Facilities Manager

Full time (35 hrs/wk), permanentBased Horizons (Reading, Berkshire), Friday homeworkingSalary £40,000 FTE pa plus benefitsIn this important and responsible role, you will ensure the University''s buildings and working environment remain compliant, functional, efficient, and safe at all times from a hard services FM perspective. You will focus mainly on the Horizons site however you will also deputise for and support the Head of Facilities, in the wider work of the team.You will champion sustainability, concentrating specifically on elements relating to carbon management, energy, and water management. Being the expert in hard services FM, you will uphold building compliance and energy-related requirements, for example L8, ESOS and SECR, and provide advice and guidance to others as necessary. In addition, you will have full responsibility for contract management of FM service providers and proactively manage PPM at all University properties. See the list of job responsibilities on our careers site for the wide ranging nature of this role.Needless to say, you must have extensive knowledge and experience of hard FM services and be a confident and experienced engineer. Other essentials include familiarity with a BMS, experience of ISO140001, BREEAM, and contractor management. You must be a strong communicator and be digitally competent (we use MS Office), and any people management experience would be a plus. See the list of all person requirements on our careers site.At ..... full job details .....