Facilities Manager Cover Letter Example

I manage three buildings totaling 620,000 square feet and a $2.1M annual facilities budget for Northfield Mutual Group, which means the HVAC schedule, the vendor contracts and the tenant complaints all land on my desk before anyone upstairs hears about them. I'm applying for the Facilities Manager role at [Company name] because I want that same scope across a larger or more complex campus.

Energy costs across the three buildings are down 16% since I led an LED and HVAC retrofit that I built the business case for myself, including the payback period that got it approved. Vendor response times against our SLA now sit at 96% compliance, up from the high 70s, mostly because I renegotiated our service contracts to include real penalties instead of good intentions, and I now audit every vendor's performance quarterly instead of waiting for a complaint to surface a problem.

I manage HVAC, electrical, security and janitorial vendors directly, run our CMMS work-order system, and I'm the one who walks the building with the fire marshal during an inspection instead of sending a report after the fact. I hold a Facility Management Professional (FMP) credential from IFMA.

I'd welcome the chance to talk through [Company name]'s current facilities budget and where a retrofit or vendor renegotiation could free up the most money. Thank you for your consideration.