Building Manager

1 month ago


Cape Town City Centre, South Africa Jobted ZA C2 Full time

Role Location
Montclare Place, Claremont, Cape Town.

Working Conditions
- Ability to work after hours and on weekends when required.
- Must be willing to a hands-on approach electrical, plumbing, HVAC installations, fire
regulations.

Reporting Manager
The Building Manager reports to the Facilities Manager.

Direct Subordinates
The position, currently, has the following direct report:
a) Handypersons (x2)

Budget Responsibility
- To prepare and manage the technical budget (Capex and R&M) including forecasts and
budget variance reports.
- To prepare required technical and financial reports and feedback reports to management
on issues.

Duties and responsibilities
- To set and implement planned/preventative/emergency maintenance in conjunction
with the Property and Portfolio Managers, as well as disaster and emergency planning.
- To ensure that life cycle planning and preventative maintenance plans over a 3, 5 and
10-year period are set for properties under management.
- To ensure effective asset control by setting and managing the asset register.
- To implement energy saving programs (green principles), environmental and
sustainability methodology in the portfolio.
- To contribute to the SLAs for approved service providers in conjunction with the
Procurement team.
- To ensure that compliance is maintained with building and statutory regulations.
- To manage and respond timeously to technical complaints and queries received by clients
and identify trends in complaints.
- To manage the relationship with the tenants, including tenant installations and asserting
budgetary control.
- To conduct inspections, including technical, housekeeping, service contract and take on
and take back inspections.
- To manage and coordinate staff activities and deliverables, implementing work schedules
and effectively using the company performance and development management system.
- To manage both "hard" and "soft" services, monitoring the quality of services and
deliverables provided by suppliers, ensuring they are within budget by negotiating the
advantageous pricing structures, as well as effective utilization of municipal and utility
management.
- To stay abreast of changing technical market trends.

Experience
- Minimum 3 years property or Built Environment experience.
- 5 years property experience in a building environment.
Exposure to the following
- Knowledge of safety, fire and emergency procedures will be advantageous
- Knowledge of Occupational Health and Safety Act and relevant legislation will be
advantageous
- Knowledge of SLAs and lease agreements will be advantageous
- Knowledge of basic technology in building (electrical, plumbing and construction) is
extremely essential
- Knowledge of mechanical and air-conditioning systems is extremely essential
- Knowledge of day-to-day operations (cleaning, security) is extremely essential
Qualifications
- Certificate or Diploma or BSc in Property Studies / Building Science/ Facilities
Management.
- A technical tertiary qualification in Mechanical or Electrical or Civil/Structural
Engineering will be an added advantage.

Competencies
- Stakeholder Focus
- Managing and developing Relationships
- Communicating
- Decision Making
- Managing and Developing People
- Entrepreneurial
- Organisation
- Problem Solving
- Resilience
- Coping with Pressure and Change



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