The Perkins is seeking an experienced and driven General Manager of Facilities to lead the strategic and day-to-day management of two cutting-edge research hubs. This role is your opportunity to shape the environment where world-leading discoveries into cancer, heart disease, and rare genetic disorders come to life — while overseeing the commercial and operational performance of these landmark, multi-tenant facilities. This position is offered on a full time permanent basis, located at our state-of the-art medical research facilities in Nedlands, with the requirement to regularly travel to Perkins South (Murdoch).

About this role

As the Facility Manager of major medical research facilities in Nedlands (Perkins North) and Murdoch (Perkins South), the Perkins is responsible for delivering Facility Management across these premises.

Reporting to the Chief Operations Officer (COO), the General Manager (GM) of Facilities is a critical leadership role ensuring the safety, efficiency and commercial management of Perkins’ multi-tenant research facilities. They lead the development and execution of the operational plan and budgets for Facilities Management (FM), ensuring the buildings and related services are safe, secure, efficient, cost-effective, customer-focused, and compliant with all relevant, legislation, Codes, and regulations. The key responsibilities of this role include:

Provide leadership to the Facility Managers and FM team to implement the FM budget and operational plan.

Oversee the commercial management of space within Perkins buildings. This includes managing and monitoring the contract and lease arrangements for tenants and overseeing contractor relationships.

Identify and ensure the implementation of opportunities that create alignment between FM and the broader Perkins infrastructure, systems, processes, policies, technology, and culture.

Oversee all building infrastructure, ensuring it is safe, secure, compliant, efficient, and maintained/upgraded as required by appropriately skilled personnel.

Establish and maintain positive working relationships with building tenants and stakeholders and deliver a high level of customer service, effectively resolving complex problems.

Ensure procurement activities are competitive, efficient, and ethical.

This role would suit someone with prior experience in a similar role managing complex infrastructure and/or tenanted buildings

To be successful in this role, you’ll have:

Relevant tertiary qualification (business, work health and safety, engineering), Diploma of Facilities Management, relevant trades qualification, or equivalent experience.

Previous experience in a similar Facilities Management role at a senior management level.

Strong financial literacy with demonstrated experience developing and managing complex budgets.

Strong commercial acumen and experience tendering, managing, and implementing commercial contracts with the ability to identify contract risks.

Previous experience successfully implementing building efficiencies through engineering and other mechanisms to reduce cost and improve performance, sustainability, and other outcomes.

Experience developing policies, procedures, SOPs, managing change and implementing process improvements.

Strong team management experience and capacity building skills across a diverse portfolio.

Strong knowledge of Australian Standards, Building Codes, and Work Health and Safety legislation.

Sound project management skills, including the ability to manage deliverables and related budgets.

Strong interpersonal and communication (written and verbal) skills and the ability to utilise these to engage and build positive relationships with diverse stakeholders.

Strong influencing and negotiation skills and the ability to navigate interpersonal and organisational challenges, stakeholder relationships, and commercial outcomes successfully.

Ability to organise and prioritise tasks, work effectively under pressure, problem solve and meet deadlines.

Experience using Microsoft applications, building managements systems, and procurement systems.

Possess a current Western Australian 'C' Class Driver's Licence and a Satisfactory National Police Certificate.

If this sounds like the right fit, we can offer you:

Flexible working options

A supportive and passionate team

The opportunity to make a positive impact in a community-focused organisation with global reach

The ability to salary package up to $18,550 annually, meaning you can legitimately pay less tax and increase your tax-home pay

Generous leave benefits, including:

3 days paid extra leave at the end of the year

Up to 16 weeks paid parental leave

2 days of paid cultural and community engagement leave

Are you ready to make a difference?

To apply, please submit your cover letter addressing the selection criteria and your resume. Only applications submitted via Seek will be considered.

Applications close on select date, however we’ll begin interviewing as soon as we hear from the right people so be quick!

To view a copy of the position description, click here. Enquiries can be directed to Stacey Rowlands, People Partner on (08) 6151 0852 or email [email protected].

About the Perkins

The Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, affectionately known as ‘the Perkins’, is Western Australia’s leading medical research facility, investigating the diseases that most impact our families including the hardest to treat cancers, heart disease, diabetes and rare genetic diseases. At the Perkins, we support WA’s best medical researchers to beat the world’s toughest diseases to give you and your loved ones the best chance to live longer, healthier and better lives.

So many of us have been touched by the diseases we’re investigating, which adds a deeply personal element to our work. We are proudly Western Australian and are collaborative in our approach to discovering medical breakthroughs that have a global impact.

To find out more about the Perkins, please visit https://www.perkins.org.au.

At the Perkins, we value, embrace, and celebrate the strength of our diverse experiences, thoughts, and beliefs. We are committed to a safe, equitable and inclusive culture where every person can innovate and thrive. This enables us to deliver pioneering research that improves global health outcomes.