Are you an experienced Facilities Manager / Engineer looking for a role where you can make a real impact?
This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing UK manufacturer that forms part of a global engineering group supplying specialist equipment to the British Armed Forces. With continued investment and long-term growth plans, you'll play a key role in ensuring the site remains safe, efficient and ready to support future expansion.
You'll take ownership of the site's facilities and infrastructure, leading improvement projects, managing contractors, driving compliance and delivering capital investment programmes that support manufacturing operations.
What's on Offer
- Salary up to £55,000
- Monday to Thursday: 7.00am - 3.30pm
- Friday: 7.00am - 12.00pm (early finish every week)
- 25 days holiday, increasing to 28 with service, plus Bank Holidays
- Generous pension (4% employee / 7% employer)
- Company sick pay, increasing with service
- Life Assurance (4x salary)
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Free on-site parking
- Wellbeing programme including regular events and free fresh fruit
- Excellent long-term career development within a global organisation
The Role
Reporting into the Engineering leadership team, you'll be responsible for the strategic management of all site facilities, utilities and infrastructure, ensuring the manufacturing operation runs safely, efficiently and in full compliance with statutory and defence industry requirements.
You'll develop and deliver a rolling facilities strategy while leading improvement projects, managing contractors and ensuring planned maintenance programmes minimise disruption to production.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and deliver a rolling 3 year facilities strategy aligned to business growth.
- Lead facilities-related CapEx projects from concept through to completion.
- Manage contractors, suppliers and service providers, ensuring quality, safety and value.
- Ensure full compliance with HSE, environmental and statutory regulations.
- Manage contractor control processes including RAMS, Permit to Work and LOTO.
- Maintain facilities, utilities and site infrastructure to maximise operational reliability.
- Support production teams by minimising downtime and improving site performance.
- Drive preventative maintenance programmes and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Develop and optimise CMMS processes and facilities maintenance systems.
- Prepare budgets, RFQs, reports and project updates for senior management.
About You
You'll already have experience managing facilities within a manufacturing, engineering or industrial environment and enjoy taking ownership of projects and site improvements.
You'll ideally have:
- HNC/HND (or equivalent) in an engineering discipline.
- Experience managing facilities within a manufacturing environment.
- Strong knowledge of LOTO, PUWER and contractor management.
- Health & Safety qualification such as NEBOSH (or equivalent).
- Experience delivering facilities CapEx projects.
- Knowledge of CMMS and planned maintenance systems.
Desirable
- Multi-skilled engineering or maintenance supervisory background.
- Experience of BMS/BAS or building services.
- Project Management qualification (Prince2 or PMP).
- Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma experience.
- Knowledge of ISO 50001 energy management.
- Experience using Agility CMMS, CAD or MS Project.
If you're looking for a varied facilities engineering role where you'll influence the future of a growing manufacturing site whilst enjoying genuine career progression within an international business, we'd love to hear from you.
Full job description available on request.
Our client is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. All applications will be considered.
This is a pivotal opportunity to support the operations and manufacturing teams of this growing business.
If you would like to learn more, please apply or contact Tim Hill at Technical Placements for an initial chat.
Job Type: Permanent
Pay: £45,000.00-£55,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
