Facilities Manager

Sanctuary; Chester; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization as a Facilities Manager in Chester, where you will oversee compliant and cost-effective facilities management across multiple sites. This role offers the chance to develop your career in a supportive environment, ensuring high standards of service while managing budgets and contractors. You will be part of a dedicated team focused on improving efficiency and providing excellent customer service. With a competitive salary and a range of benefits, this is an exciting opportunity to make a real impact in a leading provider of housing and care services.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Pension scheme

Life Assurance

Employee Advice Service

Cycle to Work scheme

Voluntary health plans

Wellbeing support

Employee discounts

Employee Networks

Qualifications

• Proven experience in multi-site facilities management is essential.
• Strong communicator with excellent customer service skills.
• Outstandingly organized with attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with health and safety standards.
• Manage contractors and prepare office budgets.
• Develop and monitor facility management programs.

Skills

Multi-site facilities management

Communication skills

Customer service skills

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Driving license

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Facilities Manager

Chester

£32,244 - £33,941 per year

35 hours per week

We have an exciting opportunity for a Facilities Manager to join our team of 26 based in Chester. In this role you will be responsible for group office and hub offices delivering fully compliant, cost-effective facilities management services. This position covers the Northwest region. There may be occasions when other regions need to be covered as part of a buddy system.

The role of Facilities Manager will include:

• Ensuring compliance with health and safety standards
• Arranging the servicing and repair of facilities and equipment
• Managing contractors
• Preparing and tracking office budgets which includes verifying invoices and approving payments
• Developing and monitoring a facility management programme including preventative maintenance and life-cycle requirements
• Being on call to react to office / equipment failures

Skills and experiences:

• Proven experience of multi-site facilities management is essential
• Ability to manage priorities and meet customer expectations
• The successful candidate will be a strong communicator with experience of facilities management and have excellent communication and customer services skills
• Outstandingly organised with a high degree of attention to detail and accuracy
• Awareness of opportunities to improve efficiency and standards
• Travel is a requirement of the role, therefore a full driving licence is essential

Why work for us?

One of the UK’s leading providers of housing, care and commercial services, Sanctuary employs more than 14,000 people and manages over 116,000 units of accommodation throughout England and Scotland, including general rented, retirement living, supported housing, student and key worker accommodation and care homes. Sanctuary also provides a range of other services including maintenance, care and telecare, all of which are delivered by our dedicated employees who are completely committed to customer service.

As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary a great place to work, where your wellbeing is of genuine importance, we have developed an attractive employment package. The package recognises your contribution, supports your physical, mental and financial health and gives you the flexibility to tailor your employee benefits by offering:

• 25 days annual leave (rising to a maximum of 30 days) plus public holidays
• A pension scheme with matching employer contributions from Sanctuary up to set limits
• Life Assurance
• Employee Advice Service including counselling
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Voluntary health plans
• Wellbeing support and tools
• Employee platform to access your reward and wellbeing package online, find exclusive discounts, wellbeing resources and recognition tools
• Employee Networks, with a shared interest in inclusion, and who provide invaluable support to colleagues
• £32,244 per annum (rising to £33,941 per annum after 12 months, subject to satisfactory performance)

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management

• Industries

  Non-profit Organizations

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