Facilities Manager - Hard Services - AFGRE

Job description / Role

Facilities Manager - Hard Services - AFGRE - Qatar Festival City - Doha, Qatar

Purpose: To assume responsibility for and ensure the efficient operation of all Engineering services and overall all MEP service provider contract management, ensuring that all assets are maintained well and various facilities management/operational costs are budgeted annually for Doha Festival City Mall

Contract Management:
- Coordinate with the GM, procurement to prepare MEP tender briefs
- Evaluation of tenders
- Setup KPI’s for MEP contract SLA’s

Asset Management:
- Review of yearly preventative maintenance schedule
- Monitor preventative maintenance schedules
- Conduct quarterly asset quality and condition checks
- Review and approve RFA’s
- Asset HSE inspections
- Coordinate future developments in line with retail strategy
- Prepare and forecast any enhancements to the building through the CAPEX procedures
- Comparing and calculating cost of required services
- Inspection and work completions approval for contractors on agreed works
- Leading and managing MEP changes in the mall
- Obtain 3rd party certification for all escalators, elevators

Contract Management:
- Coordinate with the GM, procurement to prepare MEP tender briefs
- Evaluation of tenders
- Setup KPI’s for MEP contract SLA’s

Reporting:
- Prepare monthly performance reports for contractors and facilities management provider.
- Summary of completed works
- Building Fabric check
- Monthly maintenance cost of building up keep

Energy Management:
- Drive improvement in water and electricity saving initiatives.

Requirements

- Qualified Electrical or Mechanical Engineer, possesses strong leadership, good communication skills and Hands-on Experience in Maintenance of MEP Installations.
- Minimum 5-7years experience, out of which at least 5 years in GCC in well reputed large MEP Companies or preferably in a shopping mall.

Job-Specific Skills:
- Ability to work under pressure and flexibility to work long hours, if situation demands.
- Ability to work in a collaborative and diverse team environment.
- Must be well familiar with computer applications and capable of generating & presenting maintenance reports.

Behavioural Competencies:
- Teamwork
- Communication
- Professional Knowledge
- Training and coaching
- Personal Leadership

About the Company

Established in the 1930's, the Al-Futtaim Group initially operated as a trading enterprise. Rapid development throughout the 1940's and 50's saw it establish itself regionally as an integrated commercial, industrial and services organisation, positioning itself one of the leading business houses in the lower Gulf region. Today, it operates collectively over 40 companies bearing the Al-Futtaim name, dominates many market segments in the UAE, and has expanded its sphere of operation to include Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Egypt.

The Group comprises a diverse range of strategically positioned operating subsidiaries and associate companies, structured to give the Al-Futtaim Group the flexibility and versatility to keep ahead of local competition while keeping pace with the ever-evolving global business scenario. The Groups continued investment in world-class systems technology is clear evidence of its commitment to maintain leading edge performance and service delivery.

The success of the Al-Futtaim Group can be attributed to a business approach that combines the ability to change with the traditional values of integrity, service and social responsibility that define its core business philosophy. This, linked with the Groups belief in decentralisation, gives the heads of the operating companies a high degree of functional autonomy and authority, providing the Group with essential flexibility, and individual employees a clearly defined work culture and sense of responsibility.