Facility Manager

Job Title: Facility Manager

Industry: Manufacturing and Trading
Location: Head Office, Lagos(Gbagada); company facilities, warehouses, and retail locations nationwide
Employment Type: Full-time

Overview

Crimson Oak is recruiting on behalf of a company seeking an experienced and results-driven Facility Manager to oversee the maintenance, functionality, safety, and operational efficiency of its buildings, warehouses, and retail locations nationwide. The role is responsible for ensuring the availability of essential utilities, managing facility maintenance and expansion projects, supervising vendors and facilities personnel, controlling operational costs, and ensuring compliance with health, safety, environmental, and statutory requirements. The ideal candidate will combine strong technical knowledge, project management expertise, financial acumen, and leadership skills to maintain efficient, safe, and cost-effective facilities that support business operations and growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee facility maintenance and operations, ensuring at least 98% availability of essential utilities, including water, generators, grid power, air conditioning, and solar systems, while implementing preventive maintenance schedules and conducting regular facility inspections.
• Manage energy and utility operations, including generator servicing, diesel consumption, solar systems, and compliance with established standard operating procedures to optimize energy efficiency and reduce utility costs.
• Coordinate facility expansion, renovation, warehouse setup, and store improvement projects, ensuring work meets approved technical specifications, quality standards, safety requirements, budgets, and agreed timelines.
• Supervise security and access control operations, including CCTV, alarm systems, fire extinguishers, perimeter fencing, third-party security providers, and incident reporting, ensuring compliance with service-level agreements and company standards.
• Manage facility vendors, contractors, and service providers, including contract negotiation, service-level agreement administration, competitive bidding, cost negotiation, and invoice verification in collaboration with Internal Control.
• Drive environmental sustainability and health, safety, and environmental compliance by coordinating recycling initiatives, monitoring ESG data, conducting fire drills, and organizing safety-awareness and emergency-response training.
• Develop and manage facility operating and capital expenditure budgets, monitor spending, collaborate with Finance and Accounts, and pursue approximately 5% year-on-year reductions in operating costs.
• Maintain accurate facility and utility asset registers, coordinate asset tagging and replacement plans, manage property leases and rental renewals, and liaise with landlords and regulatory authorities to ensure statutory compliance.
• Lead and develop the facilities team, including the Senior Facilities Executive and Facilities Officers, set performance targets, review work quality, supervise contractors, and serve as the escalation lead for urgent facility and operational emergencies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Real Estate Management, Facility Management, Building Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Minimum of 5 years’ progressive experience in facility management, corporate operations, or maintenance engineering.
• Strong knowledge of building systems, including HVAC, electrical installations, plumbing, and civil works.
• Practical knowledge of generator operations, solar systems, energy management, and preventive maintenance.
• Experience managing facility projects, renovations, vendor relationships, contracts, and service-level agreements.
• Strong budgeting, cost-control, negotiation, and financial management skills.
• Knowledge of health, safety, environmental, sustainability, and statutory compliance requirements.
• Experience with security systems, access control, CCTV, asset management, and emergency-response procedures.
• Proficiency in MS Office, ERP platforms, and asset-tracking systems.
• Excellent leadership, communication, planning, problem-solving, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to coordinate multiple facilities, manage competing priorities, and work effectively with internal teams and external service providers.

Benefits

• Competitive salary.
• Leave allowance, communication allowance, and housing allowance.
• Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) coverage.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should send their CV to [email protected].

Work Location: In person