Facilities Manager - Friargate

What is the job role?

As Facilities Manager within the Friargate district team, you'll take the lead on a high-profile and diverse mixed-use property portfolio, including council workspace, commercial tenancies and hospitality outlets.

Combining operational leadership with strong commercial and technical expertise, you'll ensure our buildings are safe, compliant, sustainable and welcoming places to work and visit, while delivering value for money and protecting the long-term performance of our assets.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Leading the strategic and day-to-day management of the Friargate portfolio, ensuring high standards of building performance and customer experience, whilst protecting and enhancing the value of our assets.
• Managing and leading the annual service charge budgeting and forecasting process in accordance with the RICS Professional Standard, including issuing service charge report packs, managing expenditure and overseeing transparent reconciliations, ensuring all service charge costs are robustly controlled, accurately allocated and fully recoverable where appropriate.
• Managing tenant mobilisation and commercial fit-out projects, working closely with occupiers, consultants, contractors and stakeholders to coordinate fit-out activities, ensure compliance with landlord requirements and statutory legislation, including planning and building control, manage building interfaces and minimise disruption to existing occupiers.
• Ensuring robust statutory, health and safety and building compliance, including requirements under CDM, whilst maintaining high standards of governance and compliance.
• Using your technical understanding of commercial buildings, building services and building pathology to diagnose defects, assess building condition, identify maintenance liabilities and develop effective solutions to protect asset performance.
• Using your technical knowledge to support informed decision-making across maintenance strategies, lifecycle planning, capital investment and project delivery, supporting the long-term performance and sustainability of the portfolio.
• Managing contractors and suppliers to ensure services are delivered safely and effectively, monitoring performance and delivering value for money.

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

All candidates must have the Right to Work in the UK. We are currently not offering sponsorship for this role.

Who are we looking for?

You’ll be an experienced Facilities Management professional with:

• Proven experience managing service charges in accordance with the RICS Professional Standard, including budgeting, forecasting, expenditure control and reconciliations.
• Strong commercial property management experience across multi-tenanted environments.
• Experience leading and supporting commercial fit-out, refurbishment andconstruction projects within occupied buildings, including coordinating building interfaces and minimising disruption to occupiers.
• Detailed technical knowledge of building services, asset management, maintenance practices and building pathology, including diagnosing defects, assessing building condition and identifying maintenance liabilities.
• Experience contributing to maintenance strategies, lifecycle planning and capital investment decisions.
• Strong contract management experience, including monitoring contractor performance and delivering value for money.
• Excellent knowledge of health, safety and compliance legislation and best practice, including CDM requirements and an understanding of statutory requirements associated with building and fit-out works.
• The ability to build effective relationships with tenants, contractors, consultants and stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the confidence to challenge poor performance and drive continuous improvement.
• A proactive, customer-focused approach with a commitment to delivering exceptional standards of service.

What do we offer?

You’ll have the security and benefits of working for the Council, alongside opportunities to develop your skills and experience in the role.

You’ll benefit from:

• Generous annual leave – 28 days, rising to 32 days.
• Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Training and development paid for by the Council, with opportunities to cross-train and broaden your skills.
• A great location, close to Coventry railway station.
• The opportunity to work as part of a multidisciplinary team, building your knowledge and experience across different areas.

This is an opportunity to take ownership of a prestigious commercial estate and make a lasting impact through professional property management, technical excellence, and exceptional customer service.

For an informal discussion, please contact Scott Morris, Service Manager - Facilities Management on or

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Guaranteed Interview Scheme - As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the below criteria:

• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
• Are currently in care or have previously been in care
• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition

For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'. If there is any evidence of a candidate using AI to complete their application, then the application will be rejected unless the candidate can provide a justification which the Council considers to be reasonable.

Interview date(s): Week Commencing 30th November

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