Facilities Jobs
Facilities jobs ensure that everything is available and operating properly for building occupants to do their work. Facilities management is the management of building, estates which encompasses both building fabric and services. The services are sometimes considered to be divided into 'hard services' and 'soft services'.
Hard services includes such things as ensuring that a building's air conditioning is operating efficiently, reliably, safely and legally. Soft services covers the cleaning of buildings and monitoring the performance of contractors eg builders and electricians.
Sub contractor Management expertise and staff management skills and environmental awareness is also important. You also need strong interpersonal skills and an ability to communicate effectively and productively with people at all levels, from directors and operational managers to other internal customers, contractors and other outsourced suppliers.
Growing importance of Health & Safety in facilities jobs
BIFM membership is usually a pre-requisite for the more senior FM jobs, as is a degree. Many employers are now asking their FM staff to have a qualification in Health and Safety, such as Nebosh or Iosh and this will become increasingly important as Health and Safety becomes a more recognised part of the FM role.
Continue your search for facilities management jobs or contact your nearest Hays office to discuss our latest jobs in facilities.
