Tony Gereige
Kingsgrove,AU
Summary
Strong leader with problem-solver dedicated to streamlining operations to decrease costs and promote organizational efficiency. Uses independent decision-making skills and sound judgment to positively impact company success. Collaborative leader with dedication to partnering with coworkers to promote engaged, empowering work culture. Documented strengths in building and maintaining relationships with diverse range of stakeholders in dynamic, fast-paced settings.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate
Work History
Consultant Project Asset and Facilities Manager
Good Housing NSW, VIC
08.2022 - 12.2023
- Spearheaded comprehensive asset management strategies, improvement in asset lifecycle efficiency
- External contractors to address facility-related concerns improve overall satisfaction
- Managing all development status of properties to ensure the properties are being built to the standards & accurate records
- Managing all processes to gain occupancies certificates through & enrolment with NDIS
- Managing properties across NSW & Victoria for new properties being under construction & current properties approximately 45 single dwellings with each dwelling comprising of 6-8 unit
- Develop and implement strategies for effective asset management
- Maintain accurate records of all assets and their lifecycle status
- Conduct regular audits to assess the condition of assets and recommend replacements or upgrades as necessary
- Collaborate with relevant stakeholders to ensure assets meet the specific needs
- Facilities Management: Oversee the day-to-day operations and maintenance of disability accommodation facilities
- Develop and implement maintenance schedules to ensure facilities are well-maintained and meet NDIS standards
- Ensure facilities comply with all relevant health and safety regulations
- Implement and monitor processes to ensure compliance with NDIS quality and safeguarding requirements
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to address compliance issues promptly
- Develop and manage budgets for asset
- Monitor expenditure to ensure cost-effectiveness in maintenance and upgrades
- Provide regular reports to the management
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Liaise with various external contractors to address facility-related issues
- Collaborate with management & teams to align with asset & facilities organisational goals
- Foster positive relationships with representatives partners
- Managing $100 Million of asset
- Collaborated with teams to define, strategise, and implement property strategies.
Executive Director of Property Facilities
Catholic Care Sydney
10.2022 - 11.2023
- Identifying include design of project & drafting scopes of works business case allocating budgets including approval process and deliver
- Draft of floor plans for new sites looking at purchasing or leasing of properties
- Coordinating projects with IT infrastructure specialists, Risk & Audit Managers, program managers
- Managing including upgrading of CCTV, swipe building access controls and physical security for sites
- Management of service requests on the facilities helpdesk
- Manage all financial services, invoice coding and approvals, budgeting plan & reconcile supplier statements
- Lead a motivate a high-performing multi-disciplinary team to deliver optimal Facilities Management Services
- Collaborate with senior stakeholders to meet the needs of clients, staff and service users
- Engage with and influence the Management Executive Team to drive an innovative and forward-thinking
- Managing of contractors ensuring service requirements are addressed through good contract administration, performance management
- Prepare project management plans charts and progress report to internal and external stakeholders
- Spearheaded comprehensive asset management strategies, improvement in asset lifecycle efficiency
- External contractors to address facility-related concerns and improve overall resident satisfaction
- Managing all processes to gain occupancies certificates through a CDC and enrolment with regularly body
- Asset Management: Develop and implement strategies for effective asset management
- Management of 21 location across Sydney both owned and leased properties
- Maintain accurate records of all assets and their lifecycle status
- Conduct regular audits to assess the condition of assets and recommend replacements or upgrades as necessary
- Collaborate with relevant stakeholders to ensure assets meet the specific needs of residents
- Management of all fleet cars
- Facilities Management: Oversee the day-to-day operations and maintenance of disability accommodation facilities
- Develop and implement maintenance schedules to ensure facilities are well-maintained and meet NDIS standards
- Coordinate repairs, renovations, and upgrades as required
- Ensure facilities comply with all relevant health and safety regulations
- Managing all R&M, CAPAX, W&HS, OC, PC
- Implemented preventive maintenance programs
- Carrying out risk assessment & developing a 5-year facilities refurbishment plan with a capital expenses budget
- Compliance: Stay updated on NDIS regulations and standards relevant to asset and facilities management
- Implement and monitor processes to ensure compliance with NDIS quality and safeguarding requirements
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to address compliance issues promptly
- Ensured compliance with NDIS regulations, conducting regular audits and collaborating with stakeholders to address any issues promptly
- Reviewing all contracts, fire safety statements, security services and building operation including the risk assessment
- Managing all modifications to the properties upon completion such as door automations access control redesigning of specific items in the property
- Managing all development status of properties to ensure the properties are being built to the standards & accurate records & certificates
- Budget Management: Develop and manage budgets for asset and facilities management
- Monitor expenditure to ensure cost-effectiveness in maintenance and upgrades
- Provide regular financial reports to the management team
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Liaise with various external contractors to address facility-related issues
- Collaborate with the management team to align asset and facilities management with organisational
- Foster positive relationships with SIL representatives’ partners.
- Set organizational goals and objectives to guide and direct company focus and achieve mission fulfillment.
- Built relationships with donors, government officials and other organizations to secure funding and support for organization.
- Exercised appropriate cost control to meet budget restrictions and maximize profitability.
- Monitored compliance with laws and regulations to protect organization from legal liabilities and penalties.
- Drove strategic improvements to enhance operational and organizational efficiencies.
- Collaborated with legal, accounting and other professional teams to review and maintain compliance with regulations.
PROJECTS & MINOR WORKS MANAGER
Sydney Catholic School’s
02.2022 - 11.2022
- Management of 17 schools in minor capitals planning and overseeing project upto $5M each Identifying & implementing projects by coordination with the school principals, designers, wh&s, architects, and upper management
- Examined and analyzed current marketing strategies.
- Monitored tasks performed by team members to facilitate guest satisfaction.
- Interacted well with customers to build connections and nurture relationships.
- Identifying project & drafting specific scope of work & business case, allocating budgets and working through the approval
- Management of projects through the entire life cycle from start to finish
- Project working with major Capital on major school development to see out cycle of completion Example overseen completion of school development approximately $100 million was invested, working closely with the developers to oversee any defect & liability period to ensure the school is functional and any issues identified is rectified in timely manner
- Working with the maintenance team to oversee any complex projects and identifying any major complex maintenance issues from start to finish, identifying any major hazardous maintenance that needs to be completed at any school and working closely with the Contractors by allocating work order, purchase orders, contract of work, to complete the works by the deadline allocated
- Coordinating projects with IT infrastructure specialists, Wh&s managers, school designers, planning marketing
- In addition, overseeing Contract management and identifying any failures such as WH&S breaches identifying any new contractors
- Management of all the processes including work orders, purchase orders approval process in the system tech1 CiA
- Ensuring contract management by review all wh&s compliance functions e.g (SWMS, CM3 compliance, Carrying Out Risk Assessments, Providing training & inductions where required, issuing nonconformance to contractors etc).
Project Asset & Facilities Services Manager
MTC Australia Limited
12.2018 - 03.2022
- Provided overall support to operations with facilities needs and address any process gaps
- Portfolio management of all MTC sites total of 43 sites
- Managements of all company fleet cars includes claims, insurance, replacement cars end of lease
- Executed more than 90 capital projects such as office fit outs, site refurbishment by redesigning sites to improvement layouts
- Management of BMS, AFSS, projects, all maintenance, issuing works order, scope of work, identifying CAPEX projects
- Management of financial budgets for all services, maintenances, rentals, ordering of all MTC products
- Develop maintenance and work schedules building asset management databases
- Duties: Responsible to ascertain commercial impacts and positions of all leasing reviews, negotiations and providing various outcomes to the business for consideration, co-ordinate with legal teams for all formal documentation preparation of leases, for review and execution as well the bank guarantee reissues allocations of new ones
- Leading communications with various internal and external stakeholders
- Preparation of annual budgets inclusive of forecasts and actuals
- Provided recommendation to the board on the portfolio assessments to improve the overall usability of the portfolio
- Management of arrears to reduce the impact on MTC legal liability ensuing all invoicing is processed in timely manner
- Maintaining data filing/archiving at different platforms, Folio data base, Jira Help desk, Microsoft office suite shared drive
- Negotiate with lessors to consent of upgrades and alterations as well fit out works approval
- Mitigated existing sites to new locations includes negotiated of early surrender of the leases to reduce obligation on MTC
- Assist in developing the strategy and overall objectives incorporation with executive leadership
- Administer Jira helpdesk ticketing system check and action emails from various departments and stakeholders across MTC
- Manage subcontractor compliance, administration, and document management
- Collaborate with all staff to facilitate encourage increased awareness understanding of plant equipment and WH&S
- Implement procurement practices that are aligned sustainability and procurement policies from Preparing tenders and scope of works across MTC to raising purchase orders and approving all invoices
- Accomplish maintenance organisation mission by completing related tasks by maintaining a service schedule for all plant, aircon, fire services, tag & testing and co-ordinate repairs and maintenance for any defects
- Management Control of MTC surveillance systems across 43 locations which cover over 80 cameras through Meraki cisco
- Maintain and coordinating with quality assurance & risk of audit & compliance from iso9001 to iso27,001 and various government departments audits, ensuring all documentation is up to date and information.
- Developed and maintained positive relationships with customers to build rapport and trust.
- Controlled expenses to meet budget requirements.
- Evaluated facility operations and personnel for safety and health regulations compliance.
- Created management reports outlining important facility statistics.
- Drove continuous improvement of processes and systems operation.
- Oversaw all aspects of equipment installation, maintenance, and repair for both internal and external services.
- Provided detailed technical and operational direction in project challenges, consistently meeting deliverables according to deadlines.
- Managed projects from procurement to commission.
- Drafted project reports to identify successful outcomes, insights and future recommendations.
- Negotiated and managed third-party contracts related to project deliverables.
- Monitored project progress, identified risks and took corrective action as needed.
- Scheduled and facilitated meetings between project stakeholders to discuss deliverables, schedules and conflicts.
Asset Commercial Real Estate Manager
Cushman & Wakefield
08.2018 - 12.2018
- Manage a mixed portfolio of NSW Government and commercial office buildings Sydney CBD
- Portfolio property management Place Management NSW Formally (SHFA) division across The Rocks & Circular Quay
- Comprehensive services contract supporting PM NSW
- The portfolio consists of hundreds of properties and tenants in office commercial space & retail space
- Portfolio size annual rental income excess of $120 million per annual
- Management of all freehold property inclusive of tenant negotiation renewal
- Management of property across retail, office commercial and special purpose sites
- Procession of agreements, bank guarantees, invoices, and rent reconciliations with Landlord/Tenants
- Lead communications with all stakeholders
- Preparation of annual budgets inclusive of forecasts and actuals
- Provide advice to the client, provide property recommendations & portfolio assessments to improve the overall condition & usability of the portfolio maintaining building relationships with Landlords & Tenants
- Co-ordinate repairs and maintenance manage minor Projects
- Software used, C&W MRI, Nexus, Core Vision (My Buildings).
- Kept detailed track of asset maintenance and potential future costs to accurately portray data and advise clients.
Commercial Property Asset Manager
The Salvation Army
01.2017 - 09.2018
- Manage a portfolio of 700 commercial site in NSW, QLD, ACT for The Salvation Army within the eastern territory
- Conducting lease negotiations with internal and external stakeholders range up to $4.5 Million each
- Ensuring all lease agreements have met the legal requirements & are in the best interests of TSA financial including approval
- Ensuing all financials are reviewed and delegated promptly, including all CPI increases have been actioned for all properties
- Maintaining all property data and reporting through technology one (CRM)
- Ensuring all communication and document management are stored on EDMS iManage worksite
- Coordinate the sale of all commercial properties throughout the territorial various ranging
- Coordinate site acquisition of commercial properties throughout the eastern territorial
- Exercising lease options and renewal to all owned and leased properties
- Liaising with the legal team for all commercial matters for leasing, sales and property acquisition
- Submit presentation to the board for approval on leasing, sales and acquisition matters.
Property Manager
Defense Housing Australia
06.2016 - 01.2017
- Managing a portfolio of 250 service residences involved meeting DHA standards SOP, tenant interactions & maintenance
- Conducting following inspections periodic, pre vacancy inspection (PVI), 2nd and day 1, ready house, maintenance assessment
- Identify tenant liability during inspections and coordinate with DHA's standards of housing
- Identify arrange maintenance services to be undertaken in line with budgets raising work orders and monitoring the progress
- Communicating negotiation with stakeholders
- Respond to internal & external enquiries requests in a timely manner, providing pro-active advice solutions
- Using technology to carry out day to day task through Housing Management System (HSM) business intelligence, client management system (CLM), HSM inspector, outlook, Atlassian based software which includes Jira, Workflow
- Manage & update DHA systems efficiently and effectively to ensure properties are returned in timely manner
- Working independently meeting budget being cost conscious identifying future planned works to allow allocations.
Senior Facilities Maintenances & PROPERTY Portfolio Manager
REA Real Estate Services
10.2013 - 06.2016
- Preparing & interpreting legal documents including management agreement and lease agreement
- Liaising with landlords, tenants, trades people, insurance, financial institution, housing NSW and (NCAT)
- Maintaining relationship with clients including assisting with their property needs
- Coordinating property review, all inspections outgoing routine, rent arrears, rent increases, all R&M
- Analysing market trends to determine competitive market prices
- Delivering high standard of customer services, size 4000+ managements controlled 100% of all outgoing inspections.
Facilities Operational Manager
Big W Australia & Target Australia
06.2003 - 01.2014
- Managing all building R&M fitouts updates for Sydney Metro locates including identifying WH&S complete 6 store upgrades Project Management of $5 million store refurbishment working alongside all internal and external stakeholders
- Dealing with employment HR issues such as interviewing/hiring potential employees, conducting appraisals, performance reviews
- Management of workers compensation and OH&S policies to prevent injury management
- Developing management team & staff to improve merchandise planning, sales floor standard, decrease shrinks
- Growing sales in each department in line with company vision values
- Responsible for internal audit of stock movement, fraud prevention, investigation of any suspicious activity.
Education
Bachelor of Business Economics
Open UniversityCertificate IV in Property Services
LinkLearn Australia
Undergraduate Certificate in Business Management
Tafe NSW
Skills
- Financial Management
- Operations Management
- Grant Writing
- Report Compilation
- Quality Control
- Program Management
- Strategic Planning
- Stakeholder Relations
- Data Interpretation
- Contract Management
- Staff Management
- Budgeting and Financial Management
- Program Monitoring
- Project Management
- Compliance and Regulations
- Business Management
- Contract Negotiation
- Process Improvement
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Budgeting and Forecasting
- Portfolio Management
Timeline
Executive Director of Property Facilities
Catholic Care Sydney
10.2022 - 11.2023
Consultant Project Asset and Facilities Manager
Good Housing NSW, VIC
08.2022 - 12.2023
PROJECTS & MINOR WORKS MANAGER
Sydney Catholic School’s
02.2022 - 11.2022
Project Asset & Facilities Services Manager
MTC Australia Limited
12.2018 - 03.2022
Asset Commercial Real Estate Manager
Cushman & Wakefield
08.2018 - 12.2018
Commercial Property Asset Manager
The Salvation Army
01.2017 - 09.2018
Property Manager
Defense Housing Australia
06.2016 - 01.2017
Senior Facilities Maintenances & PROPERTY Portfolio Manager
REA Real Estate Services
10.2013 - 06.2016
Facilities Operational Manager
Big W Australia & Target Australia
06.2003 - 01.2014
Bachelor of Business Economics
Certificate IV in Property Services
LinkLearn Australia
Undergraduate Certificate in Business Management
Tafe NSW
Certification
- NSW Drivers Licence Valid to 2028
- NSW WWC Check (WWC1814214E) Valid to 2029
- NSW Health & Safety White Card (CGI766108SEQ)
- NSW RSA & RCG (CCH11450695) valid to 2028
Affiliations
- Nicole GRAINGER-Marsh (CEO Asuira Australia) TBC
- Subhi Madi (GM Employment Services) TBC