Q: What first attracted you to working in FM, did you have much awareness of the profession? There is a lot of discussion around FM not being a profession of choice. I can absolutely relate to this as when I ...
Read More »Career Ladder talks to Whitbread Plc’s head of repairs and maintenance
Q: How did you progress through the profession to your current role? I started my career as an electrical apprentice at British Aerospace. I then moved to the England, Wales and Scottish railways, progressing through design engineer and building services ...
Read More »Career Ladder talks to the EMEA operations manager at a client site for JLL
Q: How did you progress through the profession to your current role? I started working on FM almost by coincidence, moving out from a previous role of an MD Executive Assistant. I am now a professional with 20 years’ experience ...
Read More »Career Ladder talks to the FM at Turner & Townsend
Q: How did you progress through the profession to your current role? I started my profession in facilities management as a temporary receptionist when I first moved to London from Australia 10 years ago. After two years of temping, I ...
Read More »Career Ladder talks to the Senior Development Engineer at QD for Operation and Maintenance
Q: How did you progress through the profession to your current role? While looking back to 2009 when I graduated, I had no idea what facilities management was. I started my professional career in ICT sector and worked for over ...
Read More »Career Ladder talks to UK Workplace Manager at Amnesty International
Q: How did you progress in FM to your current role? I stumbled into the world of Facilities when I started working as Receptionist in a multi-tenanted building, a mix of commercial and office space. I quickly realised I wanted ...
Read More »Working on the front-line: Career Ladder talks to Interserve NHS Domestic Manager, Vanessa Morrison
For this month’s regular column on individual FM careers, we talked to one of the many front-line FM people working for our NHS. Interserve Domestic Manager Vanessa Morrison runs a team of 219 people delivering catering and domestic services to ...
Read More »Career Ladder talks to Sophie Sibley, environment and energy data analyst at SPIE UK
Q: How did you progress through the profession to your current role? I actually started out at SPIE in a temp role after I finished University. During that period, I made sure I spoke with various people in the organisation ...
Read More »Career Ladder talks to Geoff Grateley, former operations director, Intu Retail Services Ltd
Q: How did you progress through the profession to your recent role? I have always had a fascination with buildings, their architecture and how they work. I moved into FM and operations on leaving Manchester University with a town & ...
Read More »Career Ladder talks to Jemma Millward, FM at EMCOR Group (UK) plc
Q: How did you progress through the profession to your current role? I fell into FM – my very first role was as a temp on an FM helpdesk in Plymouth (Interserve MoD account). I quickly realised that getting plumbers, ...
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