Job Overview
Join us as Senior Facilities Manager at County Hall, a flagship site covering 41,000 m² and the highest‑profile building in the Essex County Council portfolio. This hands‑on leadership role drives exceptional service delivery, leads a multi‑disciplinary team, and ensures the building operates safely, efficiently, and to the highest standards.
Main Duties
* Proactively oversee all hard and soft services, manage compliance, and build strong relationships with senior stakeholders.
* Coordinate contractors, deliver preventive maintenance (PPM) and reactive works, lead audits, manage budgets, and champion sustainability and continuous improvement across the site.
* Lead day‑to‑day FM operations across a large, complex site.
* Manage an onsite team of FM staff, a supervisor and six engineers.
* Ensure full Health & Safety and statutory compliance.
* Drive service excellence, efficiency and innovation.
* Support refurbishments, moves and space planning.
* Lead audits, risk management and business continuity.
* Support CSR, apprenticeships and community initiatives.
Qualifications
* IWFM/CFM or equivalent FM qualification.
* Good technical knowledge.
Skills and Experience
* NEBOSH/IOSH, Asbestos Management, L8 Water Hygiene qualifications.
* Experience leading multi‑discipline FM and engineering teams.
* Strong stakeholder and contractor management skills.
* Excellent communication, organisation and problem‑solving abilities.
* A collaborative, people‑focused leader with high standards.
Benefits
We offer a comprehensive benefits package including virtual GP access, financial wellbeing assistance, flexible lifestyle benefits via our Choices platform, high‑street discounts, cycle‑to‑work scheme, up to four times your salary life cover, enhanced pension contributions, a save‑as‑you‑earn scheme and a Mitie Matching Share Plan.
We award Mitie Stars as recognition for outstanding work, with cash prizes available each month and a chance to win a top prize of £10,000.
Professional training and development opportunities are available to support career progression.
Equality and Diversity
We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long‑term condition and need us to make reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.
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