The Estate and Facilities Management division as a work place
The Estate and Facilities Management division requires good candidates for various types of positions at regular intervals. All positions are published through jobbnorge.no and finn.no, as well as in the newspaper Bergens Tidende.
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The Department as a聽work place
The聽Estate and Facilities Management division forms part of the central administration of the University of Bergen.聽
We are responsible for management, operation and maintenance, as well as development of all the University鈥檚 buildings, which comprise 95 buildings totalling 284,000 m2, including rental of 105,000 m2.
Our department has approximately 100聽employees and administers an operational budget of approximately NOK 495聽million and an investment budget of approximately NOK 170聽million (2020).
Our department is organised into 4 units: Operation, Project, Professional support & Staff, Larger efforts. The buildings are in the main located at Nyg氓rdsh酶yden and 脜rstadvollen.
Additionally we perform a number of services for 幸运飞艇计划 students, employees and the public - for example post and transport services, administration of access cards, rental of premises, welfare cabins, parking, administration聽etc.
What type of competence do we need?
The聽Estate and Facilities Management division聽has employees of very different backgrounds. People working here include social scientists, social workers, engineers,聽 skilled workers, economists, valuers, unskilled workers, lawyers and agronomists, for example.
Some of the competence we regularly require includes:
Project managers 鈥撀�we have a large number of building projects running at all times. Everything from small maintenance projects to large renovation projects and property development. We also have projects involving interiors and equipment planning. Working as a project manager might include everything from arranging invitations to聽monitoring building聽progress up to completion.
Engineers 鈥撀�we have over time focused on developing specialised engineering competence which can provide support for other functions within the department - examples of these include fire and safety engineers, maintenance engineers, energy efficiency engineers and central control system engineers.
Skilled workers 鈥撀�our skilled workers are active in a wide range of technical areas. Particularly relevant are electrics, automation, plumbing, HVAC and building.
Unskilled workers 鈥撀�unskilled workers work in our operational areas and in the park section. Important skills include manual abilities, practical experience and the ability to absorb knowledge through practical work.
(We encourage our employees to take certificates in the building trades if they wish, - the Department of Property can help with organizing this).聽
Lawyers 鈥撀�our legal experts work as coordinators planning use of space, rental and leasing of space, further follow-up with users relating to internal rental and handling legal issues connected to property management.
Apprentices -聽聽in recent years we have engaged office apprentices in our staff and聽building trade apprentices in building operations.
With us you can expect:
- varied and challenging work tasks.
- an inspiring, inclusive and pleasant working environment.
- training and possibilities for further education and development.
- good pension and insurance arrangements in the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund.
- a mortgage on favourable terms in the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund.
- welfare arrangements such as company sports teams, company cabins, cultural events and a company day nursery
Your opportunities:
The department has competent employees in a number of technical areas and they have their workplace in a variety of places within the location of the university. We can offer varied and challenging work tasks in a number of areas; take a look at our聽units鈥� areas of responsibility.
The development of competence is a priority and we facilitate technical development. Our employees participate in annual technical updates, competence-raising training and further education such master programmes and facilitation to take trade certificates.聽We also emphasise sharing knowledge internally, so as to benefit from internal transfer of experience. Our 鈥渟eniors鈥� are often given the responsibility of following up with our new employees to help them make a good start with us.
You will be able to work in buildings ranging from museums to advanced laboratories, from technological buildings to protected cultural heritage sites when working for the Department of Property. You can also participate in cooperation with experienced technical groups in important development tasks for the whole of the university.