Facilities Team Lead

V&C Associates are partnering with a Luxury Residential Estate within the City of Birmingham recruiting for a Facilities Team Lead, a fantastic opportunity with great progression and attractive package reporting to the General Manager, responsible for the delivery of soft and hard Facilities Management across a cluster of properties providing a well maintained, safe, secure, clean, compliant, and efficient environment. The position will be responsible for supporting the development and execution of the national FM strategy and standards ensuring they are delivered consistently locally. The Facilities Team will have a team accountable for health, safety and security for their designated buildings.Key Responsibilities:-Drive the recruitment and retention of the Facilities team and their ongoing engagement through exceptional people and performance managementManage their teams performance, actively participate in performance management conversations and personal development plansEnsuring all properties are manned with the necessary facilities personnel according to agreed principles and property needMaking sure the team are taking appropriate action, resolving issues either directly or indirectly and making sure a resolution is found or the issue is escalated in the right amount of time, where applicableManage the companies policies, procedures and specified and trained ways of working at all timesResponsible for ensuring the delivery of the Estate planned maintenance program in line with statutory requirements and ensuring planned, reactive and project services are delivered in line with our quality assurance programResponsible for the security provision at all the propertiesManaging the property estate’s P&L, highlighting areas where future capital spend will be required Ensuring the completion of all H&S and fire related assessments, monitoring and testing on time and always being 100% compliantMaking sure all property projects are delivered on time and in budget (supported by project team)Provision of an out of hours on call emergency service, where applicableUnderstanding the sustainability strategy, its importance to the organisation, and actioning the opportunities the role presents to help achieve sustainability targetsKey Characteristics:-ApproachableDetail orientatedExperience working within a FM position and managing teamsExposure to managing fire safety equipment within a property environmentExposure to projects from the onset through to completionStrong knowledge of building Heating and AV ventilation (HVAC)Must have line management experience and comfortable with managing teamsMust have a provisional driving license1 in 4 weekends to work

Created: 2025-07-21