Facilities Manager

Southern Cross Healthcare; Auckland; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration

Relocation allowance

Employee referral bonus

Health insurance

Wellbeing programme

Discounts from partners

Employee Network

Job summary

Southern Cross Healthcare Auckland Surgical Centre is seeking a Facilities Manager to own the facilities, infrastructure, and day-to-day operations. You will lead maintenance, compliance, and improvement projects across buildings, plant, and services while coordinating contractors and budgeted initiatives.

You will balance hands-on problem-solving with long-term planning in a complex healthcare environment, delivering safe, reliable facilities that support patients and staff every day.

Qualifications

• Experience in facilities management, building services, engineering, or a related trade environment.
• Experience of industrial boiler maintenance is essential.
• Strong practical knowledge of building maintenance, plant, and operational infrastructure.
• Experience managing external contractors and service providers.
• Technical capability to oversee maintenance across building systems and equipment.
• Experience with preventative maintenance in a live operational environment.
• Understanding of building compliance, health and safety, and contractor management.
• Strong problem-solving and organisational skills with the ability to manage priorities.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to build effective relationships with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day facilities management, maintenance, and reliability of hospital buildings and plant.
• Coordinate preventative maintenance, upgrades, and refurbishment projects.
• Manage external contractors and service providers to meet safety and quality standards.
• Monitor energy use, cost control, and opportunities for efficiency improvements.
• Ensure building compliance, health and safety, and operational readiness in a live environment.
• Collaborate with hospital teams to support patient care and staff needs.

Skills

Facilities management

Building services

Contractor management

Building compliance

Preventative maintenance

Energy efficiency

Project coordination

Health and safety

Stakeholder communication

Job description

Southern Cross Healthcare - Auckland, North Island

Ready to take ownership of the facilities and infrastructure that support a busy surgical hospital?

As our Facilities Manager, you'll play a key role in ensuring Auckland Surgical Centre remains safe, reliable, compliant, and operating at its best. This is a broad and hands-on role with responsibility for the day-to-day management and maintenance of the hospital's buildings, grounds, plant, equipment, and critical infrastructure.

Working closely with hospital teams, property colleagues, contractors, and service providers, you'll oversee everything from preventative maintenance and building compliance through to refurbishment projects, plant upgrades, energy efficiency, and contractor performance.

No two days will be the same. You'll balance hands-on problem-solving with longer-term planning, coordinating maintenance and essential works while identifying opportunities to improve facilities, manage costs, and support the ongoing development of the hospital.

This is an opportunity to take real ownership of a complex healthcare environment and make a tangible difference to the facilities and infrastructure that support our people, specialists, and patients every day.

• Experience in facilities management, building services, engineering, or a related trade environment
• Experience of industrial boiler maintenance is essential.
• Strong practical knowledge of building maintenance, plant, and operational infrastructure
• Experience managing external contractors and service providers
• The technical capability to oversee and coordinate maintenance across a range of building systems and equipment
• Experience with preventative maintenance and managing facilities in a live operational environment
• An understanding of building compliance, health and safety, and contractor management
• Strong problem-solving and organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to build effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders

Highly regarded:

• Experience managing facilities within a hospital, healthcare, or similarly complex environment
• Trade certification or a relevant tertiary qualification
• Experience managing plant such as generators, chillers, pumps, or HVAC systems
• Experience supporting refurbishment, capital works, or facilities improvement projects
• Boiler Operator certification or experience with medical gas pipeline systems
• Competitive Rewards: Attractive remuneration package, relocation allowance, and employee referral bonus scheme.
• Health & Wellbeing: Funded health insurance, a comprehensive wellbeing programme.
• Perks & Community: Discounts from a range of partners and the opportunity to join our Employee Network.

Ko wai matou | Our Organisation

At Southern Cross Healthcare, our purpose is clear: to advance quality healthcare across Aotearoa New Zealand. Our values shape everything we do:

• Care First - We lead with compassion, delivering care that’s deeply human through genuine manaakitanga.
• Better Together - Collaboration is our strength. We unite diverse skills and perspectives to create better outcomes for all.
• Pursue Excellence - We strive to improve, innovate, and excel every day - never settling, always aiming to deliver our best.

We're proud to bring together over 4,000 skilled professionals - including 2,000 nurses and anaesthetic technicians - working alongside more than 1,200 specialists, surgeons, anaesthetists, and allied health experts. Together, we're one of Aotearoa New Zealand's largest and most trusted healthcare providers.

Driven by a strong 'for purpose' ethos, we think beyond financial quarters - planning for generations to come.

We honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi and foster a culturally safe environment that reflects manaakitanga and values the unique perspectives of our people. Our core value, Better Together, guides our goal to build a workforce that mirrors the diversity of Aotearoa New Zealand.

If you have specific needs or would like to discuss how we can support you, please contact our Talent Acquisition team at for a confidential conversation.

Join us, and together, each of us can be part of something important, helping people live their best lives by reimagining healthcare.

For a copy of the Job Description visit facilities-manager-asc---position-description.pdf