Facilities Manager - North

J Murphy & Sons; Wigan; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

J Murphy & Sons seeks a Facilities Manager to lead the facilities function across Murphy Northern geographies, including Wigan, Leeds and Ollerton, ensuring compliant, well-maintained offices. Reporting to the Operations Director, you will manage budgets, oversee M&E systems, contractor performance and safety compliance, while driving energy efficiency and service improvements.

The role requires strong experience in FM management, procurement, and regulatory standards, with a focus on delivering

Qualifications

• Suitable qualifications in FM field
• Experience managing hard and soft FM services with good knowledge of relevant codes of practice and statutory maintenance schedules (e.g. SFG20 and CIBSE standards)
• Membership of appropriate body preferred
• Strong knowledge of relevant H&S legislation
• Understanding of M&E systems to refer issues to a specialist, with the ability to interrogate reports
• Project management, contractor management and CDM knowledge desirable
• Ability to use CAFM systems to track jobs and provide reports
• Experience of setting and managing budgets preferred
• Ability to assess and implement “state of the art” FM systems where they can help and improve Murphy
• Experience in working in a “hot-desk” or “Agile” working environment and have detailed knowledge of the roll out of these types of working practices.
• Willing to travel to sites across Murphy Northern geographies, must be able to drive

Responsibilities

• Manage facilities across sites to deliver high service levels
• Ensure offices are legally compliant and logbooks are maintained
• Oversee M&E systems, HVAC, lifts and water systems for safe operations
• Manage planned and reactive asset maintenance in line with lifecycles
• Oversee outsourced contracts for cleaning, security, maintenance and catering
• Provide input on procurement, contracts and tendering for FM
• Conduct compliance audits and oversee audits from external bodies
• Produce business cases for projects to improve environments
• Drive energy efficiency and utility management across offices
• Maintain business continuity plans and respond to FM incidents
• Support policy development and reporting on FM performance

Skills

FM qualifications

Hard & soft FM

H&S knowledge

M&E systems

Project management

Contractor management

CDM knowledge

CAFM systems

Budget management

FM innovation

Agile / hot-desk

Travel / driving

Education

Facilities Management qualification

Tools

CAFM software

Job description

Murphy is recruiting for a Facilities Manager

- North to work in the Facilitries team across the North

- office include Wigan, Leeds and Ollerton.Operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada and the USA, Murphy provides better engineered solutions to infrastructure sectors including transportation, water, power and natural resources. So that our teams out on projects can run smoothly it is vital that we have robust support functions in place.

We are committed to fostering an engaging and collaborative work environment in which each person’s career is nurtured and developed. We focus on employee development, providing a culture of innovation and positive work-life balance.

Reporting into the Operations Director the Facilities Manager will be the principal point of contact for Facilities at their designated sites, delivering high service levels and ensuring legal compliance and safe work environments within an annually agreed budget.

A day in the life of a Murphy Facilities Manager

• Working with Facilities Operations Manager responsible for ensuring offices are legally compliant with relevant regulations, and onsite logbooks are maintained
• Manage buildings to a high standard, providing a safe working environment for employees and visitors
• Provide technical support and guidance on key regulatory requirements (fire, water, asbestos, electrical safety, gas, air, and LOLER), and on relevant property and facilities linked activities including building fabric, landscaping and external maintenance, M&E systems (incl. HVAC, lifts, boilers and water systems), consumables, operational security and systems, pest control, cleaning, waste disposal, archiving, and catering
• Working with Facilities Operations Manager responsible for managing planned and reactive asset maintenance, in line with FMR, long-term lifecycles and strategic plans
• Support outsourced contract management through oversight of service standards and provide feedback on delivery quality for key framework providers such as cleaning, security, maintenance and catering
• Provide technical input for routine work and project scope and specifications, ensuring orders are correct in terms of design and cost, and supporting procurement processes
• Manage contractor process, from pre-start preparations, through RAMS review and control of works, to post works inspections, ensuring delivery to time, specification and quality standards
• Responsible for conducting compliance audits to check certifications including remedial interventions are up to date, coverage of FM scopes remain appropriate, and delivery is in line with standards
• Support external audits as FM lead, ensuring documentation is in order, sites are in good condition and actions from previous assessments are closed down
• Produce business cases for projects to improve office environments and demonstrate lifecycle assessment and value for money
• Provide technical input to building strategies including office space planning, and modifications, planned programmes of work, and team moves
• Contribute to policy creation, modification, and implementation
• Deliver timely updates to the business on H&S matters, FM incidents and issues, and team performance
• Support emergency responses and management of FM-related incidents
• Maintain and update business continuity plans in line with business and regulatory changes
• Support energy and utility management across all offices, driving efficiency, and utilising sustainable options
• Conduct surveys with Murphy employees and gain feedback on facilities operations and areas for improvement
• Able to build, manage and deliver a facilities budget covering PPMs, remedial works, and planned investment
• Can assist with procurement, management, and tendering of all outsourced contracts for FM
• Manage service charge budgets with relevant stakeholders, and ensure recharges are managed accurately and effectively
• Identify cost saving opportunities

Still interested does this sound like you?

• Suitable qualifications in FM field
• Experience managing hard and soft FM services with good knowledge of relevant codes of practice and statutory maintenance schedules (e.g. SFG20 and CIBSE standards)
• Membership of appropriate body preferred
• Strong knowledge of relevant H&S legislation
• Understanding of M&E systems to the extent to be able to refer the issues to a specialist, with the ability to interrogate reports
• Project management, contractor management and CDM knowledge desirable
• Ability to use CAFM systems to track jobs and provide reports
• Experience of setting and managing budgets preferred
• Ability to assess and implement “state of the art” FM systems where they can help and improve Murphy
• Experience in working in a “hot-desk” or “Agile” working environment and have detailed knowledge of the roll out of these types of working practices.
• Willing to travel to sites across Murphy Northern geographies, must be able to drive