Technical Facilities Manager

This is an excellent opportunity to take ownership of a technically complex environment incorporating clean rooms, engineering laboratories, manufacturing areas and critical infrastructure systems.

You will coordinate an internal facilities team and external service providers, ensuring the site operates safely, efficiently and reliably. The position requires a strong technical engineering background combined with proven facilities management experience gained within a regulated or technically advanced environment.

Relevant sectors may include semiconductor manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, aerospace, advanced manufacturing, scientific instrumentation or a similar industry.

• Provide technical guidance across mechanical, electrical, controls and life–safety systems.
• Establish engineering standards aligned with statutory requirements, manufacturer guidance and industry best practice.
• Act as the technical authority for safe systems of work, isolation management, switching protocols and engineering change control.
• Ensure engineering teams work within clearly defined competency and authorisation frameworks.
• Oversee technical risk assessments and ensure operational activity does not compromise safety, resilience or compliance.
• Manage critical building services and infrastructure, including:
  • HVAC systems
  • Cleanroom environments
  • Gas and water systems
  • Electrical infrastructure
  • Building Management Systems
• Maintain the uptime, reliability and performance of systems supporting manufacturing and research and development activities.
• Develop and implement planned preventive maintenance strategies.
• Introduce reliability–centred and condition–based maintenance approaches to reduce downtime and equipment failure.
• Coordinate reactive maintenance and emergency response activities.
• Ensure the CAFM system accurately records asset criticality, maintenance history, lifecycle information and redundancy arrangements.
• Maintain the resilience of critical infrastructure, including:
  • HV and LV distribution
  • UPS systems
  • Standby generators
  • Chillers
  • Boilers
  • Clean utilities
  • Life–safety systems
• Coordinate incident investigations, root–cause analysis and post–incident reviews.
• Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency, sustainability, reliability and cost control.

• Maintain cleanroom performance in line with required classifications and standards.
• Oversee environmental monitoring and contamination–control processes.
• Ensure compliance with applicable ISO cleanroom standards.
• Work collaboratively with engineering, manufacturing and operational teams to meet specialist laboratory and production requirements.
• Ensure maintenance and facilities activity does not compromise controlled environments or operational output.

• Manage external facilities service providers covering areas such as:
  • Engineering maintenance
  • Security
  • Waste management
  • Cleaning services
• Establish and monitor service–level agreements, performance indicators and supplier review processes.
• Ensure contractors work safely and follow site permit systems, procedures and compliance requirements.
• Promote accountability, value and continuous improvement across supplier relationships.
• Review contractor competency, performance and service quality.

• Develop and manage facilities operating and maintenance budgets.
• Support capital–investment planning and infrastructure upgrade projects.
• Maintain accurate asset lifecycle, condition and criticality information.
• Align lifecycle planning with operational resilience and business continuity requirements.
• Support equipment replacement, obsolescence and long–term infrastructure planning.
• Monitor facilities expenditure and identify opportunities to improve value without compromising safety or reliability.

• Ensure compliance with relevant UK legislation, guidance and regulations, including:
  • Electricity at Work Regulations
  • PUWER
  • LOLER
  • PSSR
  • COSHH
  • DSEAR
  • HSG
    274 and ACoP L8
  • Fire–safety legislation
• Maintain facilities–related risk assessments, permits to work and safe systems of work.
• Ensure statutory inspections, testing and regulatory…