About the Role
Support Management Surveyors in delivering high-quality property management services for Savills clients and occupiers. The Retail Park Regional Facilities Manager will build relationships with stakeholders and maintain parks to a high standard, ensuring a safe and pleasant customer environment. Key activities include risk management and contractor services, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements through inspections and audits.
Responsibilities
- Ensure Operation Reporting System (“Compass”) and Datastation Health & Safety systems are up to date and complete.
- Ensure compliance with all legal and statutory requirements, including Health and Safety.
- Prepare each retail park for risk assessment maintaining a target compliance rating of 95%.
- Ensure a full set of risk assessments is held for each retail park on Datastation and action plans are implemented.
- Report to the Management Surveyor if a risk assessment is prevented from being implemented.
- Ensure monthly checklists are completed and uploaded on to Datastation within the appropriate time scales.
- Record utility consumption at all sites and update Optima/Compass accordingly.
- Liaise with all occupiers regularly to build strong relationships, obtain trading updates, resolve service issues, and assist retailers in improving performance.
- Conduct a minimum of fortnightly visits to retailers for all Tier 1 Parks and monthly visits for Tier 2 Parks.
- Engage fully with all store managers for Tier 1 Parks to understand retailer requirements and introduce proactive initiatives.
- Collate detailed trade information on all Tier 1 Parks during retail visits and issue monthly to Savills Research and the Management Surveyor.
- Collect trade information for Tier 2 Parks through monthly retail visits and submit quarterly to Savills Research and the Management Surveyor.
- Co-ordinate and facilitate regular occupier meetings and provide minutes to occupiers and the surveyor.
- Keep retailers and customers updated on refurbishment or major work programmes.
- Monitor tenant activity including trade performance, alterations, changes in occupational status, and advise the Management Surveyor.
- Ensure high site standards in cleaning, repair, and presentation are achieved and maintained within property budgets.
- Act as the first point of contact for Savills Helpdesk in emergency situations, attend property, report back, and coordinate third-party stakeholders.
- Evaluate existing contractual relationships with the OST team and ensure contractor service meets agreed specifications, SLAs, and KPIs.
- Address any shortcomings in service delivery swiftly.
- Implement car park management strategies to maximize customer parking and monitor to address changes in trading patterns.
- Oversee the planned and preventative maintenance program, developing an appropriate strategy for the park.
- Set and implement an appropriate environmental strategy for each park, including waste and energy management.
- Prepare and implement contingency plans for site attendance, including cover for holidays, training, and sickness.
- Embed a customer-focused ethos into park operations and site staff.
- Develop a close working relationship with occupier representatives and manage satisfaction and confidence in Savills service delivery.
- Ensure tenants have relevant contact details for the Regional Facilities Manager and Management Surveyor.
- Advise the Management Surveyor of any changes in tenants' occupational status.
- Assist in preparing the annual service charge budget by completing a 1st draft with recommendations and financial requests.
- Monitor SC expenditure and ensure invoices are approved in a timely manner via Proactis.
- Produce and coordinate information in line with Savills and client requirements.
- Keep the Management Surveyor fully informed of site issues at all times and assist with certifying expenditure invoices.
- Carry out annual appraisals for all SMR site staff based on your sites within given time scales and ensure 6-monthly reviews are completed.
- Take on new retail parks as requested and efficiently handover sold/lost parks to incoming agents.
Requirements
- Demonstrate self-motivation with excellent interpersonal skills.
- Possess excellent organizational and time management skills with flexibility.
- Ability to handle a large number of projects with diverse customers, suppliers, and property owners.
- Experience and knowledge of achieving high standards in property management on multi-let sites.
- Knowledge and understanding in preparation of service charge budgets, ensuring agreed times and costs are adhered to.
- Strong overall experience in a similar environment.
Skills
- Risk management
- Contractor service management
- Health and Safety compliance
- Property management
- Service charge budget preparation
- Interpersonal skills
- Organizational skills
- Time management skills
Location
- Remote
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Professional qualification such as MIWFM or Assoc RICS (working towards or demonstrated experience)
- NEBOSH or IOSH qualifications (or commitment to obtain)
Benefits
- Benefits Booklet available for more information.
About the Company
- Savills is a global real estate services provider.
