Facility Manager

Newton School; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,000,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

An educational technology company based in Bengaluru is looking for a Facilities Manager. The role involves overseeing operations across multiple student hostels and related facilities, ensuring high standards of cleanliness, safety, and efficiency. The ideal candidate will have strong vendor management skills, budgeting expertise, and the ability to lead a team effectively. If you're passionate about creating exceptional student experiences and have a proven track record in facilities or hostel management, this role is for you.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in hostel management or multi-site property operations.
• Strong experience managing vendors across multiple services.
• Demonstrated ability to build and manage operations teams.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day operations across multiple hostels and transport services.
• Ensure safety, hygiene, cleanliness, and infrastructure maintenance.
• Manage vendor relationships and negotiate contracts.

Skills

Property Management

Hostel Management

Facilities Management

Vendor Management

F&B management

Multi-site Operations

Budgeting & Cost Control

Job description

Job Description

We are looking for a proactive and execution-driven Facilities Manager to oversee end-to-end operations across multiple student hostels, mess & transport facilities. The role requires strong vendor management, budgeting expertise, team leadership, and a high ownership mindset to ensure seamless operations and excellent student experience.

About Newton School

Come be part of a rocketship that’s creating a massive impact in the world of education! On one side you have over a million college graduates every year with barely 5% employability rates and on the other side, there are thousands of companies struggling to find talent. Newton School aims to bridge this massive gap through its personalised learning platform. We are building an online university and solving the deep problem of employability of graduates.

We have a strong core team consisting of alumni from IIT's and IIM’s, having several years of industry experience in companies like Unacademy, Inmobi, Ola, Microsoft – among others. On this mission, we are backed by some of the most respected investors around the world – RTP Global, Nexus Venture Partners and a slew of angel investors including CRED’s Kunal Shah, Flipkart’s Kalyan Krishnamoorthy, Unacademy and Razorpay founders, Udaan’s Sujeet Kumar among others.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day operations across multiple student hostels, mess facilities, and transport services.
• Ensure high standards of safety, hygiene, cleanliness, and infrastructure maintenance across all properties.
• Manage and coordinate vendors (Food, transport, maintenance); define and track SLAs and drive timely escalations.
• Source and onboard new vendors; negotiate contracts to optimize cost and quality.
• Scout and evaluate new hostel locations; support setup, readiness, and operational launch.
• Build, train, and manage on-ground operations teams.
• Own budgeting and cost control across properties; monitor expenses and drive efficiency.
• Act as the escalation point for student concerns; ensure prompt resolution.
• Establish and streamline SOPs, dashboards, and reporting systems to track operational performance.
• Ensure compliance with safety, local regulations, and campus policies.
• Drive scalability by designing standardized processes, and systems that enable seamless expansion across new hostels and locations.

Key Requirements

• Proven experience in hostel management, facilities management, campus operations, F&B managers or multi-site property operations.
• Strong experience managing vendors across housekeeping, mess/canteen, security, and transport.
• Demonstrated ability to build and manage operations teams.
• Experience in budgeting, cost control, and vendor negotiations.
• Strong problem-solving, multi-tasking, stakeholder management, and escalation-handling skills.
• Process-oriented mindset with the ability to track SLAs and ensure accountability.
• Experience working with student communities or residential campuses is a strong plus.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills.

Mandatory Skills

• Property Management
• Hostel Management
• Facilities Management
• Vendor Management
• F&B management
• Multi-site Operations
• Budgeting & Cost Control