Facilities Officer

Pay: £13.17 per hour

Length: 3 months.

Days/Hours: Monday - Friday

Location: Cube ideally but comuniting to other offices may be required (If based at the cube expenses to be paid if required to commute)

On behalf of North Northamptonshire Council, we are looking for Facilities officer To provide high quality and professional facilities management services across the Council's property portfolio. To handle a workload related to facility management under supervision.

Responsibilities.

• To assist in providing a pro-active high quality facility management support to colleagues and clients. To include participation in the development, procurement and maintenance of the planned preventative and reactive maintenance schedules across NNC's portfolio of premises.
• To handle individual tasks and develop a workload with a level of supervision.
• To acquire and develop facilities management skills through assisting the Facilities Manager and facilities management team in a wide variety of duties.
• To assist in ensuring electrical and mechanical equipment within NNC facilities is operated, inspected and maintained in accordance with Manufacturer and Operational Procedures.
• To assist in the supervision of premises security, premises technicians and cleaning team and to keep up to date attendance records of all facilities employees, adhering to relevant policies and timescales. Provide support in securing buildings if required along with allocation of work tasks, however so issued.
• To assist in the operation of computer-based management programmes (Building Management Systems) to monitor the facility and make appropriate adjustments.
• Under the direction of the Facilities Manager to assist with monitoring of contractor performance in terms of standard of work, compliance with specification and instigating supervisory action or correspondence.
• Under the direction of the Facilities Manager support project work.
• Under the direction of the Facilities Manager, to prepare invitations to quote/tender for soft/hard services, including scheduling minor works, obtaining quotations, instructing third parties in respect thereof.
• To support the Facilities Management team with proactive financial monitoring of budget and identifying and implementing efficiency savings.
• To assist in the drafting and presentation of Reports to working parties, committees, or other member bodies both internal and external to The Council.
• To develop expertise in the use of information communication technology for setting up and maintaining Building Information.
• To assist in receiving and managing general enquiries.
• Always Promote customer care and quality of performance.
• Ensure a customer focused approach in all aspects of the service both internal & external.
• Ensure a pro-active approach is taken to Equality & Diversity issues.
• Attend site meetings as dictated by contractual works and liaising with contractors' supervisory staff, premises technicians, cleaners &security staff.
• Arranging and attending pre contract meetings including formulating agendas and minute taking as necessary.
• Assist in the attendance of out of hour's meetings with tenants, residents, and clients to report on and present all aspects of future programmed works, to undertake consultation and quality initiatives all as directed by the Facilities Supervisor.
• To procure external professional services and to direct and manage those.
• appointments thereafter to ensure the provision of timely, professional, and relevant facilities management advice.
• Carry out other duties as required commensurate with the grading of the post.
• Ensure that the Health and Safety of themselves and all others affected by their work is a priority and H&S procedures and policies are strictly followed and adhered to

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