About the Role
The Facility Manager II is responsible for owning and driving all activity within their assigned building(s), ensuring facilities are operated safely, cost-effectively, and efficiently according to the Statement of Work and client contract. This role serves as the primary BGIS representative for day-to-day client and tenant interactions, managing moderate to large portfolios and/or facilities of moderate to high complexity.
Responsibilities
- Manage operations, maintenance, and annual facility programs for a portfolio of facilities.
- Ensure facility uptime objectives and safe, reliable operations.
- Create and implement annual facility management plans.
- Collaborate with stakeholders and oversee the implementation of facility-related programs.
- Oversee maintenance and repair activities, ensuring timely, safe, and quality completion.
- Maintain documentation for facility inspections, equipment, and projects.
- Evaluate capital assets and recommend maintenance, repair, replacement, and budget inclusion.
- Identify and implement efficiencies through best practices and sustainable initiatives.
- Optimize assigned portfolios and create client value.
- Meet client obligations and resolve issues with open communication.
- Monitor service delivery performance against KPIs and implement corrective actions.
- Escalate service requests and issues to senior management as needed.
- Ensure compliance with all legislated, corporate, and industry requirements (EHS, building standards).
- Execute emergency preparedness, risk management, disaster recovery, and business continuity plans.
- Collaborate with EHS teams to ensure compliance with health and safety legislation.
- Administer vendor safety accreditation, training, and qualifications.
- Organize and facilitate health and safety meetings with vendors.
- Monitor and ensure the safe delivery of all work within assigned portfolios.
- Develop and maintain effective client relationships and ensure satisfaction.
- Act as the escalation point for facility-related issues.
- Meet portfolio budgets and develop/manage budget for portfolio and project expenses.
- Liaise with Finance for budget management and profitability.
- Review and approve expenditures.
- Develop and execute project plans, costs, and budgets for assigned portfolios.
- Oversee project delivery and ensure minimal disruption.
- Ensure regulatory compliance and maintain related documentation.
- Collaborate with Procurement to source and qualify vendors.
- Ensure adequate inventory of tools and supplies.
- Manage employee-oriented activities including engagement, development, performance, hiring, and retention.
Requirements
- College diploma or equivalent training (e.g., RPA, CET).
- 3-5 years or more of facility management work experience.
- Solid facility operations and maintenance management abilities.
- Solid proficiency with facility equipment and building systems.
- Solid service delivery management abilities.
- Solid budget management abilities.
- Developed communication, influence, persuasion, and negotiation skills.
- Solid client relationship management abilities.
- Solid people leadership skills.
- Solid vendor management skills.
- High degree of client service orientation and sense of urgency.
- Solid project management skills.
- Solid emergency preparedness and business continuity planning and execution abilities.
- Possesses a sustainability mindset and seeks to incorporate sustainable practices.
- Thorough knowledge of health and safety requirements and a high degree of safety mindset.
- Possesses a continuous improvement and quality mindset.
- Maintains current knowledge of and demonstrates solid ability to implement facility management services best practices.
- Solid knowledge of current building standards, code, and legislative requirements.
Skills
- Facility operations and maintenance management
- Facility equipment and building systems proficiency
- Service delivery management
- Budget management
- Communication
- Influence
- Persuasion
- Negotiation
- Client relationship management
- People leadership
- Vendor management
- Client service orientation
- Sense of urgency
- Project management
- Emergency preparedness
- Business continuity planning and execution
- Sustainability practices
- Health and safety requirements
- Continuous improvement
- Quality management
- Facility management best practices
- Building standards, code, and legislative requirements
Location
- Onsite
Work Type
- Full-time
- Regular
Experience Level
- 3-5 years
Education Level
- College diploma or equivalent training (e.g., RPA, CET)
Salary/Compensations
- $63,397 - $79,246 per annum
Benefits
- Accommodation during the recruitment process is available upon request.
About the Company
- BGIS is a leading provider of customized facility management and real estate services.
- With a combined team of over 10,000 professionals worldwide, BGIS relentlessly focuses on enabling innovation through the services they deliver.
- They actively seek new opportunities that drive innovation for their clients’ businesses.
- Globally, they manage over 320 million square feet of client portfolios across 30,000+ locations in North America, Europe, Middle East, Australia, and Asia.
- BGIS is a global leader in integrated facility management services.
- Globally, BGIS manages over 50,000 facilities totaling more than 600 million square feet across several markets including government, higher education, utilities, telecommunications, financial services, oil & gas, healthcare and cloud enterprise.
- In addition to managing a diverse portfolio of corporate offices, retail, colleges, hospitals and industrial assets, BGIS is a world leader in the management of data centers and other critical environments.
Equal Opportunity
- BGIS believes that diversity and inclusion is a key business driver.
- They are committed to maintaining a barrier-free recruitment process by providing equal employment opportunities through recruiting and retention of individuals of all backgrounds.
- BGIS is an equal opportunity employer.
- Artificial intelligence may be used in certain stages to screen, assess, or select applicants, however, a human reviewer makes all final decisions.
