Competitive salary package
- Flexible working options
- Work with a friendly and supportive team who love what they do everyday
**At Nido**, Early Education is our great love. But that is only one part of our story - education and learning run through our entire business, from our exceptional early education centres to our support functions. We know that learning together, and from each other, is what will make us stand out and prepare us for the future.
This Facilities Manager position will be reporting into our Operations Director and is responsible for the co-ordination and management of all building maintenance and repairs at all services and across all trades, playing a crucial part in ensuring both the quality and safety within our centres across Australia.
**What's in it for you**:
- Competitive salary package
- Flexible working options
- Work with a friendly and supportive team who love what they do everyday
**What you will be responsible for**:
- Manage and coordinate building maintenance and repairs at all childcare centres, across all trades (plumbing, electrical, mechanical, building maintenance etc.)
- Develop preventative maintenance schedules and proactively review to ensure our Service needs are being exceeded
- Coordinate the planning and implementation of capital works projects
- Communicate regularly with property owners, subcontractors, contractors and centres
- Quality assurance of trades and insurance assessors
- Attend site meetings and conduct relevant inspections where needed
- Seek tenders / quotes to undertake works
- Manage budget and reconciliation
- Provide agreed service levels to all centres
**What you will bring**:
- Minimum 5 years' experience in a similar role, managing multi-sites nationwide
- Strong understanding of facilities management
- Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment
- Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Advanced organisational and time management skills
- Positive, calm, confident structured approach when under pressure
- Intermediate skills in Microsoft Office Suites: Excel, Word and Outlook
- Excellent stakeholder management skills
- Dedicated team player