Facilities Manager

Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services; Salford; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A forward-thinking company is seeking a Facilities Manager to ensure efficient operations at a school site. This role involves managing budgets, ensuring compliance, and delivering outstanding service. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Facilities Management, particularly in educational environments, and possess excellent communication and negotiation skills. Join a dynamic team that values diversity and is committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare. This position offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact while progressing your career in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Flexible lifestyle benefits platform

Cycle-to-work scheme

High street discounts

Enhanced pension contributions

Life cover up to four times salary

Training and development opportunities

Recognition awards (Mitie Stars)

Qualifications

• Experience in Facilities Management, especially in educational settings.
• Proven knowledge of PFI contracts and operational management.

Responsibilities

• Manage facilities operations to ensure compliance and service delivery.
• Oversee budgets and maintain accurate contract records.

Skills

Facilities Management

Budget Management

Stakeholder Relationship Management

Communication Skills

Negotiation Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Problem-Solving Skills

Adaptability

Education

General Education

Facilities Management Experience

Tools

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

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The position involves providing Facilities Management control and support for a school site, ensuring efficient and effective operations to achieve full contractual and statutory compliance. You will support the Regional Account Manager in managing and delivering contractual obligations and client expectations while monitoring and reporting on Service Delivery performance as required. A key responsibility is managing budgets effectively to ensure contract profitability while delivering outstanding service to the school.

We are looking for someone with a good general education and relevant Facilities Management experience, including proven knowledge/experience of PFI contracts and education-specific environments. Success in a similar service setting, operational understanding of utilities and lifecycle management, and stakeholder relationship skills are crucial. Effective communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills are essential, alongside the ability to work independently, drive improvements, and deliver performance-focused results. Flexibility, adaptability, team-oriented attitude, and coaching and management skills are important. Proficiency in PC applications, including Outlook, Excel, and Word, is required to excel in this position.

Mitie is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

The role requires managing and supporting teams to meet contract requirements and service delivery standards in line with MITIE's values. Guidance must be provided to site teams to meet Service Level Agreements (SLAs) in a timely manner, ensuring that budgets and specifications are met. Controls must be in place through audits to monitor and manage services delivered by MITIE and subcontractors. Maintaining accurate contract administration and record-keeping during site visits is essential. You will ensure planned preventative maintenance, projects, and lifecycle works are effectively scheduled to minimize disruption for school users. Collaborating with the Regional Account Manager on procurement, variations, and contract changes is required to deliver value for money.

Health and safety compliance is a critical component, which includes liaising with clients on policies and procedures and assisting with audit processes. You will engage with support functions and specialists to coordinate their input into contracts and maintain effective communication with clients during regular meetings. Additionally, the role involves producing monthly and ad hoc reports with validated data, including FM services, additional hours, utilities, damages, lifecycle, variations, and benchmarking. Feedback will be provided to the Account Manager on service delivery, staff management, and legal compliance, ensuring continuous improvement.

Further responsibilities include acting as the main point of contact for Authority/SPV and school representatives, performing Authorising or Responsible Person duties, assessing damage jobs for cost recovery, and managing day-to-day staff issues such as recruitment, discipline, and development. You will oversee the selection, training, and retention of staff in line with MITIE's HR policies while supporting their career development and succession planning. Adherence to safeguarding policies is mandatory, and concerns must be raised accordingly. Confidentiality of sensitive information must be maintained, and other related duties may be undertaken as needed.

If you are working in regulated activity please note that you are subject to the following:

• It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working regulated activity to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with that particular group (i.e. vulnerable adults, children or both).
• This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and Mitie is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children or vulnerable adults.
  
  

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Mitie is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

If you are working in regulated activity please note that you are subject to the following:

• It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working regulated activity to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with that particular group (i.e. vulnerable adults, children or both).
• This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and Mitie is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children or vulnerable adults.
  
  

Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.

We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.

When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!

We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).

We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!

Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Christian Kalugin at [e-mail].

Since 1987, Mitie’s 72,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.

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