Management or related field

Professional Affiliation

Job description

Job Description

Facilities and Maintenance Manager

We are delighted to bring another fantastic opportunity to the market for a facilities and maintenance manager to join a luxury hotel chain in London.

About the role:

Our client owns and manages a handful of signature hotels in the UK and Internationally, these properties are intrinsically interesting, typically listed or within a conservation area. The focus of this facilities management role is on the UK properties, with a critical mass in London and a slight regional presence, each hotel showcases taste and creativity through its décor, rooms, food and beverage – behind the splendor each has its own operational challenges.

About you:

We are looking for the maestro of facilities and maintenance management, you will be somebody who understands the assets, pulls together cyclical maintenance programmes and can deal with reactive maintenance in a timely and efficient manner. You will understand and use building management systems (BMS), as well as driving energy saving measures and helping to build out Net Zero road maps.

You will be an experienced facilities and maintenance manager, who is used to working in a complex environment where the customer and operational teams are carefully considered. You may be a forces veteran or come from a trades or degree background, ideally you will have some professional affiliation. What is important is your understanding of building services, the management and maintenance of them, running an operational estate and managing all property services and suppliers. Experience of working in the hotel or leisure sector would be beneficial.

Some of the facilities manager’s duties:

• Contract reviews and negotiations for suppliers and services.
• Deliver an annual maintenance schedule across the estate, cyclical and planned.
• Preparing annual capex budgets.
• Manage all health & safety, risk registers, cdm, compliance and operational plans.
• Management of a small team at each location and external contractors, driving value and best practices.
• Work closely and support the general managers of each hotel.
• Manage utilities providers and ensure all testing and certification is carried out across the estate.
• Roll out of BMS installation programme.
• Attend and contribute to the team and executive meetings.
• Respond to critical situations as needed.

You will have a pragmatic, can-do attitude and be used to shouldering responsibility.

This is a full-time role that will initially focus on the UK properties but will provide a longer-term opportunity to look after the whole portfolio.

Interested? Call Elliot Wright for the inside edge on this fantastic opportunity at 0203 817 4000.