Facilities Manager - Buildings, Parks and Beaches

What's in it for me

This is a dynamic, challenging role, with diverse responsibilities, where there is a real opportunity for you to take ownership of the client relationship in your remit and tailor the service to their needs. You will be joining one of New Zealand's largest FM and infrastructure services companies on one of our biggest and most important projects, which in turn services one of New Zealand's largest and most recognised organisations. There will be opportunities to grow your capability within the role, as well as opportunities to progress into other roles at a later date - quite a lot of people leaders within the project team have been promoted from within. You will be working with a group of talented and supportive individuals who take satisfaction from the purpose of their work. You can take pride in managing the maintenance of facilities and spaces that are critical to our Auckland communities - the parks and beaches of the city are where we play, recreate, create holiday memories and spend quality time with our friends and families.

The Job

Ventia's Auckland Council project team are responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of all council facilities including buildings, parks, beaches and public facilities. Reporting to our Regional Manager, you will be responsible for the management of reactive FM and some occasional project management responsibilities too.

Your time in this role will be split between the project depot in Penrose and the Ventia head office near Freemans Bay. You will manage a team of roughly 50 people consisting of hard and soft service staff and their associated leaders as well as subcontractors. You will maintain and further build upon the positive, engaged team culture, and improve staff retention by creating a rewarding, high-performance environment. You will build and maintain strong rapport with client representatives, internal stakeholders outside your direct reporting line and subcontractors.

Your Profile

You will have worked in a management role in either Facilities Management, or some area of infrastructure maintenance or construction on the contractor side. You will be renowned for your leadership skills, and will have led teams of similar size in a previous roles. You will have good financial acumen - a basic understanding of P&L coupled with a good understanding of cost management and how you can influence cost reduction across time, materials and labour. You will have well-developed relationship building skills which will enable you to build relationships in a large corporate environment, and get the required support from with internal stakeholders including SHEQ, P&C, finance IT etc.

Requirements

• Experience in a similar management role in FM or maintenance
• Excellent leadership capabilities and energy
• Strong cost management acumen