Facilities Administrator
What the work is
Provides assistance to ensure the day-to-day smooth operation of a building's infrastructure through administrative support, including budgeting, procurement negotiation, and contractor liaison and documentation, as well as coordination of staff and office equipment during relocation, and at times supervision and physical assistance with maintenance tasks.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Supports the management of site facilities including fit-outs, relocations and general maintenance
- Assists in the location and provisioning of staff within a facility
- Assists with site safety, operations and projects
- Assists with on-site maintenance
- Keeps records and schedules of purchases, equipment, maintenance and contractors
- Ensures cost-effective support services for a facility
- Receives and tracks delivery of goods
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in a mix of behind-the-scenes roles: a hospital records office, a strata building and a film production office. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- A messy situation ends with everyone knowing who is doing what and by when
- A document, a form or a code is checked and found right the first time
- Someone thanks you for the thing they never had to think about, because you did it
Hard days
- Everyone wants an answer now, and the answer depends on someone else
- Standing between two parties who each think the other is being unreasonable
- A simple mistake in a record that can ripple through everything afterwards
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 599933, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.