Facility management involves overseeing the maintenance, operations, and administration of buildings for organizations across various sectors. Facility managers are responsible for financial forecasting, property acquisition and disposal, coordinating maintenance, project management, communications integration, security, and ensuring facilities meet regulatory standards. Strong problem solving, communication, interpersonal, IT, and managerial skills are required, as well as knowledge of health, safety, and environmental legislation. Relevant qualifications include degrees in surveying, building services engineering, or business management.

1. Do you want to develop your career
in a diverse and rapidly expanding area of the
economy?

2. Facility management (FM) is
the right profile for you

3. Who employ facility managers
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Private companies
Higher education inst
Construction compan
Utilities
The civil service
manufacturers

4. What is their job role?

5. • Financial forecasting/budgeti
• Property acquisition/disposa
• Coordinating building maintenance an
• Project planning and managem
• Integrating communications/teleco

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Organising security and general adminis
Ensuring facilities meet government
regulations and environmental, health
and security standards
• Lease management
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Liaising with tenants of commercial p
• Planning best allocation and
utilisation of space and resources for
new-buildings or re-organise current

7. What are the right skills
required to become a facility
manager?

8. • Excellent problem solving,
analytical, communication, interpersonal, IT and managerial skills
• Ability to behave professionally and
express thoughts and ideas clearly
• Sound knowledge in health, safety
and environmental legislation
within the built environment
• Extremely flexible as far as

9. should be the required qualifica

10. Qualifications in building
services related discipline is
preferred• Surveying
• Building services engineering
• Business management

11. For the best FM jobs contac
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