Facilities Manager

VINCI Facilities; Watford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

VINCI Facilities is looking for an experienced Facilities Manager to oversee comprehensive service delivery for a high-profile client. The role involves managing teams across hard and soft services, ensuring compliance, and driving operational excellence. Candidates should have relevant certifications and a strong background in facilities management to support our commitment to sustainability and exceptional client service.

Benefits

26 days holiday (+ bank holidays)

Generous pension contribution

Life assurance

Additional training and development

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a Facilities Manager role.
• Strong understanding of compliance and health & safety.
• Experience managing multi-site portfolios or complex estates.

Responsibilities

• Manage service delivery teams to meet contractual obligations.
• Ensure compliance with statutory and health & safety regulations.
• Build and maintain effective client relationships.

Skills

Communication

Organizational

Stakeholder Management

Education

IOSH/NEBOSH Certification

Technical Qualifications (e.g. M&E background)

Job description

Hours: Full Time - 40 hours - Monday to Friday

Creating and maintaining great places to live and work delivered by excellent people who care…

Purpose of Role

Are you an experienced Facilities Manager ready to take ownership of a high-profile, fast-paced contract? We’re looking for a proactive and professional Facilities Manager to oversee all hard, soft, and bespoke services for our prestigious client, LocatED – the government-owned property company supporting the Department for Education.

Job Description

As Facilities Manager, you’ll lead the day-to-day delivery of total facilities management across a diverse and often complex estate. You’ll be responsible for ensuring compliance, driving performance, and maintaining excellent client relationships across a contract that includes:

Hard services: Reactive and planned maintenance, statutory compliance, minor works
Soft services: Cleaning, security, waste, grounds maintenance (where applicable)
Bespoke services: Site-specific support, client-focused initiatives, and strategic property support tailored to the needs of LocatED

Responsibilities

Manage service delivery teams and subcontractors to ensure contractual obligations are met
Drive operational excellence and continuous improvement across all service lines
Ensure statutory and health & safety compliance across all properties
Build and maintain effective client relationships, acting as the key point of contact
Manage budgets, procurement, and reporting for contract performance
Support mobilisations, property transactions, and site inspections as required by the client

Essential Qualifications/Skills

Proven experience in a Facilities Manager role (ideally with exposure to both hard and soft FM)
Strong understanding of compliance frameworks and health & safety legislation
Excellent communication, organisational, and stakeholder management skills
Experience managing multi-site portfolios or complex estates preferred
IOSH/NEBOSH and relevant technical qualifications (e.g. M&E background) are desirable
Candidate must be able to achieve an Enhanced DBS as part of the joining process

In return for your hard work we offer additional training and development, 26 days holiday (+ bank holidays), generous pension contribution, life assurance and much more.

We are VINCI Facilities – experts in the built environment. VINCI Facilities is a Facilities Management and Building Solutions provider, delivering cost-effective and sustainable bespoke solutions to customers in the public and private sectors. We are committed to working towards a lower carbon society, focusing on sustainable and innovative methods to exceed our partners' goals and add value for all stakeholders – and we were named the top-ranked FM service provider in the Sustainable FM Index for 2020. We put our people first. Always working as a team and collaborating from start to finish. We are the trusted expert in the built environment because we listen to our team and create a workplace that maximises their potential.

Fairness, Inclusion and Respect (FIR) at VINCI Facilities is about recognising and celebrating each other’s differences and what they bring to the team. Harnessing this diversity and applying the experiences, abilities and unique qualities of individuals will enhance our business; therefore, we commit to equity of opportunity and fair treatment of all current and potential employees and encourage job applications from all.

Should you require any reasonable adjustments to be made as part of the application process please contact us directly.

VINCI recognises the importance of helping our employees balance their work and home life by offering flexible working arrangements across many of our roles which include working from home to enable employees to balance their working life with other priorities.