If you’ve got excellent and significant experience of asset and property management with a strong commercial awareness to provide a turn-key solution working client side, we can offer you a rewarding role with a difference.
We are looking for a Regional Facilities Manager with experience of asset and property management to join our strategic Estates Team. This is a full-time position, which requires an experienced and forward thinking individual to join us to deliver an efficient and proactive property management service.
The Caretech Group provides care and education to both children and adults in both registered and supported living services to over 5000 service users in over 700 sites nationwide including Wales and Scotland. The care provided is across a number of Operating divisions, including Children’s, Children’s Education Services, Adult Care and day care provision and Specialist Services incorporating Mental Health Services, ABI and other specialist provision.
More information can be found on the Caretech Website. www.caretech-uk.com
About the Regional Facilities Manager role
To oversee the Facilities Management of the Adults Specialist Services Division properties. Overseeing the capital improvements, maintenance and management of both site maintenance teams on larger sites and mobile maintenance team to smaller sites.
Managing Capex & R&M budgets and ensuring compliance with the relevant regulations.
This role would deal with around 20 sites varying from smaller domestic type properties to sites with multiple building.
The specialist services division cares for adults with a range of needs, from Learning disability, mental health, Autism and Neurological conditions and the role is to assist with ensuring a well maintained, safe built environment in a number of different settings.
You will would work closely with our Operational teams aligning site and operating requirements with budget, communicating on planned and reactive works and working with external suppliers/contractors as necessary.
Assisting the Divisional Facilities Manager and the Director of Facilities Management with the management of the Group’s Specialist Services Adults Division properties.
Supported by an administrative assistant to assist with CAFM system, raising and closing of jobs, invoicing, liaising with contractors and the like.
The successful candidate will work with the development team where necessary assisting on larger capital spends at the education sites.
The wider Caretech Group provides care and education to both children and adults in both registered and supported living services to over 5000 service users in over 700 sites nationwide including Wales and Scotland.
The care provided is across a number of Operating divisions, including Children’s, Children’s Education Services, Adult Care and day care provision and Specialist Services incorporating Mental Health Services, ABI and other specialist provision. Our properties range in size from single services up to 40 bed services and small education settings. More information can be found on the Caretech Website. www.caretech-uk.com
Candidate profile
* Highly organised and a great communicator, resilient with a flexible approach. A real team player, you should also be:
* Appropriate academic qualification to degree level or equivalent professional qualification is preferable.
* A relevant estates management background.
* Liaising, instructing and managing external contractors and professionals as necessary.
* Evidence of achieving agreed financial targets.
* Experience of analysing building defects and specification of required repairs.
* Evidence of managing and delivering projects from inception to completion including managing contractors.
* A relevant education or care background would be beneficial but not essential.
* Experience of contracts, writing schedule of works and the tender process.
* An analytical mind, methodical approach and keen attention to detail and be proficient in excel
* Good prioritisation skills and the ability to meet deadlines
* The flexibility to travel across the location, staying overnight where needed
* This post will require travel; therefore a car driver is essential.
Note: Successful candidates will need to meet the person specification in order to be offered this post. All candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and reference checks. CareTech is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all the Adults, Children and Young People that we support.