Facilities Manager

Our Support Office in Basingstoke is currently looking for a Facilities Manager to join our team. The purpose of this role is to ensure that all Grandir UK Nurseries are safe, secure and well maintained, with clean premises by coordinating all facility relating activities effectively and efficiently through a proactively managed contractor pool.

Our mission is to inspire children to grow happy, smart, and healthy and thrive as individuals. Excellent quality childcare and education is evident when the children and family are truly placed at the centre of all we do and as a well-known and sought-after employer within the childcare sector, we recognise it is our people that provide exceptional education and care with every child and family at the centre of all they do.

Role

• Coordinate, plan, and action the day-to-day repairs & maintenance requests of all the nurseries within the Grandir portfolio to ensure the Nursery’s safety, the NM expectations are met, and the business remains within their operational budget.
• Coordinate the Statutory Inspections (and remedial works) for all plant and equipment within the nursery portfolio.
• Management of any capital refurbishments

• Visit the nurseries as required to: Ensure there are safe working environments, identify any facilities issues within the Nursery, review any work carried out by our preferred Contractors for both quality and completeness.

• Ensure contractors are assessed as suitable, ensuring relevant due diligence is carried out, e.g., DBS checks and safe contractor schemes.
• Ensure we get “best value for money” from all our contractors.
• Maintain adequate records for all capital works, repairs and maintenance and servicing including sufficient data for producing performance management information.
• Respond appropriately and expediently to emergency situations or other urgent issues involving the facility.
• Track building upkeep as well as anticipated long- and short-term improvements and maintenance.
• Establish, develop, and maintain effective working relationships with all work colleagues, contractors, and business partners.
• Ensure effective communication and partnership with the Operational Team so all work is prioritised and carried efficiently and effectively, and all facilities related issues are dealt with expediently and to the customers satisfaction.
• Carry out relevant, necessary tasks in the absence of the Property, Health and Safety Director
• Maintain confidentiality in the workplace and set a good example in terms of dress and behaviour, maintaining the good reputation of the organisation at all times.
• Any other tasks that can be expected in relation to the role.