General Manager, Facilities

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We recognize that the construction industry is changing at a rapid pace and we continually strive to be at the forefront. Our core values empower people to deliver great careers to one another and develop creative solutions for complex problems on some of the most exciting projects. It doesn't matter what your expertise and craft is - there are no boundaries. We are a group of professionals with a variety of expertise within pre-construction, construction, and post-construction. To learn more, check out our Cradle to Grave services and hear from our team directly about what a career at EllisDon could look like for you. As you can see, we are a diverse bunch.

Above all, we are a group of individuals with unique experiences and at EllisDon, we choose to celebrate the strength in our differences, every day. EllisDon's commitment to Inclusive Diversity is to work together to create an environment where every employee feels safe to be their true and authentic self. Ultimately, EllisDon's purpose is to provide people with similar values the opportunity to achieve to their full potential; to deliver that opportunity for great careers to one another; and to contribute meaningfully to the community we share with others.

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You as a General Manager, Facilities will:

• Act as liaison with the Client on all aspect of the operational service.
• Responsible to oversee and ensure all service contract deliverables are achieved.
• Collaborate with hospital leadership, department heads, and external partners to ensure alignment and support for facility operations and service delivery.
• Oversee planning, project management, operations and facilities services.
• Provide expert advice and proactively report on delivery and performance, utilizing available tools and information while maintaining detailed, accurate and up to date records of site infrastructure, plant and equipment including product and technical information.
• Regularly review the department's workload to achieve a cost effective and quality service.
• Establish necessary policies, procedures, action plans, critical indicators, timetables and performance measures to guarantee high quality services and timely deliverables to the customer.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement in all service streams, implementing best practices and innovative solutions to enhance service delivery
• Identify and develop areas of continuous improvement to achieve and better Key Performance Indicators and maintain an overall high level of service delivery.
• Establish and update the Annual Service Plan and Monthly operational report as required.
• Develop and manage comprehensive capital planning strategies to prioritize and allocate resources effectively for infrastructure projects, ensuring alignment with the organization's long-term goals and financial objectives
• Monitor and report on expenditure, cost recovery and performance to ensure the most economic use of allocated budgets.
• Ensure compliance to all legislated, corporate and industry-related requirements and guidelines including but not limited to environmental, health and safety, and building standard requirements
• Recruit, manage and evaluate management and supervisory staff within the portfolio
• Manage the day-to-day staff requirements including employee development, full cycle
• recruiting, succession planning, discipline and grievance matters.
• Complies with or exceeds the requirements of good working practice or as detailed by current legislation and guidelines.

Is this the right role for you?

• A minimum of ten (10) years facilities management experience in a Health Environment at the Manager / Director level.
• You have experience managing in a P3 environment and have a strong understanding of P3 frameworks, regulations, and best practices
• Experience in managing hard and soft services in a large hospital setting.
• Experience managing a unionized environment.
• Experience operating Capital Budgets.
• Experience with financial modeling and contract management.

• You are self-driven, highly motivated and actively engage with all stakeholders and have the experience and ability to positively manage a dynamic workload.

• You have a strong understanding of P3 frameworks, regulations, and best practices
• You have strong human resource and financial management skills
• Ability to benchmark key performance indicators for services and costs
• Strong planning and performance management skills
• Ability to communicate and engage with staff to achieve desired outcomes.
• Proficiency in business computer application.

EllisDon is proud to provide this unique career opportunity that provides continuous learning, opportunity for growth, and a competitive compensation package within an environment that is committed to inclusion and respects diversity.

Go ahead and be yourself. We'll pay you for it!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We welcome people of any age, culture, subculture, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, ethnicity, race, size, mental or physical status, veteran status, religion, language, political opinion, working-style preference, family status, education, and socio-economic status. The EllisDon core values of Integrity and Mutual Respect welcomes everyone, at work and in the community, and our value of Mutual Accountability, means that we all have a role to play. As an EllisDon employee, this will ultimately be your commitment to Inclusive Diversity.

​Accommodation for Applicants with disabilities will be made during the recruitment process when requested.

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