Facilities Manager

Facilities Manager

Location: Scarborough

We have an exciting opportunity for a positive, professional and proactive Facilities Manager to join the team based at our largest manufacturing site in the UK in Scarborough. You will lead the facilities function in line with the Group Facilities strategy and ADL policies.

• Come join Alexander Dennis. We are transforming public transport globally by designing, manufacturing, and servicing the cleanest and greenest buses and coaches for our customers.
• In a nutshell, we build buses and coaches. In fact, more than half of the buses you see on the roads in the UK are built by Alexander Dennis. We have a huge responsibility to keep the world moving.
• We are saving the planet. Our purpose is to support Governments globally with their push to reduce pollution and improve air quality by building greener, more eco-friendly buses.
• We love our customers. So much so, almost every bus we build is bespoke – what the customer wants, we will do our best to deliver.
• We have a fantastic Canadian parent company called NFI. They welcomed us into the family in 2019, and we haven’t looked back ever since.
• We are building back and growing again, winning new orders in Germany and Ireland which will be manufactured right here in the UK.
• Our global footprint is pretty impressive. We have a presence in some super cool places across the world from Hong Kong to Auckland to Toronto.
• Our people are our biggest asset, making us the hugely successful company we are. We are transforming how we work, offering team members more flexibility around how they live and work.

What does that mean for you?

• Generous salary package – we reward our people at the level they deserve.
• A 4-day working week, giving you more time at the weekend to do the things you love, with the people you love.
• A 37-hour working week, with flexible working options, giving you that much needed work/life balance.
• Annual leave entitlement which increases with tenure.
• Pension scheme to help you save for the future.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme which offers practical, impartial support on issues impacting your life.
• Cycle to work scheme, discounted gym membership, and regular meditation sessions as your health and wellbeing is important to us.

Interested and want to find out more? Check out our YouTube channel or LinkedIn!

Your dream role:

• We need a Facilities Manager to lead and develop the local facilities management team whilst aligning with the wider group facilities function and other functional strategies, e.g., ESG.
• This is a Full Time, Permanent role based from our site in Scarborough.
• You will be responsible for ensuring facilities service providers are following good practice; delivering a value for money/quality service and are working to safe working procedures.
• Assessing risks and leading the site business continuity planning will be an important part of your role.
• You will drive hard and soft service contract procurement and service delivery.
• Ensure appropriate maintenance strategies are selected and implemented to meet business and legal requirements.
• Own the H&S compliance for all elements of the facilities function.
• Master budget planning, monitoring and control for sites within your remit.
• Implementation of continuous improvement throughout areas of responsibility e.g., Energy management whilst ensuring all areas remain ISO compliant.
• Successful implementation of significant infrastructure projects and their on-time delivery.
• Ensure site environmental compliance and reporting whilst managing and assessing the environmental impact of sites in accordance with ADL policy.
• Be an active member of the site SMT working collaboratively to deliver core business objectives.
• Implement and sustain a CAFM/CMMS system.

What you will bring:

• High level of demonstrated FM work experience within a manufacturing or production environment.
• Extensive knowledge of hard and soft service delivery and property/asset maintenance strategies.
• Prior management experience and the ability to lead and motivate teams.
• Strong working knowledge of quality and customer service measurement procedures and techniques
• Ability to work well under continual time deadlines and financial goals.
• Experience of creating and delivering FM revenue and capital budgets.
• Ability to interpret complex accounting, analysis, budgeting and business information.
• Present a positive and professional image of ADL in all contacts and relationships.
• Proficient in various MS Office programs.
• Familiar with continuous improvement techniques and programs.
• Hold the ability to regularly contact, influence and negotiate with both internal and external individuals on complex issues.
• Must be able to respond to enquiries and complaints with tact and diplomacy.
• Ability to demonstrate strong performance management skills by setting clear goals and objectives and measuring performance and delivering results.
• Strong communication skills demonstrated by presenting information effectively and persuasively across communication settings.
• The successful candidate will hold the flexibility to be on call out of hours for any site call outs that may arise, such as fire alarm activation.

Next steps:

If this sounds like you, and you’re interested in coming ‘aboard’, then we would love to hear from you. Alongside uploading your CV, please share a short covering letter detailing why you’re interested and why we should hire you!

• Recommend a Friend is applicable for this role.

If you are an internal applicant, you have a responsibility to inform your current line/department manager and local human resources representative before applying for the role.

We care deeply about being inclusive and we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Due to the volume of vacancies and applications, we would prefer that you submit your application online. If however, you require an alternative method of applying, please give us call on +44 1324 621 672 or send an email to careers@alexander-dennis.com

As this role is unlikely to meet UKVI criteria for sponsorship under the skilled worker route, you will be required to have the right to work in the UK from the proposed commencement date.

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