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Facilities Manager
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Northampton, NN12 8EQ
£50,000 - £58,000 plus package.
About The Role
Are you an experienced facilities or engineering professional looking to take ownership of a site and make a real difference? We're looking for a Facilities Manager to lead the delivery of safe, compliant, and reliable facilities services at our client's manufacturing site in Northampton.
This is a hands-on leadership role at the heart of our client's operations - you'll manage day-to-day maintenance, drive compliance, build strong client relationships, and identify opportunities to grow the contract. If you thrive on ownership, enjoy leading a team, and want a role where your technical and commercial skills both matter, this could be the perfect next step.
What You'll Be Doing
- Leading the planning, coordination, and delivery of planned and reactive maintenance, plus minor project work, working with both in-house technicians and specialist contractors
- Owning site operations, budgets, forecasting, and reporting for the client site
- Managing the contract against agreed KPIs and SLAs, championing continuous compliance improvement
- Building strong relationships with client stakeholders and identifying opportunities to grow the scope of work
- Overseeing electrical, mechanical, and building services - including heating, cooling, compressed air, pure water, and effluent systems
- Driving improvements to Planned Preventive Maintenance (PPM) and the Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS)
- Leading, developing, and motivating your site team
- Chairing monthly performance review meetings with clients and service providers
- Ensuring full compliance with health, safety, quality, and environmental legislation
- Participating In The On-call Escalation Rota
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Qualifications
- NEBOSH, IOSH, or CSCS (or equivalent)
- Electrical or Mechanical apprenticeship
- Relevant engineering qualification (degree, HNC, or equivalent) - preferred
- Legionella (L8) And/or Asbestos Management Training - Preferred
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Experience
- Familiarity managing engineering or hard services contracts, ideally within FMCG
- Experience managing planned and reactive work order systems across multiple sites
- Experience managing engineering personnel
- Background in food manufacturing or distribution is an advantage
- Confident managing contractors, budgets, and site compliance
- Solid working knowledge of key H&S legislation (PUWER, LOLER, PSSR, etc.)
Why join this facilities engineering team?
You'll be joining a business that values technical excellence, client relationships, and giving people the autonomy to lead their site. This is a role with genuine scope to shape how services are delivered - and to grow the contract you're responsible for.
Ready to apply? Send me your CV or call David Cheal on (phone number removed). This is an immediate start.
Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy
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