Job Title

Facilities Manager – Mid-North Coast (Open to Ballina & Grafton Applicants)

Job Description Summary

The purpose of the Facilities Manager role is to manage a portfolio of assets across the PDNSW portfolio, ensuring a consistent standard and best practice approach in the delivery of Facilities Management services. This role will manage client relationship obligations and act as an escalation point where required. The Facilities Manager is expected to foresee and take proactive management of issues to mitigate and escalate any potential risks. This role will contribute to the consistent and best practice approach to account delivery across the client portfolio, following contractual obligations and C&W policies.

Job Description

We encourage applications from candidates located in wider areas, including Grafton and Ballina.

About the role:

Manage site operations, including scheduled and ad-hoc works, to ensure continuity of property services with minimum disruption to client business operations

Manage and control budget and cost expenditure to contractual requirements for facilities management operations, for both preventative and reactive maintenance works at nominated sites

Monitor and implement asset management and ensure all preventative maintenance services are captured and delivered in accordance with environmental and safety guidelines / legislative requirements and site asset requirements

Conduct property condition audits as per contract requirements

Identify and support implementation of cost saves, innovation, and best practice

Ensure that safety measures and systems are implemented in accordance with relevant legislation, policy, compliance, and customer safety requirements

Identify hazards and conduct risk assessments for the tasks associated with the works

Proactively conducts regular stakeholder meetings to drive engagement, collaboration, and continual improvement through shared learnings

With a focus on client experience, effectively manage all client, landlord and supplier partner relationships

Manages the budget and financial performance of the portfolio

Provides input into annual FM budget preparation and quarterly forecasts

About You:

Minimum 2-5 years’ experience as a Facilities Manager – both Soft Service and Hard Services

Knowledge of software systems relative to commercial property

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Strong client focus and customer experience mindset essential

Trade qualified with minimum of 4 years’ experience highly desirable.

Advance knowledge of Microsoft (Excel, word, adobe & etc)

Excellent attention to detail skills

Excellent time management skills

Why join Cushman & Wakefield?

As one of the leading global real estate services firms transforming the way people work, shop and live working at Cushman & Wakefield means you will benefit from;

Being part of a growing global company;

Career development and a promote from within culture;

An organisation committed to Diversity and Inclusion

We're committed to providing work-life balance for our people in an inclusive, rewarding environment.
We achieve this by providing a flexible and agile work environment by focusing on technology and autonomy to help our people achieve their career ambitions. We focus on career progression and foster a promotion from within culture, leveraging global opportunities to ensure we retain our top talent. We encourage continuous learning and development opportunities to develop personal, professional and technical capabilities, and we reward with a comprehensive employee benefits program.

We have a vision of the future, where people simply belong.

As an equal opportunity employer, Cushman & Wakefield encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and female candidates to apply. Cushman & Wakefield promotes safety at all times.