Facilities Manager - North

Murphy is recruiting for a Facilities Manager - North  to work in the Facilitries team across the North - office include Wigan, Leeds and Ollerton.

Operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada and the USA, Murphy provides better engineered solutions to infrastructure sectors including transportation, water, power and natural resources. So that our teams out on projects can run smoothly it is vital that we have robust support functions in place.

We are committed to fostering an engaging and collaborative work environment in which each person’s career is nurtured and developed. We focus on employee development, providing a culture of innovation and positive work-life balance.

Reporting into the Operations Director the Facilities Manager will be the principal point of contact for Facilities at their designated sites, delivering high service levels and ensuring legal compliance and safe work environments within an annually agreed budget.

A day in the life of a Murphy Facilities Manager

Working with Facilities Operations Manager responsible for ensuring offices are legally compliant with relevant regulations, and onsite logbooks are maintained
Manage buildings to a high standard, providing a safe working environment for employees and visitors 
Provide technical support and guidance on key regulatory requirements (fire, water, asbestos, electrical safety, gas, air, and LOLER), and on relevant property and facilities linked activities including building fabric, landscaping and external maintenance, M&E systems (incl. HVAC, lifts, boilers and water systems), consumables, operational security and systems, pest control, cleaning, waste disposal, archiving, and catering
Working with Facilities Operations Manager responsible for managing planned and reactive asset maintenance, in line with FMR, long-term lifecycles and strategic plans 
Support outsourced contract management through oversight of service standards and provide feedback on delivery quality for key framework providers such as cleaning, security, maintenance and catering
Provide technical input for routine work and project scope and specifications, ensuring orders are correct in terms of design and cost, and supporting procurement processes
Manage contractor process, from pre-start preparations, through RAMS review and control of works, to post works inspections, ensuring delivery to time, specification and quality standards 
Responsible for conducting compliance audits to check certifications including remedial interventions are up to date, coverage of FM scopes remain appropriate, and delivery is in line with standards 
Support external audits as FM lead, ensuring documentation is in order, sites are in good condition and actions from previous assessments are closed down
Produce business cases for projects to improve office environments and demonstrate lifecycle assessment and value for money
Provide technical input to building strategies including office space planning, and modifications, planned programmes of work, and team moves
Contribute to policy creation, modification, and implementation
Deliver timely updates to the business on H&S matters, FM incidents and issues, and team performance 
Support emergency responses and management of FM-related incidents
Maintain and update business continuity plans in line with business and regulatory changes
Support energy and utility management across all offices, driving efficiency, and utilising sustainable options 
Conduct surveys with Murphy employees and gain feedback on facilities operations and areas for improvement 
Able to build, manage and deliver a facilities budget covering PPMs, remedial works, and planned investment 
Can assist with procurement, management, and tendering of all outsourced contracts for FM
Manage service charge budgets with relevant stakeholders, and ensure recharges are managed accurately and effectively 
Identify cost saving opportunities
Still interested does this sound like you?

Suitable qualifications in FM field
Experience managing hard and soft FM services with good knowledge of relevant codes of practice and statutory maintenance schedules (e.g. SFG20 and CIBSE standards)
Membership of appropriate body preferred 
Strong knowledge of relevant H&S legislation 
Understanding of M&E systems to the extent to be able to refer the issues to a specialist, with the ability to interrogate reports 
Project management, contractor management and CDM knowledge desirable
Ability to use CAFM systems to track jobs and provide reports
Experience of setting and managing budgets preferred
Ability to assess and implement “state of the art” FM systems where they can help and improve Murphy
Experience in working in a “hot-desk” or “Agile” working environment and have detailed knowledge of the roll out of these types of working practices.
Willing to travel to sites across Murphy Northern geographies, must be able to drive