Facilities Manager

Location: London, New Cross Gate

Appointment Basis: Permanent

Salary: £60,000 – £65,000 DOE with excellent benefits

 

We understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

 

Your future role

 

Reporting into the Head of Facilities Management, you’ll work alongside highly motivated professionals within Our Team committed to best-in-class performance in managing and coordinating the facilities contract and support to the maintenance activities for our fleets of trains – London Overground at New Cross Gate and Willesden depots.

 

You will be working with a team responsible for all facilities maintenance across several depots and outstations, utilising our current IFM contractor (CBRE) and dealing with TfL at NXG, while working collaboratively with them to ensure the NXG depot remains fully operational for Alstom to carry out all its train activities.

 

You will understand and work to current Health & Safety requirements, ensuring the safety of all staff, together with adhering to our environmental standards and polices, and fostering our values of agility, inclusivity and responsibility.

 

We’ll look to you for:

 

• Manage our IFM provider in delivering Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) to meet Statutory and Legal compliance and Mandatory maintenance on business critical and functionally critical assets.
• Support site EHS and Operational leads with technical advice during Work Package Plan reviews to ensure all activities are carried out with full compliance with AZDP (Our Zero Deviation Policy) and Health and Safety at work regulations.
• Interact with both internal and external stakeholders, ensuring full support is provided to ensure the operational requirements are met and all issues resolved with a minimum impact to passenger service.
• Lead on the management of all projects and works under Construction Design Management (CDM) regulations.
• Support EHS reporting objectives for Utilities, waste management and accident / incident reporting and the site EHS action plan to reduce risks and prevent Lost Time Accident (LTAs).
• Manage remedial works fully, including budget and repair times, to meet operational up time of all business-critical assets.

 

All about you

 

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:

 

HNC or Equivalent Experience in Engineering or Building Services.

• Experience of infrastructure and equipment repair management in the railway industry or similar
• Budget management.
• Supplier management.

 

Desirable Technical Knowledge / Experience

• A sound Mechanical and Electrical background.
• Fault finding and problem-solving skills
• Stakeholder engagement
• Working knowledge of CDM
• Understanding of UK statutory and legal compliance regulations.

 

Things you’ll enjoy

 

Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career.

 

You’ll also:

• Enjoy stability, challenges and a long-term career free from boring daily routines
• The role offers car or car allowance
• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues
• Contribute to innovative projects
• Utilize our dynamic, inclusive, and safety-focused working environment
• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries
• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning
• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognizes your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension)
• Up to 52 weeks full maternity and adoption pay
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with the opportunity to buy or sell holiday
• A wide range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your lifestyle

 

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

 

Equal opportunity statement:

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all our employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local law.

 

We are proud to support the Armed Forces community and welcomes applications from service leavers. We are a Gold Award holder of the Armed Forces Covenant under the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

 

As a ‘Disability Confident’ employer, we will interview all disabled job applicants who match the essential criteria of the job description or specification. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.