At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead facilities management in a healthcare setting, ensuring safety and quality services.
- Company: Join Cushman & Wakefield, a global leader in facilities management.
- Benefits: Make a real impact while enjoying career growth and expert support.
- Other info: Collaborative culture focused on safety, innovation, and continuous improvement.
- Why this job: Support patient care and clinical operations in a dynamic hospital environment.
- Qualifications: 5+ years in facilities management, preferably in healthcare settings.
The predicted salary is between 82800 - 101200 $ per year.
Are you an experienced Facilities Manager looking to step into a role where your work directly supports patient care and clinical operations? Cushman & Wakefield is seeking a Facility Manager to lead FM delivery across a major healthcare facility, ensuring safe, reliable and high-quality services in a critical healthcare environment. This is an opportunity to join a global leader in facilities management and make a meaningful impact every day.
As the Facility Manager, you will be the key operational lead for all FM activities on site – overseeing planned and reactive maintenance, managing subcontractors, ensuring compliance, and supporting a safe and efficient hospital environment. You’ll work closely with clinical and operational stakeholders, provide technical and strategic advice, and lead a team of FM and trade professionals to deliver exceptional service outcomes.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Managing day-to-day FM operations including planned maintenance, reactive works and soft services coordination
- Leading contractor performance, scheduling, supervision and quality assurance
- Ensuring WHS compliance, inductions, risk assessments and safe work practices
- Monitoring performance, work orders, compliance tasks and reporting
- Preparing monthly performance reports, maintenance summaries and defect logs
- Managing site-level budgets, invoices, variations and procurement
- Coordinating shutdowns, inspections and business continuity planning
- Building strong relationships with hospital leaders and clinical teams
- Supporting a culture of safety, service excellence and continuous improvement
What You’ll Bring
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in a similar FM role
- Experience in complex environments – hospital or clinical facilities highly regarded
- Strong understanding of building services, infrastructure and maintenance delivery
- Proven contractor management and stakeholder engagement skills
- Ability to manage risk, compliance and operational performance
- Strong communication, leadership and problem-solving capability
- Trade or engineering qualifications (electrical/mechanical) highly regarded
Working within the healthcare network means your work directly supports patient wellbeing, clinical safety and the smooth operation of a live hospital environment. You’ll be part of a global FM leader with strong systems, specialist support and a culture that values innovation, safety and service excellence.
You’ll enjoy:
- Purpose-driven work that makes a real impact
- Exposure to complex, high-risk environments that grow your capability
- A collaborative partnership with one of Australia’s leading healthcare providers
- Access to national engineering, HSSE and asset management experts
- Career pathways across a large, diverse IFM portfolio
- A culture built on integrity, safety and continuous improvement
As an equal opportunity employer, Cushman & Wakefield encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and female candidates to apply. Cushman & Wakefield promotes safety at all times.
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Cushman & Wakefield Brisbane is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that prioritises collaboration and innovation. With a strong focus on employee growth, we provide ample opportunities for professional development and career advancement within the building consultancy sector. Located in the vibrant city of Brisbane, our team enjoys a supportive environment that values safety, quality, and the delivery of impactful solutions for our clients.
