Facilities Manager

Lead Facilities. Drive Compliance. Shape Operational Excellence.

Gloucester Up to 60,000 p.a. + Benefits – Leading site wide facilities management across a busy large–scale manufacturing and engineering facility.

A well–established UK manufacturer is looking to appoint an experienced Facilities Manager to take ownership of its site infrastructure and facilities function at a large, complex manufacturing operation. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a successful and continually investing business where facilities management is viewed as a critical operational function. Reporting into senior leadership, you'll play a key role in ensuring the site remains safe, compliant, efficient and ready to support future growth.

This is far more than a maintenance role. You'll be responsible for delivering a robust facilities strategy, managing statutory compliance, driving continuous improvement and ensuring the site's infrastructure performs to the highest possible standards.

• Lead the day‑to‑day delivery of all hard and soft facilities services.
• Take ownership of statutory compliance across the site, ensuring all legal obligations are achieved and maintained.
• Manage planned preventative maintenance programmes and reactive works across all building services and infrastructure.
• Oversee electrical systems, HVAC, water systems, building fabric, utilities and associated facilities assets.
• Act as the site's lead for key compliance areas including fire safety, electrical safety, water hygiene, asbestos management, pressure systems, lifting equipment and LEV.
• Manage external contractors and service providers, ensuring safe working practices, performance and value for money.
• Maintain accurate compliance documentation, certification and audit records.
• Deliver facilities‑related improvement projects, capital investments and infrastructure upgrades.
• Support the installation of new plant and equipment, working closely with engineering and operational stakeholders.
• Produce regular performance reporting and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, compliance and service delivery.

We're looking for an experienced Facilities Manager who has operated within a manufacturing, engineering or similarly regulated industrial environment. You'll have a strong understanding of statutory compliance, contractor management and facilities engineering, alongside the confidence to influence stakeholders across all levels of the business. You'll ideally bring:

• Experience managing facilities within a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Excellent knowledge of UK facilities legislation and statutory compliance.
• Experience managing both hard and soft FM services.
• Strong contractor, supplier and project management experience.
• Strong communication and leadership skills with the ability to build effective working relationships.

Professional qualifications such as IWFM, IOSH or similar would be advantageous but are by no means essential.