Facilities Operations Manager

What we’re looking for:

• Do you have IOSH Managing safely or NEBOSH General Certificate?
• Do you have experience in management of colleagues, contactors and consultants?
• Do you have membership of the IWFM, or other full/Chartered membership of a built environment with competence in relation to FM?
• Do you have experience of property acquisition and disposal?
• Are experienced in Facilities Procurement?

If so, this is the perfect role for you!

We currently have a great opportunity for a Facilities Operations Manager to join us on a Permanent basis.

As a Facilities Operations Manager, you will manage a team of Facilities Managers, Technical Team and Helpdesk to support a diverse portfolio across the Southeast from Cambridge to Central London. The role has a specific responsibility for Head Office in Westminster Bridge Road London and working practices in corporate offices.

Some of the key results for the role include:

• Accurately monitoring and approving all planned and reactive spends, ensuring expenditure is supported with purchase orders and on budget.
• Project managing capital works and coordinate across the department and liaise with other stakeholders
• Acting as Facilities Department Business Partner, liaising with key stakeholders throughout the Group to review and investigate methods of continuous improvement including looking at our customer experience and methods of streamlining and improving interaction.
• Acting as the facilities department sustainability lead.
• Supporting and as required deputising for the Head of Workplace facilities and cover the workplace Support Services Manager as required.

This role will require a UK driver’s licence and access to a vehicle.

A bit about us:

160 years after it was established, Peabody is one of the oldest not-for-profit housing associations in the UK.

The Peabody Group is responsible for more than 107,000 homes, with around 220,000 residents across London and the Home Counties. We also have around 20,000 care and support customers.

Our purpose is to help people flourish, and we are getting closer to residents by taking a local approach.

We are committed to delivering a responsive and easily accessible repairs service and investing in our existing homes so they are safe and well maintained. Our retrofit projects will make thousands of our homes more energy efficient.

We work with councils and communities to promote economic inclusion, tackle inequality and poverty, and prioritise wellbeing.

Here just a few of the benefits for working at Peabody:

• Flexible and hybrid working (depending on the role)

• Up to 30 days’ annual holiday plus bank holidays

• Competitive salaries that are benchmarked regularly against current market rates 

• Two additional paid volunteering days each year 

• Flexible benefits scheme, including family friendly benefits and access to a discount portal 

• 4 x salary life assurance

• Up to 10% pension contribution

Are you ready to apply?

PLEASE NOTE: As an employer, Peabody does not provide sponsorship as a licenced UK employer.

To be considered for the position of Facilities Operations Manager, please click on the ‘Apply Now’ button and submit both your CV and a bit about why we should consider you for the role. 

If you need to ask us anything else at all, feel free to drop an email to harry.lund@peabody.org.uk and one of our team will be in touch.

Peabody reserves the right to close this advert before the advertised closing date, depending on the number of applications received.