Facilities Manager

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The Maintenance Manager is responsible for leading the safe, reliable and efficient maintenance of the Lumentum Caswell site, including buildings, production support services, utilities and critical infrastructure.

The role will ensure that maintenance activities support business continuity, production requirements, compliance obligations and the planned site ramp-up. The Maintenance Manager will drive a proactive maintenance culture, reduce equipment failures and ensure that all work is planned, controlled and completed to the required standards.

• Lead and manage the site maintenance team and maintenance contractors.
• Develop and deliver the planned preventative maintenance programme.
• Reduce reactive maintenance, repeat failures and unplanned downtime.
• Ensure maintenance activities are completed safely, efficiently and in accordance with site procedures.
• Maintain high standards across critical infrastructure, including:
  • HVAC and cleanroom systems
  • Electrical distribution and standby power systems
  • UPS and DRUPS systems
  • Chillers, compressors and air-handling units
  • UPW, CDA, nitrogen and vacuum systems
  • Fire, life-safety and emergency systems
  • Building fabric and associated services
  • BMS and control systems
• Ensure all statutory inspections, testing and certification are completed on time.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records, asset registers and compliance documentation.
• Manage maintenance budgets, purchase orders, suppliers and contractor performance.
• Ensure all contractors are appropriately approved, inducted and controlled while on site.
• Plan and coordinate maintenance activities around production requirements, using Green-to-Green planning where applicable.
• Ensure all planned interruptions are properly assessed, communicated and approved.
• Support investigations into equipment failures, incidents and near misses, ensuring effective corrective actions are implemented.
• Lead root-cause analysis and continuous-improvement activities.
• Work closely with Production, Engineering, EHS, Quality, Facilities and Project teams.
• Provide clear weekly and monthly reports to the Senior WPS Manager.
• Support capital projects, commissioning, handover and acceptance of new equipment and systems.
• Ensure maintenance strategies are suitable for the site’s future production ramp-up and business-continuity requirements.
• Promote strong housekeeping, safety ownership and professional standards across the maintenance function.

The Maintenance Manager will:

• Ensure compliance with Lumentum policies, statutory requirements and safe systems of work.
• Maintain effective permit-to-work, isolation and lockout/tagout controls.
• Ensure risk assessments and method statements are suitable and implemented.
• Stop unsafe work and escalates significant risks immediately.
• Support audits, inspections and compliance reviews.
• Ensure environmental, fire, electrical and statutory obligations are effectively managed.

Success in this role will be measured by:

• Improved asset reliability and availability.
• Reduction in reactive maintenance and repeat failures.
• Delivery of the planned maintenance programme.
• Reduced maintenance-related production interruptions.
• Completion of statutory inspections and compliance actions on time.
• Effective contractor and supplier performance.
• Accurate maintenance records and reporting.
• Delivery of maintenance activities within budget.
• Positive feedback from production and site stakeholders.
• Demonstrable improvements in…