Senior Facilities Manager

Job Title

Senior Facilities Manager

Job Description Summary

Job Description

The Senior Facilities Manager leads a team of Facilities professionals across the Sydney Opera House building fabric contract, 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 Senior Facilities Manager is expected to foresee and take proactive management of issues to mitigate any potential risks as well as lead, develop and coach their team.

About the Role:

• Act as an escalation point across the team to support Facilities Managers and Coordinators and have the technical or practical skills and training for the relevant assets
• Assist direct reports in the management of site operations to ensure the continuity of property services with minimum disruption to the clients♠business operation
• Ensure the implementation of scheduled routine tasks and preventative maintenance activities
• Provide input into the Engineering & Asset Management team regarding scheduled routine tasks and preventative maintenance activities to ensure equipment and routine services are delivered in line with compliance obligations and client site requirements
• Ensure newly installed equipment is appropriately flagged and managed under Defect Liability Periods and warranty periods
• Ensure statutory maintenance compliance categories are utilised effectively by site
• Negotiate/approve quotes after appropriate technical and practical assessment or liaise with vendor partner/s regarding alternative solutions
• Manages the budget and financial performance of client portfolio
• Provides input into and manages annual FM budget preparation

About you:

• Minimum 5 yearâ™s experience as a Facilities Manager/builder or someone who has transitioned from a carpentry background into facilities
• Excellent experience in stakeholder/contractor management
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Experience in meeting client needs within agreed timelines (SLAs)
• Building trade background with a minimum of 5 years experience

Why join Cushman & Wakefield?

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.

That’s why we support and celebrate inclusive causes, not just on days of recognition throughout the year, but everyday. We embrace diversity across race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or persons with disabilities or protected veteran status. As part of our ongoing commitment to RAP, Aboriginal or Torres Strait Island Islanders are highly encouraged to join us!

We ensure DEI is part of our DNA as a global community – it means we go way beyond than just talking about it – we live it. If you want to live it too, join us.

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.

Cushman & Wakefield is committed to equity in employment and our goal is to have a diverse, inclusive, and barrier-free workplace. If you are a person with a disability and need the job posting in an alternative format or any other accessible accommodations during the hiring process, please email your request to. Please refer to the job title and job location when you contact us.