Boden Group
Facilities Manager
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Are you an experienced Facilities Manager looking for a varied role where you can make a real impact?
Qualifications, skills, and all relevant experience needed for this role can be found in the full description below.
We're recruiting for a Facilities Manager to join an innovative life sciences organisation based in Oxford. Supporting a busy office and specialist laboratory environment, you'll take ownership of facilities operations, contractor management, and health & safety, helping to ensure the workplace remains safe, compliant, and efficient.
This is an excellent opportunity to work closely with senior leadership in a growing business where no two days are the same. If you enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, solving problems, and driving continuous improvement, we'd love to hear from you.
The Role
As The Facilities Manager, You Will
- Lead Health & Safety across the site, ensuring compliance with legislation, audits, and best practice.
- Manage facilities operations across office and laboratory environments, coordinating contractors, suppliers, and maintenance providers.
- Oversee reactive maintenance, compliance records, licences, and specialist laboratory equipment documentation.
- Build strong relationships with internal teams and external partners to ensure the smooth day-to-day operation of the site.
- Drive process improvements while supporting workplace projects, operational initiatives, and company events.
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To Be Successful In This Role, You'll Bring
- Previous experience as a Facilities Manager, Workplace Manager, Estates Manager, or similar role.
- NEBOSH Diploma preferred. Candidates with a NEBOSH Certificate who are keen to progress to the Diploma will also be considered and supported in their development.
- Experience managing contractors, compliance, audits, and outsourced facilities services.
- Excellent organisational and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience within life sciences, laboratories, biotech, pharmaceutical, diagnostics, healthcare, or another technical environment would be advantageous, but is not essential.
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What's in it for you?
- Join a collaborative organisation where you'll have genuine autonomy and the opportunity to shape facilities and health & safety across an innovative workplace.
- Salary of up to £60,000.
- Hybrid working, typically four days on site and one day from home (business dependent).
- Broad, varied role covering Facilities Management, Health & Safety, workplace operations, and supplier management.
- Professional development support.
- Supportive culture with direct exposure to senior leadership and the opportunity to influence how the workplace operates.
Apply Now!
If you're an experienced Facilities Manager, Workplace Manager, Facilities & Health & Safety Manager, Estates Manager, or Facilities Coordinator looking for your next challenge, we'd love to hear from you.
To apply for this Facilities Manager position, click 'Apply Now' and send your CV to Michael Bleasby.
Interviews are taking place now, so apply today to join an innovative organisation where you'll have the opportunity to make a genuine impact.
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