Facilities Manager

We're looking for a Facilities Manager to join our Bexley Schools team based in Bexleyheath and Welling.

Location: Bexley Schools, Bexleyheath & Welling - on-site role across 2 school locations
Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday (08:00–17:00)

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Facilities Manager, you'll be working within the Bexley Schools team supporting them in delivering high-quality facilities management services and ensuring safe, compliant and well-maintained school environments across both sites.

Your day to day will include:

• Managing all reactive, planned and lifecycle works in line with the FM contract, statutory requirements and Kier standards
• Leading Health & Safety compliance on site including adherence to SHE 5 Basics, NOVADE reporting, Golden Hour processes and maintaining essential logs (fire, water, premises)
• Coordinating subcontractors, site teams and Premises Managers to ensure timely and effective delivery of maintenance activities
• Overseeing lifecycle budgets, tenders, quotations and Authority Notices of Change (ANCs)
• Building strong relationships with clients and stakeholders ensuring high levels of satisfaction and clear communication

What are we looking for?

This role of Facilities Manager is great for you if:

• You have proven experience in facilities management, building maintenance or operational site management
• You have strong leadership skills and can effectively manage caretakers, engineers and cleaning staff
• You understand Health & Safety legislation and can manage risks, compliance and safe systems of work confidently
• You have excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to make informed data-driven decisions
• You hold a Full Driving Licence due to travel between school sites

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier