At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and manage maintenance of facilities across multiple sites, ensuring safety and functionality.
- Company: Dynamic company focused on high-quality facilities management.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, professional development, and a supportive team environment.
- Other info: Opportunity for career growth and to work independently while being part of a collaborative team.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by ensuring safe and efficient operations in a fast-paced environment.
- Qualifications: Experience managing contractors, strong communication skills, and proficiency in Microsoft Office.
The predicted salary is between 35000 - 40000 £ per year.
Location: Coypool, Plympton (travel required across 5 Plymouth sites)
Hours: Mon-Thu 07:30-16:30 | Fri 07:30-12:30
On-site: 4.5 days per week
The Role
To lead and manage the maintenance of buildings, facilities and operational equipment across multiple sites, ensuring all assets remain safe, functional, and well-maintained. The role partners closely with internal operations teams and external contractors to deliver a consistent, high-quality facilities service across all locations.
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee all building and facilities maintenance activities, ensuring reactive repairs are completed promptly and efficiently.
- Manage equipment maintenance programmes, coordinating and supervising third-party contractors where required.
- Ensure all employees and contractors adhere to site safety standards, driving improvements in contractor control and compliance.
- Monitor equipment performance and availability, providing insight, analysis, and recommendations for continuous improvement.
- Collaborate with Operations to manage day-to-day equipment issues, prioritise workloads, and coordinate planned maintenance shutdowns.
- Develop and implement preventative maintenance strategies in partnership with the Facilities Management team.
- Support Engineering with new equipment installations, including contractor coordination and on-site management.
- Oversee waste management processes, ensuring all activities comply with internal standards and regulatory requirements.
- Participate in an on-call rota, responding to emergencies and following established escalation procedures.
- Source and manage subcontractor quotations, contributing to CAPEX and OPEX planning and budget management.
- Deputise for the Facilities Manager during periods of absence.
- Take ownership of designated workstreams aligned to your expertise, promoting best practice and building strong supplier relationships.
Person Specification
- Proven experience managing contractors and third-party service providers.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and experienced with CAFM systems.
- Strong communication skills with a proactive, solutions-focused approach.
- Extensive experience in a similar role, ideally within industrial, logistics, manufacturing, or other fast-paced operational environments.
- Highly organised, with strong time management and prioritisation skills.
- Able to perform effectively under pressure within a cross-functional team environment.
- Self-motivated, with the ability to work independently and take initiative.
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
If you are interested or have the relevant experience and are currently looking for a new challenge then please submit an up to date CV by clicking the apply button.
Locations
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