Facilities Manager - Gqeberha

We are looking for an experienced facilities manager to form part of our young and dynamic team focusing on providing exceptional service in the student accommodation sector.

Experience and Requirements:

• Experience in overseeing the Maintenance function
• Experience managing a team
• Must be able to work independently and in a team
• Diploma preferred
• Excellent communication, organization and written skills

Duties & Responsibilities included but not limited to:

• Planning, budget and execution of Annual Preventative and Service programs
• Planning, scheduling and execution of daily room maintenance
• Administration and reporting on daily room and communal maintenance
• Stock source, control and purchasing
• Store room management Planning, scheduling and execution of Annual and mid-term room inspections
• Daily site inspection Reporting of site inspections
• Manage Service Level Agreement and ad-hoc Service Providers
• Participate in the on-duty roster during week and weekend days
• Work with service contractors Oversee maintenance-related procurement requests
• Project-manage portfolio large-scale maintenance and renovations projects
• Weekly review of the job reports to manage staff performance
• Identify and act on Facilities’ categories with recurring job requests
• Attend service related emergencies 24/7

Position Goals & Objectives:

• Manage all facilities included in the product offering Create a suitable environment for the purpose of student accommodation
• Use best business practices to manage and reduce operating costs
• Optimise utility usage and distribution
• Increase operational efficiency of buildings and infrastructure
• Deliver exceptional standard of building and facility cleanliness Assure positive Student experience through quality maintenance and cleaning practices
• Perform all tasks on schedule with maximum efficiency
• Work with the Community Management team to identify opportunities to enhance Student experience
• Manage the facilities and service team to perform tasks at highest quality
• Maintenance team
• Gardening team
• Cleaning team
• Contractors

Skills:

• Proven Team Player ability to work with a team and achieve daily and monthly goals
• Self-starter able to identify work that needs to be done and does it without required instruction
• Courteous and professional able to perform tasks at hand when Students are onsite
• Detail oriented pays attention to details regarding processes and extra attention to special requests
• Ability to solve practical problems using reasoning skills
• Desire to learn and seek new challenges