Facilities Manager

Brisbane, Australia | Posted on 04/09/2025

About us At Knight Frank, we're passionate about property, but it takes more than passion to make us the world's most successful privately-owned property agency and consultancy. With a 125-year heritage, we are part of a global property powerhouse dedicated to providing our clients the best advice across commercial and residential property transactional and advisory services. Knight Frank is a place where you can bring your whole self to work. That's what makes us a diverse collection of experts, problem solvers and innovators. Our purpose is to empower and encourage our people to think differently about how we can make a positive impact as a firm.

What's in it for you?

• Competitive remuneration package.
• Career development opportunities such as internal and external mentoring, leadership education training, and study leave to focus on your personal growth.
• A generous 16-week parental scheme plus superannuation for a full 12 months.
• Birthday leave.
• Swap around a public holiday for a cultural swap day
• Two Wellness Days to allow you to focus on your own physical and or mental wellbeing.
• A workplace where you can access 2 weeks additional leave each year so you can take that extra break with family or friends.
• We applaud your need to give back to the community and give you 2 paid volunteer days each year to support one of our-affiliated charities.
• Our reward platform "The Vault" gives you access to a great range of discounts at popular retailers and supermarkets as well as lifestyle benefits and corporate discounts.
• Because life can throw the unexpected at us, we help subsidise private health insurance excess, if you or an immediate family member requires hospitalisation.
• Plus, so much more

Our Facilities Management team is recognised as a leader in delivering top-tier facilities management across Australia. In this role, you will be responsible for managing a high-profile healthcare client with a diverse portfolio of 26 sites across Queensland, including hospitals, aged care facilities, and medical centres. Based in Brisbane, this is a significant opportunity for an experienced facilities manager looking to elevate their career by managing a larger, more diverse portfolio within the healthcare sector. The ideal candidate will be experienced or currently working in a portfolio for an asset owner and be ready to take on greater responsibility working partnering with the Senior Facilities Manager to deliver high-performance outcomes across sites throughout Queensland.

"Knight Frank provides the tools, support, and most importantly, places total trust in your ability to complete the role of an Operations/Facility Manager. Back-end advice for all compliance items that are required to be completed is provided regularly. The team support culture is not only talked about but actioned." – Mike Myers, Retail Operations Manager

• Establish and maintain strong relationships with tenant stakeholders.
• Manage compliance and risk management across the portfolio to ensure lease compliance and protect client interest.
• Establish and maintain all facilities data and documentation within our market leading Facilities Response Centre (FRC) platform.
• Through FRC drive management of critical facilities operations including contractor performance, procurement program, compliance and risk management, and incident reporting and management.
• Manage essential services, including air conditioning, lifts, and fire safety, where client responsibility.
• Manage service contracts and contractors to streamline and ensure high quality, efficient performance.
• Actively engage in and deliver sustainability initiatives and programs aligned with the client strategy.
• Manage and oversee small-scale capital works.
• Support the portfolio management team to develop budgets annually and complete reforecasting as required.
• Conduct Fortnightly Presentation Inspections for all assets.

Join a team where the uniqueness of our people is celebrated, contribution is rewarded, and voices are respected and heard. A place where everyone has the chance to perform at their best.

• Currently working as a facilities manager, preferably across a portfolio with 5+ years of experience in facilities management on behalf of asset owners.
• Strong experience and proven track record in contractor and contract management.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including report writing.
• Problem-solving mindset and proactive approach to operational challenges.
• Collaborative and committed to supporting broader team goals.
• Must have a valid driver's license and own reliable form of transport.
• Ability to travel throughout Queensland.

Not the perfect fit? We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. As every person and their situation is unique, we look at this on an individual and applied role basis. We actively encourage you to apply for roles that suit your background and skill set. You might have something we didn't realise we needed Please note, that if you are successful in securing a role, you will be subject to police checks as part of our standard recruitment process. Applicants with Australian working rights need only apply. No agencies, please