Facilities Site Manager

Role: Facilities Site Manager

Salary: £56,000k - £60,800k and Electric Company Car and EV charging point if required

Location: York – Thursday to Sunday

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Facilities Site Manager to join our team. You’re a Facilities Site Manager who would relish the opportunity to join an established and welcoming team working from our Head office in York.

The Site Manager is a key role and will oversee the effective management of the York Manufacturing site facilities, ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements, operational efficiency, and alignment with company objectives. This role involves coordinating maintenance and facilities activities while fostering a safe, well-maintained, and operationally efficient site environment.

The role combines strategic oversight with hands-on management of maintenance activities, contractor management, and resource planning, ensuring the facilities function effectively to support business needs.

You must have a background in site management within the construction/building site industry.

Please only apply if you have the following experience and essential criteria.

Role Responsibilities

1. Managing day-to-day operations, including maintenance, repairs, and upgrades ensuring all facilities and assets are maintained to the required standard, within budget.
2. The role will establish a permanent weekend management presence.
3. Select, manage, and evaluate external contractors and service providers, ensuring quality and compliance.
4. Ensuring compliance with health, safety, environmental, and building regulations.
5. Leading and motivating teams to deliver optimal performance.
6. To manage all site activities to ensure that safety, programme, cost, and quality objectives are met.
7. Coordinate planned preventive maintenance (PPM) and reactive repairs for site assets, infrastructure, equipment, and utilities.
8. Monitor and manage the performance of service contracts, ensuring delivery meets agreed service levels.
9. Assist the Engineering Manager in the development and implementation of capital and revenue projects and strategies for site improvements and modernisation to align with business needs.
10. Ensure site compliance with all statutory and regulatory requirements, including health and safety, building regulations, fire, electrical fixed wiring, and environmental standards.
11. Maintain accurate records of inspections, certifications, and permits.
12. Coordinate compliance audits, inspections, and remedial actions to address identified issues.
13. Manage the site maintenance and facilities team, providing leadership, guidance, and support.
14. Communicate effectively with senior management, stakeholders, colleagues, and team members.
15. Maintain transparency in operations, sharing updates, KPI’s, addressing all concerns proactively.

Essential Criteria

1. A degree or HNC equivalent in Facilities Management, Engineering, Building Services, or a related field
2. Proficiency in Computerised Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS)
3. Knowledge / training / certification in CDM Regulations
4. Experience managing compliance activities and documentation
5. Excellent leadership and team management experience in a facilities or maintenance environment
6. Health and Safety qualifications (e.g. IOSH, NEBOSH)
7. In-depth experience working with contractors and vendors
8. Technical understanding of facilities and maintenance operations
9. Knowledge of building systems, including electrical, plumbing, and HVAC
10. Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills
11. Strong organisational and time management skills

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Benefits and Opportunity

1. 25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
2. Option to buy 5 days of annual leave
3. Yearly Bonus
4. Working flexibly principles
5. Contributory pension
6. Electric Company Car and EV charging point if required
7. Fully funded professional qualifications and membership

As a Portakabin Employee, you will also be able to access a range of dedicated health and wellbeing services, a chance to give back to your community with an annual volunteering day off, and fully funded professional qualifications! There is also a great opportunity for career progression within Portakabin.

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We aim to respond to all applications within 7 working days. The 1st interview will be held on TEAMS and 2nd stage on site at York.

Why Portakabin?

Portakabin employs more than 2,000 people across ten European countries with our head office and primary manufacturing facility located in York UK.

As innovators in the science of building, we provide modular buildings for hire and sale, as well as supplying refurbished buildings and construction site accommodation. We deliver building solutions for organisations of any size, in sectors ranging from manufacturing, education and health to transport, utilities and construction.

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. Portakabin is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective colleagues. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives and hire great people to build talented and diverse teams.

We are committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout the application, recruitment, and onboarding processes for candidates that require additional support and/or adjustments to be made. If you are having any difficulty applying, please contact our recruitment team on resourcing@portakabin.com