Job title: Facilities Manager
Location: Bristol – covering different sites in the area
Working hours: Monday – Friday, 40 hours per week
Job Role
Are you a proactive, people‑focused Facilities Manager who thrives on keeping buildings running flawlessly? Do you enjoy partnering with stakeholders, leading service teams, and driving continuous improvement? If so, this role could be your perfect next step.
We're looking for a Facilities Manager to take ownership of a portfolio of offices and branch locations, ensuring high‑quality service delivery across both soft and hard FM. This is a hands‑on, influential role where no two days are the same — ideal for someone who loves responsibility, variety and building strong relationships.
Responsibilities:
* Taking full responsibility for facilities management across multiple sites, ensuring buildings are safe, compliant, and always “fit for purpose.”
* Leading and motivating a multi‑disciplined team and managing service partners to deliver consistently high standards.
* Building strong relationships with stakeholders to understand needs, manage expectations, and prevent operational escalations.
* Managing P&L responsibility (circa £1m+), budgets, cost control and identifying opportunities for efficiency and value.
* Overseeing building inspections, resolving defects, and coordinating reactive and planned works.
* Managing health & safety processes, ensuring a strong safety culture at all times.
* Delivering continuous improvement initiatives that enhance workplace experience and operational performance.
* Supporting integration plans for property changes, exits and business requirements.
* Monitoring KPIs, compliance, audit actions and service performance — ensuring nothing falls through the cracks.
* Handling incidents, escalations and emergency call‑outs efficiently and professionally.
* Driving innovation and best practice through third‑party supplier management.
* Supporting team development with clear objectives, training and guidance.
1. Key requirements
* Strong facilities management experience across both soft and hard services.
* A solid understanding of FM regulations, statutory compliance and operational delivery.
* Confident stakeholder management with exceptional communication and relationship‑building skills.
* Commercial acumen — able to prepare business cases, manage budgets, and control spend.
* A proactive, organised approach with great problem‑solving skills.
* The ability to work collaboratively across multiple teams and specialisms.
* Excellent IT skills, especially within Microsoft applications.
* A customer‑driven mindset and passion for creating exceptional workplace environments.