Leads APAC facilities operations, maintenance, workplace services, compliance, capital planning, budgets, vendors, safety, sustainability, and infrastructure reliability across multiple countries. The role manages regional teams and contractors, oversees building systems and preventive maintenance, delivers renovations and infrastructure projects, supports business continuity, and partners with global and local stakeholders to standardize services and improve cost, performance, and resilience.
JOB DESCRIPTION
The APAC Regional Facilities Manager provides leadership and oversight for facilities operations, maintenance, infrastructure reliability, capital projects, and workplace services across the Asia-Pacific portfolio. The role serves as the primary regional leader responsible for ensuring safe, compliant, cost-effective, and business-aligned facilities operations while driving service excellence, standardization, and continuous improvement across all APAC sites.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Regional Facilities Leadership
Operations & Maintenance
Capital Planning & Project Delivery
Financial & Vendor Management
Compliance, Safety & Sustainability
QUALIFICATIONS
The APAC Regional Facilities Manager provides leadership and oversight for facilities operations, maintenance, infrastructure reliability, capital projects, and workplace services across the Asia-Pacific portfolio. The role serves as the primary regional leader responsible for ensuring safe, compliant, cost-effective, and business-aligned facilities operations while driving service excellence, standardization, and continuous improvement across all APAC sites.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Regional Facilities Leadership
- Lead all facilities operations across APAC sites, including maintenance, workplace services, vendor management, and facility compliance.
- Serve as the primary regional liaison between local business leaders and Global Facilities Management.
- Implement global facilities standards, policies, and service levels across the region.
- Provide leadership, coaching, and development for regional facilities personnel and contractors.
Operations & Maintenance
- Ensure reliability and performance of critical building systems, including electrical, mechanical, fire protection, security, and building automation systems.
- Drive preventive and predictive maintenance programs to reduce operational risk and downtime.
- Support business continuity, emergency preparedness, and resilience initiatives.
Capital Planning & Project Delivery
- Develop regional capital plans and infrastructure investment recommendations.
- Manage facility improvement, renovation, modernization, and expansion projects.
- Coordinate with the Global Planning & Project Management team to execute capital projects safely, on schedule, and within budget.
Financial & Vendor Management
- Manage regional operating budgets, forecasts, and financial performance.
- Identify opportunities for cost reduction, operational efficiencies, and energy savings.
- Oversee service providers, contracts, and vendor performance throughout the region.
Compliance, Safety & Sustainability
- Ensure compliance with applicable regulations, company policies, and facility standards.
- Partner with EHS, Security, and business leaders to address operational risks.
- Support sustainability, decarbonization, energy management, and environmental initiatives.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Facilities Management, Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
- Minimum 8 years of progressive facilities, engineering, real estate, workplace, or operations management experience.
- Minimum 3 years of leadership experience managing facilities teams, service providers, or multi-site operations.
- Demonstrated experience managing facilities operations across multiple locations and countries.
- Strong knowledge of building systems, including electrical, mechanical, fire protection, life safety, security, and building automation systems.
- Experience managing operating budgets, forecasting, contract administration, and vendor performance.
- Proven project management experience involving capital improvements, renovations, infrastructure upgrades, or workplace projects.
- Strong communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.
- Demonstrated English language proficiency, including the ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing with global stakeholders, business leaders, suppliers, and cross-functional teams.
- Ability to operate effectively within a global, matrixed organization.
- Willingness to travel throughout the APAC region as business needs require.
- Master's Degree in Facilities Management, Engineering, Business Administration (MBA), Construction Management, Real Estate, or a related field.
- Certified Facility Manager (CFM) designation from IFMA.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
- Experience supporting laboratory, testing, manufacturing, research, industrial, or mission-critical facilities environments.
- Knowledge of ISO 41001, ISO 14001, NFPA standards, sustainability programs, and asset management best practices.
- Experience leading facilities operations across multiple APAC countries and cultures.
- Experience implementing service level agreements (SLAs), facility condition assessments (FCA), asset lifecycle planning, and reliability-centered maintenance programs.
- Working knowledge of CMMS, IWMS, Building Automation Systems (BAS), and data-driven facilities analytics.
UL Solutions Singapore, Singapore, SGP Office
UL Solutions Singapore Office
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