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Refurbishment
The role of the Facilities Manager may include the management of the refurbishment of the building or a particular part of the building. The types of tasks associated with this demanding part of the role would include liaising with workers and contractors, ensuring health and safety is strictly adhered to and ensuring the project stays within the confines of the budget.
A Facilities Manager may also be responsible for overseeing renovation work and moving offices.
Maintenance
When working in an office, we often take it for granted that everything will be just as we need it and the environment will be comfortable enough to allow us to work at our optimum level.
The Facilities Manager usually ensures the maintenance of the workplace, which may include taking care of any repairs and generally monitoring the upkeep of the building.
Security
There are very few companies who don’t have some kind of security measures in place and these may include cameras, security guards or a security card system for allowing access in and out the building.
The Facilities Manager may be in charge of ensuring security is kept at its optimum level and there are no threats to the security of the building. In this respect, the Facilities Manager has a very important role to play in many industries.
Budget
The budget may be left in the hands of the Facilities Manager, who will often be responsible for improving efficiency within the business.
They may be expected to find ways of reducing operating costs while ensuring productivity is maintained. This is quite a complex and important aspect of the role, which will require the right person to ensure it is deal with appropriately.
Health and Safety
Unless there is a dedicated health and safety department, the Facilities Manager is often responsible for taking care of this function. This may include ensuring consultations are carried out and there is sufficient signage to alert workers to any dangers.
Health and safety is paramount within any organisation and as such, it is important for a dedicated manager to take care of this process, which is what the Facilities Manager can do.
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