9 Nov 2017

L2B Blog: Job Profile: Facilities Manager

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So you have decided to become a Facilities Manager….now how much should you be earning, and what skills would you need to become one?

I have done some extensive research and have sourced the following key information to help you on your way to becoming an amazing Facilities Manager. Just remember not to do it longer than 20 years!

How much can you expect to earn?

Facilities Managers should earn an average salary of R357 994.00 per annum. The salary for being a Facilities Manager rises steadily for more experienced workers but goes down significantly for the few employees with more than 20 years’ experience.

Most people with this type of employment go on to other positions after 20 years in this career.

 

Pay by Experience Level for Facilities Manager

Mid-Career (5-10 yrs)
R395,000

Pay by Experience for a Facilities Manager has a positive trend. An entry-level Facilities Manager with less than 5 years of experience can expect to earn an average total compensation of R287 000 based on 56 salaries provided by anonymous users. Average total compensation includes tips, bonus, and overtime pay. A Facilities Manager with mid-career experience which includes employees with 5 to 10 years of experience can expect to earn an average total compensation of R395 000 based on 70 salaries. An experienced Facilities Manager which includes employees with 10 to 20 years of experience can expect to earn an average total compensation of R479 000 based on 39 salaries. A Facilities Manager with late-career experience which includes employees with greater than 20 years of experience can expect to earn an average total compensation of R379 000 based on 12 salaries.

 

Pay Difference by Location

Pay Difference by Location
Pretoria
▲16%

Johannesburg
▲11%

Cape Town
▼-25%

National Average: R376 955

 

Oooookay…so now you have the pay scale figures running around in your mind…what kind of skills do you need to become a Facilities Manager, and of course, do you have some of them already?

 

Key skills for facilities managers

  • Communication and influencing skills, in person and in writing
  • Analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Decision-making
  • The ability to lead, manage teams and projects
  • Teamworking
  • Attention to detail but also the ability to see the implications for the bigger picture
  • Commercial awareness
  • Customer service
  • Organisation, time management, prioritizing and the ability to handle a complex, varied workload
  • A good knowledge of IT packages

 

If you have read the above and said yes, yes, tick tick, of course, I can influence people, etc, and you are thrilled with the potential salary you could get, sign up for a course in Facilities Management and qualify.

 

And don’t forget, should you be searching for any Facility Management Tender Leads, to contact me at MelanieM@L2B.co.za to subscribe and receive Daily Tender Leads directly to your inbox.

 

Sources:

https://www.payscale.com/research/ZA/Job=Facilities_Manager/Salary

https://www.payscale.com/research/ZA/Job=Facilities_Manager/Salary/ae63c3c3/Johannesburg

https://targetjobs.co.uk/careers-advice/job-descriptions/279519-facilities-manager-job-description

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12 Jul 2017

Featured Project: Protea Hotel, Botswana – Building

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Description: Construction of the proposed 160 room Protea hotel which will be built in Gaborone, Botswana

Status: Procedural

Industry: Building

Region: Botswana

Sector: Private

Value: Unknown At This Stage

Timing: 2017 onwards.

Notes: The proposed development remains in the planning stage.

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7 Jun 2017

Featured Project: Lusaka Development, Zambia – Shopping Mall

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Description: Construction of a shopping mall with over sixty shops adjacent to the National Heroes Stadium in Lusaka, Zambia.

Status: Conceptual

Industry: Building

Region: Zambia

Sector: Public Private Partnership

Value: Unknown At This Stage

Timing: 2017 onwards.

Notes: Please see DTA 637267, Contract number: MYSCD.NHS/PSU/W/01/2017 – Ministry of Youth, Sport and Child Development, Tender Reference: Technical and financial proposals for construction of a shopping mall, hotel, playing field, for all relevant tender document details pertaining to this Project Lead. There is no compulsory briefing session listed and the closing date is 20 June 2017 at 10:30 (Local Time). Please click on the “View the # lead related to this Project” to view the linked DTA.

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24 May 2017

Featured Project: Rutenga to Beitbridge Road, Zimbabwe

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Description: Construction of Harare – Masvingo – Beitbridge road dualisation in Zimbabwe. Section 4: Rutenga to Beitbridge road – 135 kilometres.

Status: Underway

Industry: Infrastructure

Region: Zimbabwe

Sector: Public

Value: R 100 million+

Timing: May 2017 – May 2019

Notes: The groundbreaking ceremony will be held on 18 May 2017 signalling the start of construction of the proposed works. Contract period is expected to be three years.

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3 May 2017

Featured Project: WindNam Wind Farm, Namibia

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Description: Construction of the proposed 500 MW WindNam plant to be developed within the Sperrgebiet National Park, on a piece of land of approximately 8 700ha in size, in Namibia. Estimated value: USD $943.9 million.

Status: Procedural

Industry: Infrastructure

Region: Namibia

Sector: Private

Value: R 100 million+

Timing: 2017 onwards.

Notes: The proposed development remains in early planning stage.

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29 Mar 2017

Featured Project: Kimberley Mental Health Facility

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Description: Construction of a mental healthcare facility, Barkly Road, Kimberley in the Northern Cape. Estimated project value: R1.8 billion.

Status: Underway

Industry: Healthcare

Region: Kimberley  

Sector: Public

Value: R 100 million+

Timing: October 2005 – October 2007 (24 months) extended to November 2017.

Notes: The Department of Health is in the process of obtaining additional funds from National Treasury and the National Department of Health for the project. Some of the sub-contractors on site have received part payment. Payments from August until February are still outstanding. There is skeleton staff on site and minimal works is taking place.

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15 Mar 2017

Featured Project: Kimberley Lenmed Royal Hospital and Heart Centre

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Description: Construction of a two storey 30 500 m² Lenmed Private Hospital consisting of a basement, ground, first and second floors on the corner of Jacobus Smit Avenue and Welgevonden Street, Kimberley, Northern Cape which will be known as the Kimberley Lenmed Royal Hospital and Heart Centre. There will be 170 beds and the overall construction area is approximately 30 500m². Services include major and minor theatres, delivery rooms, and an oncology bunker, as well as a cathlab facility, casualty unit, resuscitation room, maternity, paediatric, intensive care, medical and surgical wards. Contract value: R238.4 million.

Status: Underway

Industry: Building

Region: Kimberley

Sector: Private

Value: R 100 million+

Timing: August 2015 to February 2017 (19 months). Extended to August 2017.

Notes: Construction remains ongoing.

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8 Mar 2017

Featured Project: Maputo Airport City, Mozambique – Hotel

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Description: Construction of hotels for the Maputo airport city in Mozambique. The airport city will consist of hotels, a business centre and a shopping complex.

Status: Conceptual

Industry: Building

Region: Mozambique

Sector: Public Private Partnership

Value: Unknown at this stage

Timing: 2017 onwards.

Notes: A preliminary study has been done. Funding investors are being sought.

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20 Jul 2016

Do Private Tenders exist….

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Pfft….everything exists…you just need to know where to look!

There is going to be a 30 000m² mall situated on the N3 / London road interchange within Alexandra township, Gauteng. The mall includes 5 entrances, extensive taxi rank facilities, ample parking, two flood-lit mini soccer courts surrounding a 250 seater feature restaurant plus a children’s play area within the food court. And contractors are sitting around scratching their heads wondering “how did I miss this tender”??

Quite simple really. Firstly you have to be invited to tender for it. It is not a Government funded project. It is being done by a Private Developer who already has contractors in mind that will be invited to submit prices. So, yes, Private Tenders do exist. They are just known in construction circles as “Invited Tenders”.

So…. how can you get invited to tender on this mall? You would have to approach the developer or the professional team involved and sell your company to them. But firstly you have to find out who is developing the mall? Who is the architect? Who is the consultant and quantity surveyor…not to mention you have to find the contact details for them too…phew…that is quite a lot of work just to be invited to tender.

At Leads 2 Business we make this easier for the contractor. We source all this information for them. We source these private leads from conceptual stage to procedural stage, where the feasibility and EIA consultant are appointed to ascertain whether the project would be feasible and to ensure environmental authorisation is applied for and received. Yes, yes, we source this information too. Then, once all this is approved the architects are appointed to design the mall. They and the developer put their heads together to see which construction companies they should send the invited tender to. Here you put your foot in the door, a spanner in the works and say hey…what about me…this goes for the vendors too. You can say to the architects and quantity surveyors, well we have this amazing roofing, flooring, walling, windows etc and get your products listed on that BoQ.

It all boils down to … Sell your business. We can only provide the Leads but it is up to you to be “Invited to Tender”.

So to recap…do Private Tenders exist? Yes they do, but do not expect them to come knocking on your door. Go out and find them.

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9 Sep 2015

Developing Africa … is Africa the new China?

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When I first stepped into the Private Projects Department, I had a vague idea of what to expect from Africa.

Developments like:

Hope City in Ghana

 

Hope City
Hope City

 

Desert Rose International Convention and Exhibition Centre in Namibia (it’s just a desert there, right?)

 

Desert Rose Namibia
Desert Rose Namibia

 

Mall de Mozambique

 

Mall of Mozambique
Mall of Mozambique

 

and a whole brand New City to be built in Egypt (another desert??)

 

New City Egypt
New City Egypt

 

These are some of the developments that spring to mind…developments that take your breath away…but how on earth are these small, money-hungry countries going to fund, let alone develop these ambitious projects? Projects so ambitious they raise eyebrows…well, mine mostly.

For example.  Zimbabwe wanting to build a Disney Land at Victoria Falls…a pipe dream at the moment, but what a dream!! Just to keep tourists there longer than a day or two.

Disneyland
Disneyland

 

African Development Bank is one way, but most of the investments are coming from China.

The Chinese footprint in Africa has been cemented. In the last decade, investment in Africa by the world’s second-largest economy has surged to $2.9 billion from $75 million, and with it, China’s influence can be seen everywhere.

The next question… who is going to build these huge developments?

China of course.! If a Chinese company has invested in a Project, you can be sure that they will be building it too. Build, Own, Operate. But there are benefits, the Chinese do subcontract some of the work to the locals.

Swaziland, however, in an effort to ensure that their local contractors still have work and can tender for contracts, have implemented the rule that any projects less than E120 million cannot be awarded to foreign companies.

So, what has this have to do with developing Africa? Just feeding Africa does not solve anything. Providing them with employment that doesn’t warrant anything more than maybe digging a hole in the ground, painting a room, something that doesn’t require much skill, but providing these people with employment, a sense of self, educating them. Providing them with purpose. A trade. Hope. To me, that is really developing Africa.

When I used to imagine Africa, I used to think of trees, rivers, wildlife, war, jungles and deep dark Africa … nothing much could be happening there right?

How wrong was I !?!

 

Sources
Financial Gazette
Ghana Gist
Mc Cormick
ABS
Namibian Sun

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