Facilities Manager jobs

Mission of South Point

South Point Management’s mission is to be a leading provider of clean, convenient, safe and affordable student accommodation nationally. We provide a springboard for students to realize their potential and aspirations by offering an inspiring space to learn, grow and make connections. In summary, an uncompromised environment and student life experience.

Role and Responsibilities

Junior Facility Manager supports residential and commercial customers in providing facility services and customer support for a Customer Centric Environment. The Junior Facility Manager provides a service to the customers in the buildings supported. These may cover:

The supervision/management of soft services (soft services allude to cleaning, landscaping, security and human-sourced non-technical services), the hard services (electrical, mechanical, structural, water and sanitation, handyman services, fire alarm systems, lifts, etc) that would be found in a multilevel-built structure.

Customer service supervised is:

• security,
• health and safety,
• Adhoc maintenance and operations requests,
• compliance to building charters of South Point by incumbents.

The incumbent may live on or off site. They work closely with the FDO staff in providing the South Point

Customer Service Minimum experience and requirements

MUST HAVE EDUCATION:

• Grade 12:

EXPERIENCE & SKILLS:

• Finance (Basic - Intermediate understanding) 2+ years.
• Possess a FM qualification or equivalent - (NQF level 4-6 Level)
• 3+ years of work experience with a focus on Facilities and Maintenance Management

Behavioural Dimensions and Skills required

Ability to:

• Manage Conflict between staff and tenants
• Manage tenant expectations on delivery for no surprises
• Report and resolve &/escalate tenant complaints
• Deal with tenant violations of house rules with Customer Services
• Risk Management
• PC literate i.e. Microsoft systems.
• Must be prepared to be on call and work out of normal working hours where applicable.
• Knowledge and awareness of the facilities management industry.
• Strong customer service experience.
• Self-motivated, resourceful and
• Strong compliance and insistent delivery to SP standards.
• Strong communication skills.
• Co-ordination of services provided by multi-service teams to meet tight deadlines.
• Must have good computer skills i.e. MS Office.
• Written and verbal communication skills.
• Operational experience in Health & Safety
• Practical experience in dealing with contractors and suppliers.
• Consistent and fair in approach and able to identify and resolve problems. Good administration and organisational skills – ability to prioritise work activities.

Key Performance Areas

DUTIES

Customer Service

• Customer complaints are communicated via email or via the Contact Centre.
• Feedback is provided timeously to the person who raised the request.
• A high level of customer satisfaction is attained in all engagements.
• Interaction with customers on all aspects of their occupancy.
• Complaints and non-compliance to Code of Conduct are noted and communicated immediately to customer services for resolution.
• Manage the Access Procedures of SP Management on tenant process, (key barrels in building in particular during shut down period)

Operations and Asset Management

• Checklists on the FM Tool Set are completed in full and on time. Maintenance issues are logged proactively and reported within SLA time frame
• Follow-ups are conducted regularly and escalated to the Facility Manager if not concluded within the repair time frame
• Maintenance staff are not left unattended when working in occupied flats (with absent tenants)
• All maintenance jobs are completed as assigned in the most efficient manner and closed off on the FM tool set.
• Monitor and confirm availability of mechanical, electrical and fire systems, logging jobs to correct any work identified, thereby informing the maintenance team.
• Ensure all preventative maintenance tasks are complete, sign off on acceptable delivery performed by maintenance team or vendors.
• Ensuring all asset registers for the allocated building, including storerooms, are current at any given time. Any shortage or over stock noted with FM.
• Ensure both hot and cold-water provision in the allocated buildings meet user requirements, proactive resolution on issues noted.
• Participate and deliver the process deliverables for the Vacate and Intake seasons for students.
• Ensure all reporting on Vacate and Intake are completed on the day of occurrence, noting excessive wear and abuse to the FM/SFM on the same day.

Health and Safety

• Checklists are completed in full and on time on the FM Tool Set.
• Fire, Health and Safety issues are reported, captured and tracked to resolution as per SP FM Tool Set.
• Follow-ups are completed daily, and issues escalated to the Facility Manager / HSE Manager with no surprises and meeting of committed delivery timeframe

Soft Service Delivery

• Building Soft services are provided as per Soft Services Service Level Agreement.
• Substandard service delivery is resolved with the service provider and documented for review with the Facility Manager
• Customers are engaged and updated on queries logged

Utilities

• Track and report on excessive consumption of main water and electrical meters daily
• Ensure operation of timers controlling utilities reporting any problems for same day resolution
• Track and ensure all commercial tenants’ consumption is not excessive and advise out of normal usage to FM
• Ensure all building internal and external lighting is fully operational

Security Oversight

• FDO’s are present and at designated points.
• Logbooks are complete and risks advised to FDO and Facility Manager.
• Security incidents are reported, and resolution obtained with FDO Management and Contact Centre.
• Confirm operation and availability of the security systems.
• No unauthorised access is granted.
• All keys and other access tools are accounted for per SP Processes
• Investigations are resolved and feedback is provided to relevant stakeholders

Reporting

• Communicate building issues to population as and when required.
• Daily, Weekly and Monthly reports are completed in full and on time with any issues noted raised to the attention of the FM/SFM/MM/TM as required.
• Vendor compliance to HSE and sub-standard service delivery are logged with the FM/SFM/TM team leads via the FM Tool Set to limit long term delivery challenges
• Ensure the Facility Team Management are aware of reoccurring problems and parts usage to assets under care

CLSONG DATE: 22 July 2026

If you haven’t had any feedback within 2 weeks after the closing date, please consider your application as being unsuccessful.

Please note: If your application is unsuccessful on this occasion, your CV may be retained in our talent pool for consideration for future opportunities that match your skills and experience. By submitting your application, you consent to us securely storing your information for this purpose. If you prefer that we do not retain your details, please let us know in your application.

Application Question(s):

• If you are not successful in this recruitment process, would you like us to retain your CV and application details in our talent pool for consideration for future opportunities that match your skills and experience?

Work Location: In person