Construction & Facility Manager

We are WAO, a real estate company that designs, builds and runs spaces for contemporary working and living.

Our vision is to create a network of places animated by people committed to building a better world. We do it by turning existing buildings into living, well-kept places, integrated into their neighbourhood and city. We work with and for startups, scale-ups and new generations of workers looking for flexibility, connection and quality of experience, not only in the services but in everyday living.

We are a young, fast-growing team with a hands-on, responsible, execution-oriented approach.

We are looking for someone to take charge of sites and buildings: from the first meeting with the designers through to handover, and then across the years the building is in use.

We are not looking for someone who just “supervises the works”. We are looking for someone who can take a building from construction site to living space, on time and on budget, and then keep it in shape.

You'll work closely with the CEO and the COO. On the new buildings you'll take care of development and start-up:

• Owning the renovation and conversion projects: from detailed design through to testing and handover
• Coordinating designers, works management, contractors and suppliers; taking part in progress reviews and being a constant presence on site
• Keeping schedule, budget and variations under control; regular reporting to management
• Running supplier tenders: requests for quotation, comparing bids, negotiating
• Checking quality, regulatory compliance and site safety, together with the CSE and the RSPP
• Managing furniture, FF&E and the fit-out of the spaces, in line with WAO product standards
• Managing snagging lists, inspections and handover to the Operations team, with as-built documentation and maintenance manuals
• Helping define technical standards and specifications that can be reused on the next buildings

And on the buildings already in use you'll take care of running them:

• Planning and controlling routine, scheduled and extraordinary maintenance across the buildings
• Managing maintenance contracts and technical suppliers (building systems, lifts, fire safety, HVAC, technical cleaning) and monitoring SLAs
• Managing deadlines, certifications and statutory obligations on the properties
• Monitoring energy consumption and proposing efficiency improvements
• Improvement works and small jobs in the operating buildings

• Experience: 4+ years running renovation or conversion sites, for example at construction companies, in client-side project management, at real estate developers or at hospitality, residential or PBSA operators. Facility management experience is a strong plus
• Technical skills: reading architectural and building services drawings, bills of quantities, site accounting, building regulations and safety law (Italian D.Lgs. 81/08)
• Languages: a good command of English
• The most important thing: you have to believe in what we are building. For us a building is not a site to close out, but a place people will live in every day.

Contract and pay:

• Permanent contract
• CCNL Commercio, level I
• Gross annual salary: €38,000/42,000, depending on experience
• Flexible hours
• Place of work: Milan, Isola, Romolo and Certosa areas; willingness to travel within Italy

Benefits:

• 20 meal vouchers a month, €8 each
• An annual €500 welfare allowance provided through a Coverflex card
• An annual €1,200 voucher for a WeRoad trip, available once the probation period is passed