Facilities Manager

About this role

Job Description

We're now recruiting for a*Facilities Manager*to join us at London City Island & Good Luck Hope.

What You Should Know

Ballymore is a family owned business, with over 40 years in establishment – we are remarked as an innovative and dynamic property developer citing over 80 awards. At present, we're managing 11,000 homes across 12 luxury residential developments in London and are in search of a *Facilities Manager*to join us at *London City Island & Good Luck Hope*in contributing to our vision.

Important to note

Hours: 8:30 - 17:30

Shift Pattern: Monday to Friday

Contract: 40 hpw/permanent

What You'll Do

• Day to day management of hard services and critical infrastructure related to the development and in accordance with the framework of systems centrally defined by the Facilities Department.
• Local management and coordination of contractors, consultants and service partners on site in line with the centrally defined contract mechanisms.
• Local management and auditing of infrastructure and building services including fire and security systems, water hygiene, vertical transport, utilities and critical plant via the appointed CAFM system.
• Monitor health, safety & compliance activities across the estate in accordance with the BAML Health and Safety Strategy and using our Meridian compliance system.
• To assist in the mobilisation, delivery and coordination of project works on site.
• To provide facilities-related advice and support to the estate management team.
• To maintain clear reporting to the central Facilities department and Property Director ensuring visibility of local infrastructure status and immediately escalate issues for further support as required.
• Lead on the local maintenance of the building infrastructure including structure, building envelope, internal fabric and mechanical & electrical services in accordance with the framework defined by the Facilities department.
• Maintain the required inspection, auditing, record keeping and document control activities associated with the above.
• To function 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.
• Provide advice, support, monitoring and instruction for the estate management team members 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), communication with customers, contractor callouts, compilation of SOPs and shift handovers.
• Ensure local arrangements and critical spares are in place to deal with unplanned interruptions to essential building services.
• Ensure the swift identification and rectification of day-to-day maintenance activities including re-lamping of light fittings and minor repairs.
• Ensure that insurance claims are appropriately addressed, rectified and tracked in accordance with the procedures in place with the underwriters and loss adjusters.
• Follow up on out-of-hours reports to ensure that actions are closed out appropriately.
• Provide regular reports to the Portfolio Facilities Managerand PD related to the status the local facilities and any associated risks.
• To promptly escalate matters to the central Facilities department for advice, support and instruction as required.

Contractor Management

• To lead on the local management of contractors and service partners operating on the development and ensure that they receive the support and information required to discharge their duties.
• Provide formal feedback on each contractor to the Contract and Compliance Manager including service level agreements and key performance indicators on a monthly basis via our CAFM system.
• Review and audit documentation relating to contract works discharged including engineers’ reports, certification and O&M Manuals as applicable. Ensure that documentation is available to demonstrate statutory and contract compliance.
• Attend regular reactive works meetings with resident contractors / Site Supervisor as required to review ongoing and planned works.
• Assist in the review of dilapidation reports and quoted works.
• To implement and control procedures for safe systems of work including a Permit to Work system, lone working procedure, access to restricted areas etc.
• Reporting to the central FM department on all KPI/SLA status and performance monthly.

Health, Safety, Welfare & Compliance

• Monitor health, safety & compliance activities across the development in accordance with the BAML Health and Safety Strategy and associated procedures.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of H&S management systems and compliance standards across the estate.
• consult with estate management staff and H&S department on H&S matters.
• Ensure the Accident, Incident and Near Miss Reporting Procedure is followed locally and led on the initial, first-stage investigation of incidents as required.
• Review and maintain up-to-date Standard Operating Procedures relative to facilities management activities on site, using standardised templates
• Proactively review competency levels and training requirements of estate management teams.
• Consult with regulatory authorities as required including HSE, local authorities, Environment Agency and LFB with the support of the H&S team.
• Implement local procedures for the management of significant risks including those related to fire, asbestos, water hygiene and pool plant.
• Conduct regular inspections and H&S audits across the estate and action findings accordingly.
• Assist in the organisation and coordination of fire evacuation drills and testing of emergency procedures.

Energy & Utilities

• Carry out regular readings of utility meters and provide data to the Sustainability department for central tracking and analysis.
• Maintain accurate local schedules related to supplies, meters and points of isolation.
• Contribute to initiatives relating to energy efficiency and sustainability.
• Be familiar with the operation of the on-site BMS system and feedback data to the Facilities department as required.
• System review of all energy data platforms to aid in any optimisation & recommendations.

Project Management

• Support and assist in the delivery of minor project works throughout the estate including refurbishments and building improvements and support with Capex projects.
• Provide input on data collection exercises feeding into project specification including local finishes and condition of building elements.
• Review O&M and handover documentation related to the above ensuring that day-to-day estate operations are adapted as required.

Fire Safety Management (Fire Risk Manager)

• Ensure that the resort is managed from a day-to-day basis in order to maintain fire safety in accordance with the FRM system.
• Ensure that planned FRM activities for the resort are carried out
• Ensure that actions arising from fire risk audits of the resort are closed
• Check that common corridors, stair cores and firefighting lobbies are maintained in a sterile state and that these are not obstructed, and combustible materials are not left in these areas.
• Check that any fire doors, smoke vent, alarm and firefighting systems which become damaged are rectified
• Check all Life Safety systems are active at all times and if not enact mitigating processes
• Maintain the Premises Information Box
• Maintain FRM records and Golden Thread records
• Update actions within the FRM system daily

General

• Provide regular reports to the Facilities department and senior management team as required.
• Monitoring any and all of the business software platforms such as engineering, water quality, PPM, CAFM, H&S, Design/O&M and Pool Plant.

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