An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Housing Fire Safety- Compliance Team as a Facilities Manager. This role will allow you to have a lasting impact on the Health Safety and Wellbeing of our residents and make a significant impact in keeping people safe in their homes.
This is a diverse role which presents a challenging and rewarding opportunity, we are seeking a dynamic Facilities Manager to oversee the management and operations of a number of buildings and services across the Residential estate. This role is essential to ensuring the smooth functioning of our Buildings, providing Safe, Good Quality and Compliant residential buildings for the residents of Sheffield City Council (SCC).
This will include supervising a passionate team of people as well as contractors and service providers. Overseeing and delivering a cost effective, customer-focused compliant service provision which places resident Safety and engagement at the heart of what we do.
Given the technical nature of this compliance role, you must have a sound knowledge and experience of the relevant building legislation and be able to read and interpret the legal and guidance documents associated with buildings and fire safety to ensure the service carries out all its statutory functions to the highest standard.
The person we are looking for must possess the following attributes:
1. Good communication and problem-solving attributes along with being enthusiastic, confident, well organised.
2. Knowledge of building (housing) related Health and Safety and understanding of statutory related duties in relation to building management.
3. Skill in the use if IT systems to undertake key task in building activities.
4. A strong team working ethos and management skills to promote a strong service provision that offers value and consistency.
5. Be comfortable in using technical data such as fire risk assessments and policy documents to ensure risk is effectively managed and we are achieving legal, moral and financial goals.
6. We need you help us to put people at the heart of what we do to ensure we effectively listen to and support our staff and the people that use our sites. We also need managers who will help promote wellbeing along with challenging discrimination.
7. To be open and honest approach to your work by fostering an environment that supports people in speaking up and bringing diverse ideas to what we offer, along with seeking out feedback on the way we work.
If you feel you can play a part in developing and delivering effective services, and would like to work in a team that’s driven and passionate about our residents, this is an opportunity for you to be a part of an organisation and team to be proud of.
For an informal discussion contact:
Operations and Development Manager- James Armitage (email: Tel: ).
Sheffield is a great place to live, play and work. Being centrally located in the UK and with great road, rail and air transport links, the city stands between the beautiful outdoor adventure opportunities in the Peak District National Park to the West and the Entertainment, sporting, shopping and industrial sector in the East.
We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.