The role of the facility manager has broadened over the years to encompass many responsibilities, including the facility’s physical structures and equipment, budgets and finances, training, compliance with laws and regulations (not to mention company policies, and employees).
Nobody likes to show weakness, especially in a corporation or business, least of all facility managers. As the guy or gal in charge, you’re “supposed” to know everything whenever executives or the staff on the production line come asking questions.
The big buzzword in environmental, health and safety (EH&S) these days is sustainability. Corporations love to tell the public how sustainable they are. Makes for great press and builds the brand. And public opinion is turning so that sustainability – “being green” – is something consumers are demanding more and more of companies.
As a facility manager, it seems you have an ever-growing list of responsibilities, but never enough resources to account for everything you must do. Remember that environmental, health and safety (EH&S) is about much more than sustainability, which is the buzzword upper management and the outside world constantly emphasize.
