Facilities Manager at Nicole Sinclair Consulting

Description

Our client in the hospitality business in  Lagos seeks to hire a  Facilities Manager who will be responsible for the maintenance, upkeep, and functionality of their buildings by conducting proactive and reactive maintenance. The Facilities Manager will also ensure that the facilities meet legal requirements and health and safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and organize all engineering activities.  
• Perform quality control checks, ensuring the safety and effectiveness or reliability of the facility equipment 
• Organize preventive/corrective maintenance facilities and equipment, critical and non-critical alike.  
• Prepare Annual Maintenance Plans
• Notify executive management of any needed changes and deviations in the maintenance plan and get approvals on adjustments that need to be made.
• Prepare maintenance budgets on a monthly  basis and ensure there is timely approval to mitigate unneeded breakdown
• Protect and improve the value of the organization’s assets and ensure that building, machinery, and systems meet or exceed their expected life cycle.  
• Follow and maintain the site-specific preventive maintenance and work order program.
• Coordinate the in-house engineering team for regular repairs of any damaged equipment 
• Ensure the availability of an adequate inventory of tools and other supplies to operate the building.  
• Organize administrative functions related to site operations, such as work orders and maintenance activities, budgets, ordering supplies, etc.  
• Oversee janitorial, cleaning and gardening.
• Conduct proactive, plumbing, carpentering, painting, and swimming pool maintenance works 
• Oversee the routine cleaning of sewage systems, ensure the health and safety protocols are observed thoroughly
• Work with the outsourced refuse disposal companies to ensure that all refuse is routinely emptied
• Scheduling both internal and external fumigation of the facilities.
• Supervise the maintenance of all generators.
• Schedule the washing of the diesel tank.
• Prepare comprehensive weekly plans for all scheduled jobs and allocate manpower as required.
• Ensure outsourced projects are properly supervised and signed off as completed.
• Ensure in-house projects are executed in line with approved plans and best practices.
• Monitor usage, servicing, and maintenance of fire extinguishers, firefighting equipment, and alarm systems. 
• Train staff on emergency procedures e.g. step by step use of fire extinguishers
• Encourage and foster a team-oriented environment through positive feedback.
• Develop power consumption plans and monitor implementation 
• Work closely on all required parties to minimize power outage to the facility 
• Explore alternate sources of power

Competency/Skill/Requirements

• University degree in engineering (mechanical or electrical) field a MUST; MSC will be an advantage.
• Proficiency in MS Office, Outlook, Word, Excel.    
• At least 5- 8  years of general facilities management experience in a large facility or hotel.
• Between 35-40 years of age.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Must reside around VI and its environs.
• Good communication skills, verbally and in writing 
• Able to understand the engineering design and operational aspects of the building systems and equipment