At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the management of facilities services while ensuring compliance with health and safety standards.
- Company: Join a leading pharmaceutical company focused on innovation and sustainability.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Dynamic role with excellent career advancement opportunities in a collaborative environment.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by improving facilities that support essential manufacturing operations.
- Qualifications: Experience in facilities management and knowledge of GMP regulations required.
The predicted salary is between 40500 - 49500 £ per year.
The Facilities Lead will lead the strategic and operational management of all Hard and Soft services. This role ensures compliance with GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice), health and safety standards, and environmental regulations while delivering efficient, cost-effective, and sustainable facilities solutions that support core manufacturing operations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement the site facilities strategy aligned with business objectives and regulatory requirements.
- Ensure all facilities operations comply with GMP, MHRA, FDA, and other relevant pharmaceutical regulations.
- Oversee Hard and Soft IFM Services including Building Maintenance, Pest Control, Cleaning, Catering and Grounds through service level agreements (SLA) to ensure maintenance and all legislative requirements are met.
- Oversee Managed Contracts covering Utilities, Warehouse and Laboratories.
- Prepare and manage the Annual Facilities Budget, ensuring cost control and value delivery.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives for energy efficiency, sustainability, and cost optimisation.
- Responsible person for Facility related activities such as Lifts, Asbestos, Legionella, etc.
- Act as the client for site Facility based Projects in order to deliver upgrades, replacement and repairs to facilities, and/or infrastructure.
- Liaise with area owners and stakeholders to identify facility based repairs and improvements in accordance with GMP practices.
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives to facilitate the Facilities Financial plan and Site Implementation Plan.
Qualifications:
- Prior experience maintaining Facilities.
- Familiar with cGMPs, regulatory guidelines, governmental codes, and standard operating procedures.
- Prior experience in managing operating budgets over £1M and demonstrated performance in budget/schedule adherence.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to work across the organisation and interact/influence effectively at all levels of management and peers.
- Prior experience in regulatory audits.
- Strong technical, computational, and communications skills, both verbal and written, and ability to thrive in a matrix setting.
- Bachelor's Degree or relevant technical experience and 2 years of related work experience.
- Area of Specialisation: Facilities in GMP or Regulated Background.
Facilities Lead employer: Booth Welsh
At Booth Welsh, we pride ourselves on fostering a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration, making us an exceptional employer for a Supplier Quality Engineer. Our commitment to employee development is reflected in our competitive benefits package, including 33 days of holiday, ongoing professional development opportunities, and a supportive work environment where engineers are empowered to take ownership and drive quality improvements. Join us in a technically demanding engineering landscape where your contributions will have a meaningful impact on supplier performance and customer satisfaction.
