TECHNICAL RETAIL BUILDING MANAGER
Cape Town

An exciting and challenging career opportunity exists for a Technical Building Manager to manage all technical building maintenance aspects of this retail shopping centre. A sound technical understanding of all general building maintenance function; electrical, plumbing, HVAC, construction projects is required. The ideal incumbent will also be responsible for overseeing the soft services; cleaning, security contracts and be responsible for managing budgets and contractor liaison.

Our client seeks an individual with strong leadership qualities, a self-starter who is deadline focused, results orientated and able to work under pressure.

REQUIREMENTS:

• A minimum of 5 years general building management experience.
• Strong technical skills and the ability to do 1st line fault finding (a technical qualification (Electrical / HVAC / Plumbing) will be required).
• A solid understanding of all aspects of building management.
• Must be able to manage Opex and Capex budgets.
• Clear understanding of SLA’s.
• Strong MS Office skills.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Routine inspections of the retail centre in respect of mechanics and facilities.
• Ensure that all technical aspects of the buildings are properly serviced and maintained to highest standards: Cleaning, security, air-conditioning, access control/CCTV, lights, gardens, general maintenance, fire prevention etc.
• Manage tenant installations, including monitoring the implementation.
• Manage internal and external contractors ie; housekeeping, security, maintenance, and ensure that set standards are met.
• Assists with the technical budgeting process for all aspects of maintenance expenditure.
• Proficient in implementation and reporting on planned / preventative / emergency maintenance and inspections of the buildings.
• Has a clear ability to implement life cycle planning and preventative maintenance plans.
• Effectively co-ordinates and reports on Contractor Service Level Agreements.
• Effectively reports on the quality of services rendered by suppliers and ensures that deliverables from service providers are met within time and budget.
• Ensures timeous response to complaints / queries received from tenants.
• Ensure statutory compliance ie; Health & Safety etc of the centre at all times.
• Ability to manage technical contractors.
• Maintain a firm control over inventory of company assets.

Only short listed applicants will be contacted.