Technical Facilities Manager

We are supporting a leading advanced engineering and manufacturing organisation with the appointment of a Technical Facilities Manager to oversee a highly specialised technical site in Bristol.

This is a key role managing critical facilities across cleanrooms, engineering labs, manufacturing areas and technical infrastructure. You will lead outsourced service partners and develop an internal facilities team, ensuring the site operates safely, efficiently and reliably.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead technical facilities operations across mechanical, electrical, controls and life safety systems
• Manage critical infrastructure including HVAC, cleanrooms, gas systems, water systems, BMS and electrical distribution
• Ensure uptime, resilience and reliability of systems supporting manufacturing and R&D activity
• Develop and manage PPM, reliability-centred and condition-based maintenance strategies
• Act as technical authority for safe systems of work, isolation, switching, permits and engineering change control
• Ensure statutory compliance, technical risk management and audit readiness
• Manage outsourced providers across maintenance, security, cleaning and waste services
• Set and monitor SLAs, KPIs and supplier performance
• Maintain cleanroom performance, environmental monitoring and contamination control standards
• Manage facilities budgets, asset data, lifecycle planning and infrastructure upgrade business cases
• Support compliance with UK legislation including EaWR, PUWER, LOLER, PSSR, COSHH, DSEAR, ACoP L8 and fire safety requirements
• Lead incident response, root cause analysis and continuous improvement activities
• Develop, mentor and lead the internal Facilities Team

Experience Required

• Proven facilities management experience within a technical environment such as semiconductor, pharmaceutical, advanced manufacturing, aerospace or similar
• Strong understanding of critical building services and infrastructure
• Experience managing cleanrooms or controlled environments
• Knowledge of UK health, safety and statutory compliance requirements
• Experience managing contractors, suppliers and service providers
• Strong leadership and team development skills
• Knowledge of sustainability and energy management practices would be advantageous

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, Facilities Management or a related subject desirable
• IWFM, CIBSE or similar professional membership desirable

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Career development opportunities
• Private healthcare
• Share incentive plan
• 25 days annual leave
• Half day Fridays
• Pension scheme
• Flexible benefits package
• Good work-life balance

Apply now to discuss this Technical Facilities Manager opportunity in more detail.