Manufacturing facility manager to facilities manager
A manufacturing facility manager already meets 48% of what the facilities manager role asks for. The move turns on 18 required skills not yet in the profile.
61.8/ 100
1 How much of what a facilities manager is expected to do is already part of a manufacturing facility manager’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the facilities manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A facilities manager role treats 18 of its required skills as things a manufacturing facility manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- carry out energy management of facilities
- corporate social responsibility
- electrical power safety regulations
- energy conservation
- ensure equipment availability
- ensure equipment maintenance
What stands in the way is 18 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 25 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A facilities manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a manufacturing facility manager background worth leading with.
- already held ensure inspections of facilities information skills
- already held manage facilities services management skills
- already held plan facilities management policies management skills
- already held facilities management in the organisation business, administration and law
- already held manage space utilisation management skills
- already held inspect building systems information skills
All 25 carried skills, including the 18 the facilities manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 31 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn establish daily priorities required
- still to learn manage logistics required
- still to learn manage maintenance operations required
- still to learn manage supplies required
- still to learn oversee the facilities services budget required
- still to learn plan schedule required
- still to learn strive for company growth required
- still to learn supervise daily information operations required
- optional, not held evaluate employees optional
- optional, not held recruit employees optional
- still to learn inspect contracts for related grounds maintenance work required
- still to learn maintain relationship with customers required
- still to learn promote facilities management services required
- still to learn handle customer complaints required
- still to learn maintain customer service required
- optional, not held design building retrofitting solutions optional
- optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
- still to learn ensure compliance with noise standards required
- still to learn follow company standards required
- optional, not held handle surveillance equipment optional
- optional, not held respond to burglar alarm systems optional
- still to learn green building practices required
- still to learn environmental management standards required
- optional, not held building automation optional
- optional, not held energy market optional
- still to learn perform risk analysis required
- optional, not held read standard blueprints optional
- optional, not held accounting optional
- optional, not held contract law optional
- optional, not held employment law optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a facilities manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 green building practices study this
- 02 inspect contracts for related grounds maintenance work practise this
- 03 maintain relationship with customers practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 25 skills that carry over
- already held carry out energy management of facilities skill
- already held corporate social responsibility knowledge
- already held electrical power safety regulations knowledge
- already held energy conservation knowledge
- already held ensure equipment availability skill
- already held ensure equipment maintenance skill
- already held ensure inspections of facilities skill
- already held facilities management in the organisation knowledge
- already held fire safety regulations knowledge
- already held inspect building systems skill
- already held liaise with managers skill
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held manage facilities services skill
- already held manage space utilisation skill
- already held manage staff skill
- already held plan buildings maintenance work skill
- already held plan facilities management policies skill
- already held supervise work skill
- already held energy performance of buildings knowledge
- already held liaise with security authorities skill
- already held manage emergency evacuation plans skill
- already held manage major incidents skill
- already held perform procurement processes skill
- already held plan health and safety procedures skill
- already held supply chain management knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held cleaning industry health and safety measures optional
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held design building retrofitting solutions optional
- optional, not held accounting optional
- optional, not held building automation optional
- optional, not held cleaning industry health and safety measures optional
- optional, not held contract law optional
- optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
- optional, not held employment law optional
- optional, not held energy market optional
- optional, not held evaluate employees optional
- optional, not held handle surveillance equipment optional
- optional, not held read standard blueprints optional
- optional, not held recruit employees optional
- optional, not held respond to burglar alarm systems optional
13 held skills the facilities manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adhere to organisational guidelines skill
- not needed by the target role collect industrial waste skill
- not needed by the target role industrial engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role make health, safety and environment assessments skill
- not needed by the target role manage contracts skill
- not needed by the target role manage manufacturing facilities skill
- not needed by the target role manufacturing processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor contractor performance skill
- not needed by the target role monitor conveyor belt skill
- not needed by the target role monitor processing environment conditions skill
- not needed by the target role multimodal transport logistics knowledge
- not needed by the target role oversee assembly operations skill
- not needed by the target role oversee logistics of finished products skill
8 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn green building practices required
- still to learn environmental management standards required
- optional, not held accounting optional
- optional, not held building automation optional
- optional, not held cleaning industry health and safety measures optional
- optional, not held contract law optional
- optional, not held employment law optional
- optional, not held energy market optional
Other moves recorded from manufacturing facility manager
Common questions about this move
Can a manufacturing facility manager become a facilities manager?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A manufacturing facility manager already covers 48% of what a facilities manager is expected to do: 25 skills carry over, 18 of which the facilities manager role treats as required.
What skills does a manufacturing facility manager need to become a facilities manager?
18 required skills are missing, plus 13 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is green building practices.
How hard is the move from manufacturing facility manager to facilities manager?
Its learning distance is 61.8 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.