Facilities Manager

Erlestoke, Wiltshire
Gov Facility Services Ltd (GFSL)
His Majesties Prison Erlestoke is a Category C Men’s prison housing circa 440 prisoners located 10 miles North East of Warminster. Facilities maintenance within the prison is an essential service provided to those serving sentences, a small town’s worth of people who work within it, and the wider community. As Facilities Site Manager at HMP Erlestoke you will be at the forefront of a well-seasoned team of multi-skilled professionals, each with their own technical skills and expertise who will benefit from your background as a people manager, stakeholder influencer and substantial hard and soft services experience. Working within the prison environment can be an incredibly challenging and incredibly rewarding endeavour, so as a Leader of robust character supported by your team of Supervisors, you will need to be conscious of and continuously evaluating your team’s output and resources to ensure they have everything they need to fulfil their roles, whilst maintaining their morale, welfare, safety, and a sense of humour throughout. The impact you can make in this role is significant, you will be intricately involved in the contract delivery to HMPPS, representing your team and advocating for our company values at every stage, with numerous senior stakeholders such as the Governor, Regional Directors and Ministry of Justice Property Management. Are you ready to influence and raise the bar with regards to high quality development delivery that recognises and rewards in equal measure? We provide critical and time-bound services to the Ministry of Justice and are looking for a Facilities Manager who can make a difference to the sites and the people we are responsible for. We’re five years young and growing in the provision of our on site solutions to the prison service and want applicants with: A passion for operational management and delivery of all aspects of facilities management services whilst building and developing a culture of positive relationships through delivering excellent customer service Experience in building and maintaining collaborative and professional partnerships with senior Operations colleagues, up to Director level, whilst playing a full part as a member of the management team and achieving the corporate objectives A recognised apprenticeship in a trade, or have two years of recognised experience and specialist skills as a supervisor or manager in the facilities sector Experience in planning, project management, financial planning and analysis and strong commercial and negotiation skills to oversee and work to budgets whilst managing change and people effectively An understanding and experience of relevant health and safety requirements and knowledge of routine preventative maintenance; IOSH as a minimum Recognised backgrounds in building senior site management teams, delivering high quality and valued services whilst complying with all company and local policies including the local security strategy whilst working within the siteIf this sounds like you, we would like to hear from you. About Us: We are Gov Facility Services Ltd, a non-profit company owned entirely by the Ministry of Justice, delivering safe, high quality and value driven facilities services to 48 prisons over the South and East of the UK with over 1,300 staff. It’s a great time to get involved and help shape the future of the company – and forge a great career at the same time. Why join us? You’ll become part of a high performing team in an ambitious and growing organisation with excellent and safe working environments and superb benefits, including, but not limited to 25 days annual leave, employer/ employee contributed pensions, competitive salaries and job security. What next? Apply today and a member of the team will be in touch to agree next steps with you. People matter to us. Gov Facility Services is devoted to creating an inclusive workplace where our employees are valued for their skills and experiences. As a business we are committed to keeping the prisons we work in safe and decent, we are equally committed to creating a workplace as diverse as the communities we serve – the more perspectives we have, the better decisions we make, empowering people’s access to equal opportunities, no matter who they are or where they’re from, we are really passionate about this and hope you are too. Pride in People – Do the Right thing – One Team An ISO 9001 Certified Company