Senior Facilities Manager

**Job Title**

Senior Facilities Manager
**Job Description Summary**

**He aha te mea nui o te ao. He tāngata, he tāngata, he tāngata**
- What is the most important thing in the world? It is people, it is people, it is people._

With a reputation for excellence in providing service and support to our customers, Cushman & Wakefield is a market leader in Facility Management and Facilities Service delivery. We have a genuine commitment to continually strengthen client relationships and raise the bar in terms of customer service and delivery outcomes.

We are currently seeking a Senior Facilities Manager who has the technical background and experience to join our Auckland based Facilities Management team to manage a large interesting diverse portfolio.

**About the Role**:

- Lead the proactive identification, scoping and solutions for Capex projects and manage these from inception to completion.
- Providing technical advice and proactive solutions to our client along with providing innovative ideas to enhance their business operations and maximise the value of our client’s assets.
- Building and maintaining positive and effective relationships with our client and maximising the delivery aligned to the clients Master Services Agreement.
- Working as part of a Facilities Management team to effectively and efficiently manage reactive / planned property maintenance including actively managing KPI including attendance and completion times.
- Management of subcontractors, and suppliers where required, including liaising with internal Trade Services Divisions to deliver a broad scope of services and projects.
- Ensure all works are undertaken safely and consistent with Cushman & Wakefield and legislative safety requirements.
- Proven track record of maintaining and preparing budgets and strong financial acumen.

**About You**:

- Our ideal person will have a minimum of five years’ experience in a Facilities Management role, ideally in an outsourced FM environment with a strong project management focus.
- Must have a good understanding of commercial/retail/industrial facilities maintenance, with preference of a technical or trade background. Solid experience with building assets/ building fabric projects/upgrades is desirable.
- Prince2 or similar practitioners would also be advantageous.
- Able to directly engage with and manage a combination of self delivery trades teams and key subcontractors, therefore people/vendor management experience is highly beneficial.

**Why join Cushman & Wakefield?**
- Free Life Insurance.
- Free Income replacement insurance.
- Discounted Medical cover with Southern Cross.
- Access to Marram Trust holiday / medical program.
- Active social club.

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, sex, 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._