Assistant Facilities Manager

Job Title

Assistant Facilities Manager

Job Description Summary

The Assistant Facilities Manager supports the Facilities Manager and team in planning, coordinating, and overseeing site-based facilities management and workplace services. Responsibilities include ensuring compliance, safety, maintenance, and serviceability of assigned sites.
Depending on project needs, they may work independently or within a team, managing assigned tasks and collaborating with stakeholders, including customers, vendors, and leadership teams.
Key performance measures include attention to detail, timely delivery, and high-quality outcomes. As a client-facing role, strong communication, problem-solving, decision-making, and leadership skills are essential.

Job Description

About the role:

• Ensure compliance with all relevant laws, regulations, policies, and guidelines within the assigned remit.
• Maintain a safe, healthy, and well-maintained portfolio that meets project performance expectations.
• Respond effectively to risks, hazards, incidents, and emergencies within delegated authority.
• Assist in planning and executing the Site Facilities Management and Operations Plan, including inspections and maintenance.
• Support supplier management, including contracts, relationships, and service administration.
• Prepare and present facilities management reports covering performance, costs, incidents, and service delivery.
• Assist in budget estimation, tracking, and expense control for both OPEX and CAPEX.
• Manage commercial contracting and procurement processes, including vendor payments.
• Provide specialist knowledge and expertise to support C&W’s commitments.
• Handle facilities administration and documentation, ensuring proper storage and retrieval.

About you:

• Relevant Qualifications / Certifications in FM related topics, such as Mechanical/ Electrical Engineering, Building/ Facilities/ Real Estate Management are preferred
• 3+ years of relevant experience in comparable roles (including developmental roles)
• Possess a developing knowledge of building systems and property operations (such as mechanical, electrical, plumbing, building management and control and/or related systems knowledge and competencies)
• Good written and oral communication and presentation skills (ideally multi-lingual)
• Demonstrable leadership experience with high-performing teams

Why join Cushman & Wakefield?

As one of the leading global real estate services firms transforming the way people work, shop and live working at Cushman & Wakefield means you will benefit from;

• Being part of a growing global company;
• Career development and a promote from within culture;
• An organisation committed to Diversity and Inclusion
• 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 every day. We embrace diversity across race, colour, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or persons with disabilities or protected veteran status. 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.

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