At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead site services and ensure a safe, efficient workplace for all.
- Company: Fast-growing Life Sciences company making a real impact in genetics.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, training opportunities, and a dynamic work environment.
- Other info: Opportunity to develop your career in a supportive and innovative team.
- Why this job: Make a visible impact while championing health and safety in a vibrant setting.
- Qualifications: Experience in facilities management and strong problem-solving skills.
The predicted salary is between 36000 - 44000 £ per year.
Our client, a fast-growing Life Sciences company, is looking for a proactive Site Services & EHS Manager to help keep their Oxfordshire site safe, efficient and welcoming for colleagues, visitors, and contractors. This is a varied, hands-on operations role where you will make a visible impact across facilities, laboratories, and workplace operations.
The company develops high-quality products e.g. NGS, arrays, and FISH, supporting researchers and clinical decision makers working with genetic disorders.
Responsibilities:
- Lead day-to-day site services across facilities, office services, front of house, security, housekeeping, supplies, deliveries, and visitor support.
- Coordinate planned and reactive maintenance, calibration, repairs, plant, equipment, and building fabric work to keep the site running smoothly.
- Champion a positive EHS culture through health and safety, fire safety, inspections, permits to work, Legionella responsibilities, audits, action tracking, and SHE training.
- Work closely with contractors, service providers, landlord representatives, and internal teams to resolve issues quickly and professionally.
- Spot opportunities to improve systems, workflows, workplace processes, and service delivery, including sustainability and ESG-related improvements.
- Prepare reports, track actions, support budgets and business cases, and act as an escalation point for facilities and operational matters, including occasional out-of-hours support.
Skills & Expertise:
- Experience managing facilities, office services, suppliers, contractors, budgets, and CAPEX-related activity.
- Organisation, project management, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Understanding of Health & Safety, GDPR, and compliance.
- Ideally NEBOSH or IOSH capability (although training & funding can be provided).
- Managing audits, tracking actions, and presenting information clearly to a range of stakeholders.
- People management, with the ability to support, motivate, and develop others.
- Calm, resilient, and solutions-focused approach.
Nice to have (not dealbreakers):
- Experience with ISO 9001, ISO 27001, COSHH, carbon reduction planning, engineering, or facilities projects.
Site Manager in Oxford employer: Bragg Life Sciences Ltd
As a leading international life science company, we pride ourselves on fostering a dynamic and innovative work environment in Essex, where our Design Engineers can thrive. With a strong commitment to employee growth, we offer extensive training opportunities and encourage collaboration across teams, ensuring that every team member contributes to meaningful projects that impact laboratories worldwide. Our culture prioritises creativity and quality, making us an excellent employer for those looking to make a difference in the field of refrigeration design.
