Facilities Operations & Administration Lead

Jurong Port; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Jurong Port is seeking an experienced Office Administration & Facilities Manager to oversee the administration systems, procurement, and canteen operations, ensuring efficient service delivery and cost controls. The role requires leadership of the Admin team, SOP development, and coordination of renovation and utilities management.

The successful candidate will manage fleet and staff transportation, office space planning, and ensure compliance with NEA standards for canteens when applicable,

Qualifications

• Preferably Degree or Diploma in Business Administration.
• Minimum 3-5 years of relevant experience in office administration and facility management with substantial managerial experience.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent motivational and leadership quality.
• Tactful in dealing with customers.
• Well organized with attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Ensure smooth and efficient functioning of all office systems such as telephones, copier machines, sound systems, projectors, call conference equipment, fax machines, shredders & binding machines, beverages & biscuits, car park management, tenants’ season parking, staff and homeport internal transport.
• Oversee the Admin team to ensure the whole department function effectively to provide services as above stated.
• Establish SOPs for necessary area of work like car park, season parking procedures, gate systems and policies.
• Plan out the schedules for staff and internal transport.
• Oversee daily internal & external despatch works are carried out promptly and on time.
• Comply with purchasing policy & guideline, plan & control tender & procurement functions by sourcing for competitive pricings to meet yearly opex & capex budgets forecast.
• Prepare & forecast a realistic yearly department capex & opex budgets by taking into consideration of business requirements.
• Comply all office equipment/purchases, term contracts & projects with purchasing policy & guideline by raising purchasing requests & specifications of product or services through CPU for processing of RFQ or Tender to source for competitive price.
• Monitor the monthly expenses as against budget to identify causes of over spending and provide remedies to resolve problems identified.
• Plan & manage office renovation projects to complete within stipulated time-frame & budgets.
• Plan & organise projects’ schedules, details as well as costings.
• Seek approval for project/renovation ideas, budgets & expenses.
• Monitor and follow through the project’s renovation details to ensure that works are carried out according to requirements & within approved sum to meet completion date.
• Manage Staff Canteen to ensure food hygiene standard and cleanliness of cafeteria & canteen to meet NEA requirement. (when available)
• Tender for cafeteria/canteen operator as and when required.
• Plan & establish policies for runningCanteen.
• Work with the cafeteria operator to maintain environmental and food hygiene as well as to provide good and quality food and snacks for meeting, trainings & events.
• Lead Canteen Committee to manage Canteen covering food hygiene issues, general & yearly cleaning of the whole canteen, kitchens’ cleanliness of the stall-holders.
• Manage Vehicle Fleet and Staff Transportation
• Establish the optimal fleet size required and tender for EVs and support required for EVs.
• Manage ICE vehicles until the eventual conversion to EVs.
• Manage the centralised booking system for vehicles.
• Manage the maintenance for vehicle fleet.
• Manage vendor for the transportation of staff office and internal bus route and schedule.
• Office Space Management
• Establish the policy for office space management to support hot desking.
• Plan for any office space requirements to support any relocation of division staff.
• Responsible for office space requirements in the event of contingency needs (like major renovation or for business continuation).
• Utilities Management
• Manage the administration of utilities, including monitoring utility consumption, ensuring timely submission of meter readings, processing accruals and invoices, and maintaining accurate utility records.
• Prepare and monitor utility budgets and expenditure, analyse consumption trends, and recommend cost optimisation measures while ensuring budgetary compliance.
• Drive process improvement initiatives by identifying and implementing innovative or digital solutions to streamline utilities management, enhance operational efficiency, and improve data accuracy.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Interpersonal skills

Organization

Customer relations

Education

Degree/Diploma in Business Administration

Job description

Jurong Port is seeking an experienced Office Administration & Facilities Manager to oversee the administration systems, procurement, and canteen operations, ensuring efficient service delivery and cost controls. The role requires leadership of the Admin team, SOP development, and coordination of renovation and utilities management.

The successful candidate will manage fleet and staff transportation, office space planning, and ensure compliance with NEA standards for canteens when applicable,