Workplace Facilities Manager

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Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world's most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

Arcadis is looking to hire a Workplace Facilities Manager to be the first contact point for the business and are required to provide advice on the interpretation and application of Arcadis policies in their role, or deliver complex technical work. The new hire will be Responsible for managing the day-to-day duties of offices.

This role will provide support for the offices in the South East, specifically assisting the Workplace function in London, Guildford, Cambridge, Newmarket DH, and LP. Interested applicants must have facilities management experience and be able to travel.

This will be a Full-time position.

Role accountabilities:

• Resolve operational day-to-day problems in own area of specialism (HR, Finance, IT, etc.) referred from other functions of the business, ensuring an efficient and high-quality service is extended to all internal clients
• Contribute to budgetary planning and provide reports and commentary to support the management and control of project budgets and to optimise business performance
• Contribute to a range of internal projects and work with senior specialists to ensure programmes of work are undertaken and project milestones are met
• Identify and comply with the main principles, including legal and regulatory controls, relevant to Arcadis policies that govern work practices
• Monitor business processes in own area of specialism in order to identify opportunities for improvement
• Review and analyse customer service levels using standard reporting tools and highlight discrepancies against expected level of service
• Build trusted relationships with internal customers to ensure appropriate quality and service
• Provide detailed procedural advice on own area of specialism to internal clients to ensure that internal standards are adhered to
• Meeting rooms and room bookings management
• Possess the skills and experience to ensure all Arcadis offices are managed on a day-to-day basis in accordance with SHE, and FM good practice
• This involves contractor appointment and contractor management in delivery of FM and statutory compliance

Qualifications & Experience:

• BIFM Level 3 or above qualification
• Previous relevant experience in office or facilities management or similar
• DSE qualification
• IOSH management safety
• Effective research, data gathering and analysis skills
• Proficient in desktop applications (e.g. MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Effective time management skills
• Experience of managing small projects

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It's why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You'll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you'll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.

The salary range for this position is GBP 35,000 - $40,000. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.

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