Facility Manager at an Estate Management Firm - Fortbridge Consulting

Fortbridge Consulting - Our client, an Estate Management Firm, is recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Facility Manager

Location: Lekki, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Responsibilities

• Provides strong leadership to managing people and situations, capacity to leading to winning with stakeholders in turbulent times. Strong in the development and improvement of processes, systems, and strategies that attract future wins for the organization.
• Ensure the Estate’s ambiance and aesthetic appeal at inception is maintained as much as possible and make appropriate recommendations in this regard to management as may be required from time to time.
• Ensure that required service provision levels in the critical areas detailed below are maintained at all times and that all service contractors provide quality services to the satisfaction of estate residents.
• Provision of clean potable water in sufficient quantities on a daily basis by ensuring the water treatment plant is in good working order and that Water treatment personnel adheres to his schedule of duties.
• Ensuring alternative power sources are in good working condition at all times through adherence to the planned generator maintenance schedule as well as prompt attendance to unplanned maintenance events.
• Ensuring all paved areas of the estate are in a clean and presentable condition at all times and ensuring cleaning personnel is fully alive to their responsibilities.
• Ensuring landscaped areas are regularly and properly tended by the gardeners in accordance with the gardening schedule.
• Ensure prompt resolution of Residents’ complaints and rectification of faults in their units and follow up all work orders to completion.
• Ensure that the Security of the Estate is maintained at all times and that the full complement of security personnel are on the ground at all times and properly logged in.
• He/She will also ensure perimeter security barriers, as well as security lighting, remain in good working condition and that all PPM schedules in this regard are strictly adhered to.
• Preparations of service charge budget for the facilities being managed and monitor implementation throughout the service year to ensure all expenses remain within budget.
• Keep regular tabs on residents' service charge payments and ensure that the Finances of the estate he/she manages are in credit balance at all times through ensuring Residents' account balances are always in credit as much as is practicable. He will consistently furnish residents with accurate and timely statements of accounts and request payments from them in an appropriate manner once their balances are low.
• In the area of health and safety, the Facility Manager will oversee Health & Safety monitoring in the estates covered and carry out works assessments for all staffers attached to each premise prior to execution of any maintenance or remedial works.
• Prepare Monthly reports of the activities in the estate he manages.

Job Specification
Qualification Requirements:

• Minimum of HND / B.Sc. in Facility Management, Estate Management, and Building Technology. IFMA and other relevant certifications will be an added advantage.
• Must possess a minimum of five (5) years cognate experience in standard real estate firms based on Lagos Island - residential FM operations and must have acted in various leadership capacities of FM or similar role.

Key Competencies / Attributes:

• FM Operations & Maintenance
• Strong Leadership & Strategy Capacity
• Emergency Planning & Business Continuity Savvy
• Strong Planning & Organizational Abilities
• Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
• Real Estate & Property Management
• Digital Technology Savvy
• Project Management
• Business Partnering - Finance & Business Intelligent.

Application Closing Date
19th October, 2021.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their updated CV and Cover Letter to: [email protected] and copy [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.

Note: Only qualified candidates should apply and only qualified candidates will be shortlisted for an interview.