A Senior Facilities Manager leads the delivery of facilities services across a building, campus or group of sites, with accountability for compliance, the facilities budget, the team and the service partners who do the work.
The Senior Facilities Manager Job Description Template gives employers a ready-to-edit framework for the appointment, covering the job summary, key responsibilities, qualifications and the personal qualities the role needs. It is written by specialist FM recruiters, drawing on the job descriptions we have written for Facilities Management roles since 2006.
The template positions the Senior Facilities Manager as the organisation's lead on facilities, workplace and building matters, with placeholders for headcount, floor area, number of sites and reporting line. It sits above the Facilities Manager role: broader scope, more senior stakeholders and direct ownership of the budget and contracts.
What the template covers
- Delivery of hard and soft services to agreed standards, KPIs and SLAs.
- Managing service partners and contractors, including performance reviews, renewals and tendering.
- Statutory compliance and health and safety across the estate, including fire, water, electrical, gas and lift testing, permits to work and contractor safety.
- Setting and managing the facilities budget and reporting to senior leadership.
- Planned and reactive maintenance, the asset register and lifecycle planning, using CAFM data.
- Leading and developing the facilities team.
- Projects, moves and workplace change, business continuity and emergency response.
- Energy, waste and sustainability targets, and data for ESG reporting.
- Landlord, managing agent and service charge matters.
Knowledge, experience and qualifications
The template asks for significant experience as a Facilities Manager with responsibility for multiple services, a team and a budget, a professional FM qualification such as IWFM Level 4 or 5, NEBOSH or IOSH Managing Safely, sound knowledge of building compliance, and experience of outsourced contracts, CAFM systems and workplace projects. A relevant degree is listed as desirable.
The About You section looks for a confident leader who sets clear standards, stays calm in incidents, is commercially aware, communicates credibly with senior stakeholders and balances planned work, reactive demands and projects.
For guidance on pay, our 2026 benchmarks put Senior Facilities Manager salaries at around £60,000 to £80,000, depending on location, sector and scope.
Who this resource is for
Heads of Facilities, Facilities Directors, Workplace and Property leaders, HR professionals, Talent Acquisition teams and organisations recruiting a Senior Facilities Manager.
Talk to Maxwell Stephens
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