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Facilities Manager

Colliers · Sydney, New South Wales

Type
Full-time
Posted
Yesterday

Overview

Your experience running a shift or a custody suite has given you the operational discipline to manage building compliance, security, and day-to-day operations across multiple sites. You are used to managing contractors and stakeholders, monitoring budgets, and ensuring safety—all core to this Facilities Manager role. Your ability to handle multiple tasks and prioritise under pressure directly translates to maintaining building standards and tenant relationships.

About this role

Company Description

Our collaborative culture sets us apart. We help experts become true specialists and provide the long-term structure and platform to accelerate their success.

Job Description*

We are seeking an experienced facilities professional who takes pride in contributing to exceptional building operations and presentation standards. As part of our wider Real Estate Management division, you will manage key relationships with tenants and service providers, whilst also making recommendations to improve the environmental performance of our clients’ assets. This position in working across four commercial assets based in Leichhardt, Balmain and Darlinghurst.

Other key accountabilities include

  • Ensure building compliance and drive engineering standards across the portfolio.
  • Manage the day-to-day operations and presentation of properties, including security, maintenance and safety.
  • Develop and enhance the team’s facilities management service offering.
  • Build strong relationships with tenants, clients, contractors and internal stakeholders.
  • Monitor operating expenditure and review monthly budgets.
  • Support Property Managers with the preparation of monthly client reports.
  • Oversee facilities management systems and ensure accurate data management.

Qualifications

Further skills and experience you will bring to the role include:

  • Proven experience in a Facilities or Building Management role, in a commercial environment.
  • Strong client and customer focus, willingness to go above and beyond.
  • Strong time management skills, including the ability to handle multiple tasks and prioritise.
  • Experience using computer based building maintenance and management systems.
  • Strong written and verbal communication.

Additional Information

We foster an environment in which everyone at Colliers feels respected and comfortable bringing their authentic selves to do their best work. It’s our people who set us apart and we actively recruit people who represent the diversity of the communities in which we operate. We take great pride in doing what’s right and operating in ways that benefit the business, our people, our clients, our communities, and the environment.

Experts join experts, and we welcome you to join us as we lead the industry into the future.

Please be advised that applications will only be accepted directly rather than via recruitment agencies.

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