Head of Facilities

Lead and organise the Club's facilities department, ensuring stadium and all other BRFC sites infrastructure and services are maintained and operationally ready.

• To be committed to ensuring the safeguarding and welfare of all staff, customers and clients of the Club;
• To coordinate and allocate work to the facilities department employees on a daily, weekly and monthly basis;
• Develop and maintain a facilities-management system and deliver emergency, planned and preventative maintenance using both internal staff and external providers;
• Set and review staff KPIs covering workload, productivity and quality;
• Maintain a robust facilities-management system covering assets, planned and reactive maintenance, statutory inspections and projects;
• Log, prioritise, assign and track all requests through to verified completion;
• Plan and coordinate close-season and pre-season works, including scope, cost, approvals, access, resources and contractor availability;
• Schedule works around fixtures, training, commercial events and departmental requirements;
• Plan and coordinate facilities projects from initial scope through completion and handover;
• Agree objectives, budgets, responsibilities and programmes with relevant stakeholders;
• Prepare and manage operational and capital expenditure budgets with Finance and senior management.
• Report regularly on expenditure, committed costs, forecast outturn and significant variances;
• Identify future financial requirements and escalate potential overspends or unplanned expenditure;
• Review suppliers, purchasing arrangements and contracts to ensure quality, reliability and value for money;
• Procure materials, equipment and services in line with planned works and operational requirements;
• Schedule, deliver and record statutory inspections, testing, servicing and remedial works for buildings, plant and facilities;
• Maintain a compliance schedule with named responsibilities, deadlines and completion evidence;
• Coordinate pre-event checks and provide appropriate maintenance support;
• To identify and recommend efficiency and sustainability improvements;
• Work with Ground Safety, Operations, Grounds, Football, IT and Commercial departments on shared requirements;
• Any other duties as reasonably required by the CEO or Board of Directors.

40 hours per week plus home matchdays any additional hours necessary for the performance of duties. This will include evening and weekend work.

Facilities Manager

Facilities

Ewood Park stadium, however flexibility regarding locations is required.

Maintenance, cleaning, waste and facilities coordination departments.

Permanent