Buildings Manager – Residential & Industrial Portfolio

About the role

The property company seeks an experienced Buildings Manager to oversee maintenance of eight residential apartment complexes in Cape Town CBD and Atlantic Seaboard, plus an industrial warehousing property in Bellville. This independent role requires planning, scheduling, and ensuring all maintenance work meets quality and safety standards.

Key responsibilities

• Conduct weekly site visits to each residential complex and scheduled inspections of the industrial property to assess condition and identify maintenance needs.
• Evaluate reported faults, prioritize urgency, obtain quotations, brief contractors, and coordinate access to properties.
• Monitor work progress, follow up on outstanding tasks, and inspect completed work for compliance with standards.
• Maintain a reliable contractor database, tracking workmanship, pricing, and turnaround times.
• Develop and manage annual, seasonal, and preventative maintenance schedules, including statutory inspections and security system servicing.
• Perform building audits to identify defects, safety hazards, water damage, structural concerns, and other risks.
• Ensure building insurance policies are current and assist with claims and documentation.
• Prepare monthly reports for each building covering completed and pending maintenance, expenditures, risks, and planned work.

Required profile

• Strongly independent, organised, and self‑disciplined.
• Proactive with the ability to identify issues before they become costly.
• Practical, solutions‑focused and technically minded.
• Reliable in meeting reporting and maintenance deadlines.
• Comfortable communicating professionally with residents, trustees, managing agents, and service providers.

Required skills

• General building maintenance and repairs.
• Access control, CCTV and intercom system knowledge.
• Contractor assessment and management.
• Maintenance scheduling and reporting.
• Computer literacy (e.g., MS Office) for compiling monthly reports.