Technical Facility Manager

As a Technical Facility Manager, you will play a key role in the safe, efficient, and effective operation of specialist laboratories and facilities at QinetiQ's Farnborough site. Working within the Science Research Operations Group, you will oversee the operational performance of multiple facilities, ensuring they remain available, compliant, and fit for purpose to support cutting-edge research, testing, and innovation activities. This is an exciting opportunity to combine technical oversight, stakeholder engagement, and facility management within a highly specialised environment.

Day-to-day, you'll coordinate the use of facilities and equipment across internal teams, customers, and contractors, ensuring activities are planned and delivered safely and effectively. You'll support facility maintenance, upgrades, and reconfigurations, while ensuring compliance with ISO standards, security and IT procedures, and wider corporate, statutory, and regulatory requirements. Acting as a key point of coordination, you'll help maintain high-performing facilities that enable critical scientific and engineering programmes to succeed.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Maintain a safe, secure, and compliant working environment across specialist facilities and laboratories, ensuring adherence to H&S, security, governance, and business requirements
• Support the delivery of research and project-based facilities, balancing quality, cost control, operational efficiency, and compliance obligations
• Manage health, safety, and environmental compliance, including risk assessments, COSHH, hazardous substances controls, first aid provision, and safety documentation
• Deliver security and facility inductions, maintain access control arrangements, and manage security briefings, re-briefs, debriefs, and accreditation records
• Ensure equipment and facility assurance activities are completed, including calibration, PAT testing, audit preparation, and local compliance reviews
• Oversee asset and equipment control, maintaining accurate records of tools, components, test equipment, and other facility assets, This role is 37 hours per week based at our Farnborough site

At our Farnborough site exciting work takes place at our state-of-the-art facility, with high-energy laser technologies, our 5m pressurised wind tunnel which has a simulation capability that is unique in the UK and our large research and development projects is a real hub of creativity, research and innovation. Join our talented teams of Engineers, IT & Cyber Specialists, Project Managers, Group Functions Teams and many more to provide future defences in the UK.

Please note that all applicants for this role must be eligible for SC clearance, as a minimum. UKSV National Security Vetting Solution: guidance for applicants -  ()

• Experience managing the day-to-day operation of engineering facilities, laboratories, and technical work spaces, ensuring effective and safe facility delivery
• Strong knowledge of Health & Safety, security, governance, and regulatory compliance, including implementation of safe systems of work
• Engineering background with a solid understanding of electrical, electronic, instrumentation, or related technical disciplines
• Previous experience working in laboratories, workshops, or engineering facilities as a qualified technician, foreman, or similar technical role
• Proven capability in hazard identification, risk assessment, risk management, and supporting HSE audits within operational environments
• Skilled in managing laboratory equipment, systems, and facilities, including assessing the suitability of equipment and allocating appropriate facilities for technical activities

• Technical qualification…