A Facility manager ensures asset maintenance management and compliance with user needs. Thus, it can be said that they not only act as an asset manager but beyond that they take care of compliance with the needs and requirements of the people who use the asset. Thus they take care that all the assets fulfill, the requirements of the people working in the company.
Job description of a facility manager
- Ensures the management of the company's assets
- ensures overall compliance with the requirements and needs of users (people)
- manages and coordinates requests for assets from employees
- monitors changes in asset requirements for the company
- is familiar with the technical parameters of the managed assets
- is familiar with the technologies required (HVAC, electrical equipment, electrical wiring, lifts, HVAC)
- plans and arranges inventory of equipment and assets
- organizes maintenance activities
- organizes or carries out planned and preventive maintenance of assets
- resolves major financial situations and issues in asset management
- arranges for prescribed revision tests and monitoring of revision deadlines
- dealing with service providers (repairs, maintenance, inspections, etc.)
- organizing the letting of premises
- maintaining contractual documentation for maintenance services and asset acquisition
- handles the billing of services (rent, energy, utilities)
- deals with the supporting infrastructure of the buildings (connection to networks)
- is responsible for all support services (from maintenance to cleaning)
- is responsible for registering and dealing with suggestions for improvement
At Aptien, the Asset Manager has the basic role of Facility Manager
How Aptien help the facility manager in his work
Aptien as an asset management software will facilitate your work as a facility manager in one place and in one environment.
Keeping track of and performed asset maintenance
- Keeping an overview of company assets
- Management of property documentation
- Overviews of property defects
Scheduling of maintenance and revision dates
- It automates property maintenance planning and reminders
- Facilitate compliance management, monitoring audits and obligations
- Automatic monitoring of property maintenance and inspection dates and reminders of dates
Overview of property contracts
- Contract organizer helps to manage maintenance contracts
Physical inventory of the condition of the property
- Enables a physical inventory of the property
- Enables both paper and digital handover
Easily hand over of various assets and work equipment
- Handing over and taking over of property and equipment
Vendor management
- Contract organizer helps to manage vendor maintenance contracts
- Manages maintenance contractors
Team management
- The facility manager manages team of maintenance technicians