Facilities Manager in Gloucester

Lead Facilities. Drive Compliance. Shape Operational Excellence.

Leading site wide facilities management across a busy large-scale manufacturing and engineering facility. A well-established UK manufacturer is looking to appoint an experienced Facilities Manager to take ownership of its site infrastructure and facilities function at a large, complex manufacturing operation. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a successful and continually investing business where facilities management is viewed as a critical operational function. Reporting into senior leadership, you'll play a key role in ensuring the site remains safe, compliant, efficient and ready to support future growth.

This is far more than a maintenance role. You'll be responsible for delivering a robust facilities strategy, managing statutory compliance, driving continuous improvement and ensuring the site's infrastructure performs to the highest possible standards.

The Opportunity

Working within a fast-paced manufacturing environment, you'll lead all aspects of facilities management across the site, taking responsibility for both planned and reactive activities while ensuring full compliance with UK legislation and industry best practice. You'll manage specialist contractors, oversee facilities projects, maintain critical infrastructure and act as the site's key point of contact for statutory compliance. This is an ideal opportunity for someone who enjoys taking ownership, influencing operational performance and making a genuine impact within a successful manufacturing business.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day delivery of all hard and soft facilities services.
• Take ownership of statutory compliance across the site, ensuring all legal obligations are achieved and maintained.
• Manage planned preventative maintenance programmes and reactive works across all building services and infrastructure.
• Oversee electrical systems, HVAC, water systems, building fabric, utilities and associated facilities assets.
• Act as the site's lead for key compliance areas including fire safety, electrical safety, water hygiene, asbestos management, pressure systems, lifting equipment and LEV.
• Manage external contractors and service providers, ensuring safe working practices, performance and value for money.
• Maintain accurate compliance documentation, certification and audit records.
• Deliver facilities-related improvement projects, capital investments and infrastructure upgrades.
• Support the installation of new plant and equipment, working closely with engineering and operational stakeholders.
• Produce regular performance reporting and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, compliance and service delivery.

About You

We're looking for an experienced Facilities Manager who has operated within a manufacturing, engineering or similarly regulated industrial environment. You'll have a strong understanding of statutory compliance, contractor management and facilities engineering, alongside the confidence to influence stakeholders across all levels of the business.

You'll ideally bring:

• Experience managing facilities within a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Excellent knowledge of UK facilities legislation and statutory compliance.
• Experience managing both hard and soft FM services.
• Strong contractor, supplier and project management experience.
• Strong communication and leadership skills with the ability to build effective working relationships.

Professional qualifications such as IWFM, IOSH or similar would be advantageous but are by no means essential.

Why Apply?

This is an opportunity to join a stable, growing manufacturing business that continues to invest in its people, facilities and future. You'll enjoy genuine autonomy, the opportunity to influence operational performance and the chance to lead facilities across a technically demanding manufacturing environment where your expertise will be highly valued.

If you're an experienced Facilities Manager looking for your next challenge within a progressive manufacturing organisation, we'd be delighted to speak with you in complete confidence quoting reference number 10458.