• Full Time (24 month contract)
• Not-for-profit sector
• Based in North Melbourne 

Lort Smith is Australia’s largest not-for-profit animal hospital with a clear vision to be recognised as the leader in Australia for animal health and wellbeing.

About Lort Smith

Located in the heart of Melbourne’s hospital and health precinct in North Melbourne, Lort Smith has a significant 80 year history having grown from humble beginnings. Today, Lort Smith reaches the community in three very unique ways; in our Animal Hospital by providing exceptional veterinary care irrespective of client’s personal circumstances; in our Adoption Centre by providing sanctuary, rehabilitation, welfare and new homes to  animals in need; and through our Community Outreach programs which focus on nurturing the human-animal bond and responsible pet ownership.  

The Role

The primary purpose of the Facilities Manager is to ensure Lort Smith has robust and fit for purpose facilities to enable excellence in animal healthcare and wellbeing. This ‘hands-on’ leadership role will have a strong focus on creating efficiencies. This role will be solutions focussed and help increase productivity with facilities by ensuring efficient and effective management and collaboration with staff. Specifically, this role will be responsible for:

• Development and management of facilities program
• Advise senior management on new builds for expansion and major refurbishments
• Ensure compliance and quality control e.g. testing and tagging
• Management of assets, resources and related vendor management
• Management of key external partners, such as but not limited to engineers, security, utilities, cleaning, maintenance, waste disposal etc.
• Manage Maintenance Officer and develop schedules and work plans
• Ability to manage, organise, communicate and drive a wide stakeholder group including staff, volunteers, contractors etc.

To be successful in the role you will have:

• Qualification in Business Management and/or Administration, engineering or relevant field is preferred, but not essential
• Knowledge of Building Code obligations and other relevant legislation
• Familiarity with conducting data analysis and reporting statistics
• Proficient in MS Office: Working knowledge of safety management information systems is desirable
• High competency in time management and organisational skills
• Diligent with high attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present and explain health and safety topics to a wide range of stakeholders
• Ability to learn, adapt and instil change 

If you meet the above criteria, click Apply Now and submit your application.

If you would like a copy of the position description, please email [email protected], using the subject line: Facilities Manager enquiry via EthicalJobs.

To learn more about Lort Smith and the wonderful work we do, please visit www.lortsmith.com.

Lort Smith is an equal opportunity employer and supports workplace diversity.