Senior Manager Facilities

We currently have an opportunity for a Senior Manager Facilities to join our Health and Education team and play a key role in leading end-to-end Hard FM service delivery outcomes within a complex acute hospital environment. Reporting to the Facilities Director youll help deliver high-quality outcomes that support critical healthcare services at Bendigo Hospital.

This is a full-time Monday to Friday onsite role based in Bendigo.

What Youll Do

This role offers a broad scope with key responsibilities including:

• Provide strong visible leadership across Hard FM operations ensuring safe compliant and high-performing service delivery in a live hospital environment

• Take end-to-end accountability for maintenance outcomes including planned and reactive services asset reliability and operational performance

• Lead and develop high-performing teams fostering a collaborative inclusive culture centred on continuous improvement and accountability

• Build trusted relationships with key stakeholders including hospital leadership Project Co and contractors ensuring alignment with PPP contract requirements

• Oversee operational performance cost control and service delivery outcomes driving efficiency reliability and long-term asset optimisation

What Youll Bring

• Significant leadership experience in facilities management within a large complex site (hospital or PPP environment highly regarded)

• A strong people leadership mindset with demonstrated experience leading teams developing capability and driving performance

• Tertiary qualifications in Engineering or a relevant trade discipline or equivalent experience

• Strong commercial and operational acumen including budget management contract performance and service delivery oversight

• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to influence collaborate and communicate effectively across technical and non-technical audiences

More than anything youll bring a strong work ethic a positive attitude and a commitment to delivering high-quality outcomes for our clients.

Why Downer

At Downer we plan create and sustain essential public services across Australia and New Zealand. From hospitals to data centres and defence partnerships we manage critical infrastructure that keeps communities thriving.

What It Means to Belong at Downer

Were proud of our high-performance culture and commitment to diversity offering:

• Training and development to support and diversify your career.

• With 30% of vacancies filled internally youll findreal opportunities to advance your career.

• : healthcare discounts great savings on retail purchases car purchases and much more.

• Employee Assistance Program: professional support for you and your family when you need it most.

You want your work to matter and so do we. With over 26000 people across Australia New Zealand and the Pacific our team is made up of individuals with unique perspectives backgrounds and ideas.

We know that diversity makes us stronger and we actively celebrate it through our commitment to inclusion and belonging.

Were committed to building a team that reflects the diverse communities we serve and we welcome people of all ages genders sexual orientations cultures abilities and lived experiences. We especially encourage applications from those whose voices have traditionally been underrepresented in our industry including women Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Māori and Pasifika Peoples veterans people with disability and neurodivergent individuals. Even if your experience doesnt align perfectly with this role wed still like to hear from you. If it feels like the right fit apply - potential counts and so do you.

As a WORK180 Endorsed Employer we support flexibility that works for your life inclusive leadership that values your voice and equitable access to opportunity so you can do your best work and bring your whole self to it.

If you need support or adjustments through the recruitment process just let us know were here to help you put your best foot forward.