Head of Facilities & HSE (Hybrid Role)

*HYBRID ROLE* - can be based anywhere in the UK

Key Duties & Responsibilities

Facilities management

• Determine maintenance policy, strategy and objectives linked to organisational objectives and whole life considerations
• Implementing maintenance policy through establishing maintenance plans - to ensure agreed availability at a minimum resource cost
• Providing advice and recommendations on issues relating to the management of maintenance policy
• Develop and implement systems that will measure the performance of the maintenance organisation
• Interpret results from performance measurement of the maintenance organisation and provide reasoned advice and recommendations
• Co-ordinate, record and audit the delivery of all Planned and Preventative (PPM) and statutory maintenance across the schemes
• Work alongside local managers and staff to ensure a responsive, high quality reactive maintenance is delivered across the scheme.
• To implement a framework for and provide leadership on the maintenance of building infrastructure including structure, building envelope, internal fabric and mechanical & electrical services across our schemes nationally
• Oversee both in-house and outsourced technical and maintenance functions, always ensuring the highest quality of service
• Provide advice, support, monitoring and instruction for local facilities staff in the schemes in their discharge of facilities-related activities including, but not limited to, fire alarm testing, fire door inspections, operation of M&E systems (CCTV, BMS, access control etc), and liaison with contractors
• To act as the point of contact for locally delivered FM activities including action of recommendations arising from fire risk assessments, water hygiene risk assessments, health & safety audits and other external inspections.
• Ensure that all necessary staff are sufficiently trained and familiar with building infrastructure and hard services at the level required to discharge their duties.
• Ensure local arrangements and critical spares are in place to deal with unplanned interruptions to essential building services.
• Provide regular reports to senior management related to the status of the schemes, any associated risks and recommendations for life cycle planning and capital expenditure.
• Preparing cost reports or monitoring maintenance/capital and operating budgets, on works progress, showing any deviation from expected progress or expenditure
• Creation and implementation of life cycle plans alongside relevant colleagues
• Determine and implement the type of maintenance regime and organisation that is required, including CAFM/BIM requirement