Assistant Facilities Manager

Dalkia have an opportunity for an Assistant Facilities Manager to join our team at Sizewell C near Leiston.

We are looking for someone ideally with a background in facilities, to join the team at our rapidly developing site on Sizewell C, to provide support to the Facilities Manager to manage the team and keep our buildings working effectively and compliant.

You will provide crucial support to the management team and the support staff, in ensuring that the building is delivering safe and compliant activities and services across the site and maintained to a high standard, allowing our client EDF to carry out successful business operations across the project.

Overview of responsibilities

• Support the Facilities Manager with all activities and services within the property
• Ensure a safe working environment is maintained for customers, staff and contractors and that Health and safety and EDF “lifesaving” rules are met on site.
• Assist the Facilities Manager with planning the work of contractors and in-house teams to deliver essential core services such as reception, security, maintenance, mail, cleaning, waste disposal and catering; using best allocation of team resources.
• Checking that agreed work by staff or contractors has been completed satisfactorily and following up on any deficiencies, carrying out monthly audits on the cleaning standards and sending reports on time to the Helpdesk
• Assisting the Facilities Manager with the delivery of a fully compliant site, supporting with uploading documents to the Helpdesk team and escalating all non-compliant elements to the compliance team. Work with the Landlord team and ensure all Landlord non compliances are also escalated.
• Liaising with the EDF helpdesk and other members of the wider account to ensure priorities are met.
• Responding appropriately to emergencies or urgent issues as they arise, including the investigation of all incidents arising on site

Qualifications / Experience

• Role in similar position preferred
• Good communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Ability to work without supervision
• Highly motivated
• Clean Driving License
• Excellent client facing skills
• Flexible working (may be occasional need to work outside usual office hours which could include evenings or weekends)

What’s special about this role?

• Impact on Net Zero: Directly contribute to a large-scale project working towards the UK’s Net Zero target
• Career Progression: Potential to advance to Facilities Manager as the team grows
• Fast-Growing Environment: Rapid business growth means working in a dynamic and challenging environment, perfect if you thrive on new experiences and problem-solving
• Sizewell project: Sizewell is a major infrastructure project – be involved in something significant!
• A great place to work: check out our video and hear why our employees think Sizewell is such a great place to work: https://youtu.be/21I3eQDpDYw?feature=shared

At Dalkia, we are committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion. We ensure that every applicant is treated fairly and respectfully throughout our selection process. If you require any adjustments, please inform us in confidence. Our talent acquisition team is here to assist you.