GLL is looking for a Facility Manager to work and be based at our new flagship, Woolwich Waves. If you have the skills and ambition to join us as a Facility Manager, there's never been a more exciting time to join us. This is more than a Facility Manager job; it's a career.
We are seeking a talented and experienced Facility Manager to join our team. As a Facility Manager, your role is to provide support to the General Manager at the new flagship, Woolwich Waves by looking after the plant rooms, PPM, LCM, R&M, contractor management, H&S and project delivery.
What you’ll do:
* Ensure buildings are safe and compliant through regular servicing of plant and equipment and by having a responsive reactive maintenance regime.
* Hold discussions with senior centre staff about compliance and holding meetings with other colleagues, contractors, and clients.
* Prioritise R&M jobs for the day and allocate work streams to colleagues, managing the frequency of breakdowns to plant and equipment in the building open all year round.
* Solve problems with technical and strategic-thinking abilities, managing challenges including complex equipment, mechanics, electrics, and hazardous materials.
* Manage time and prioritise tasks effectively.
* Communicate effectively with people at all levels, from senior GLL colleagues to contractors, maintenance personnel, and clients.
What you need:
* Willingness to work unsociable hours, including weekends, evenings, and out of hours.
* Availability to be on call and attend centre as required, including out of hours.
* Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of plant room operations, relevant legal and regulatory requirements, and associated technical systems.
* Hold a pool plant operator qualification
* Be practically skilled and hands-on with the ability to carry out basic repairs and maintenance tasks, including grounds upkeep and general facility care.
* Ensure fire safety and water compliance by carrying out routine checks and weekly tasks, including fire alarm testing and water management checks.
* Carry out routine pool watering testing, including two-hour sample checks to ensure water quality and safety standards are consistently met.
* Monitor and manage pool chemical supplies, ensuring timely ordering and safe storage in accordance with COSHH regulations and health and safety standards.
* Manage the repairs and maintenance tracker by reviewing tasks submitted by colleagues, prioritising issues, and ensuring timely completion of all works.
As a leader within the leisure industry, we can also offer scope to progress your career and job variety like nowhere else.
As a charitable social enterprise and cooperative owned by our staff, GLL is a unique organisation for you to have a career with!
The basics:
* This is a full time position. Hours of work will be negotiated with you in line with the needs of the service; flexible working may be possible. Working from home is not possible in this role.
* We are an accredited Living Wage employer with industry-leading rates of pay.
* We can offer a career, not just a job, with extensive Learning & Development support available.
* A uniform will be supplied and must be worn.
* GLL is Values Driven, not Profit Driven. We work hard to benefit the communities we operate in.
* As a staff-owned organisation, you will be given the opportunity to join the Society and have a stake in your business.
Additionally, GLL offers employees a range of employment benefits:
* Access to a pension scheme.
* Health Assurance and access to Counselling services.
* Access to the tax-efficient Ride to Work bicycle purchase scheme.
* Free annual eye tests.
* Discounted nationwide (over 200 centres) inclusive leisure centre membership for you and your partner. This includes GLL Extras!
GLL Society benefits (if you choose to join the Society after your probation period) include:
* The right to stand for the Society board and to vote for board members to represent you.
* Access to team building and fun events such as treks, concerts, outings, etc.
* Access to a range of benefits exclusive to our people – ask your line manager for details or check out the Intranet.
About GLL:
As the UK’s largest leisure operator and charitable social enterprise, we offer a range of careers for everyone in our local communities. We manage over 400 facilities across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, including public sport and leisure centres, elite sporting venues, libraries, and children’s centres.
Our people are from the communities we serve and help us make real changes in their local area.
One of our core values is ‘More than a Job’, because working with us opens a wide range of possibilities and opportunities for you, starting with how you work with us. To make sure we are having a positive impact on our people, we also offer some flexible and part-time working options so you can make sure your new job works for you. Subject to vacancies, whether you are after a contractual commitment and a regular work schedule or the freedom of flexible hours, you may be able to choose an arrangement that works best for you and play your part in improving the health and wellbeing of your community.
We offer two different types of work arrangements:
* A permanent employment contract - part time and full time.
* A flexible worker engagement by joining our flexible worker pool.
If you are looking for a regular number of hours that you can work and are flexible to meet the needs of a 7-day-a-week service, then a full-time or part-time permanent contract might be the right choice for you.
So whether your ambitions lie in sport and leisure, events & catering, health & beauty, corporate support, or working with children, you’ll be able to find your ideal new job at GLL.
Passionate about seeing our communities thrive, we invest back into our facilities, projects, and people and are Investors in People Gold Award employer.
However you choose to work with us, you can be sure that you will be a valued member of our team, working with great colleagues, and making a real difference to people’s lives.
We are an inclusive employer. We seek and welcome diversity in our teams. All pay rates are subject to skills, experience, qualifications, and location.