Our client, a well established Rail contractor is seeking to employ a Facilities Manager to be based in their brand new Head Office in Leeds to provide effective administration support and facilities management for c. 300 office and site-based employees based in their HR and regional depots across the country.


You will manage their office administration team – 4 based in Leeds / 3 in Sheffield / 1 in Wigan / 1 in Colchester.

With your recent and relevant experience of delivering effective administration and facilities services, they will be looking to you to develop, organise and manage all general administration and facilities management to ensure efficient and uniform processes are in place across the business units.

Good management skills and the ability to motivate staff to meet the highest possible standards will be key in making this successful.

Experience in budget planning & negotiation will be essential in tasks such as:
• effectively negotiating with external suppliers
• planning, costing and overseeing office maintenance
• ensuring that spend is closely monitored and accurately recorded, within budget and provides good value for money.

What our client can offer:
• A great working environment in our newly refurbished modern offices
• Collaborative and friendly working culture
• Hybrid Working – up to two days per week
• 25 days holiday + Statutory Bank Holidays
• Company Sick Pay
• Training & Development opportunities
• Paid Volunteer Days
• Annual Flu Jabs
• Employee Assistance Programmes for advice and counselling


Skills required:
Excellent understanding of Microsoft Office applications – Word Excel Outlook – is essential
• Ability to communicate at all levels in a professional and supportive manner
• A self-starter with a good degree of initiative and self-motivation who can deliver effective work without the
need for close management
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work to deadlines – tenacious and a “completer finisher” who gets things done.
• Excellent planning/organisational skills
• Attention to detail and process orientated – capable of mapping and reviewing processes to identify
improvements.
• Comfortable to work as part of the team dealing with routine, volume/fast turnaround administration tasks when
required

To find out more about this role please contact Joanna Gutkowska on <phone number removed> .