Facilities Manager – Middlesbrough – Competitive

Our client is a fast growing specialist precious metal recovery business, working with mining operations to recover high-value materials from waste streams. Their operations span two sites including a pilot processing plant in the North East and laboratory & office facilities in Oxford. They are looking for an experienced Facilities Manager to ensure both environments are safe, compliant, well-maintained and fit for purpose as they continue to grow.

Reporting to the Head of Technical Operations, you will take full responsibility for the management and delivery of all hard and soft facilities services across both sites, alongside ownership of health & safety compliance and monitoring. This is a broad, hands-on senior role overseeing planned maintenance programmes and contractor relationships, conducting H&S audits, managing site compliance and responding to facilities issues as they arise.

The role can be based in the North East with regular travel to Oxford (once or twice a month). The ideal Facilities Manager will need to be an effective operator across both sites, building strong relationships with staff, contractors and regulatory bodies alike.

Facilities Manager responsibilities:

• Take full ownership of all hard and soft FM services across both sites, including laboratory, pilot plant and office facilities
• Develop and manage planned preventative maintenance (PPM) programmes, ensuring all assets are maintained to the required standard and statutory inspections are completed on time
• Oversee reactive maintenance, prioritising and coordinating responses to ensure minimal disruption to operations
• Act as the lead for health & safety across both sites, ensuring full compliance with UK health & safety legislation
• Develop, implement and maintain site-specific H&S policies, risk assessments, safe systems of work and emergency procedures, tailored to the specific requirements of laboratory and processing plant environments
• Manage the facilities and H&S budget across both sites, tracking expenditure, identifying efficiencies and reporting to the Head of Technical Operations

The ideal Facilities Manager will possess:

• 5+ years in senior facilities management role with clear accountability for both hard and soft FM services
• NEBOSH diploma
• Demonstrable experience managing health & safety compliance across industrial, laboratory or processing environments
• Multi-site management experience is strongly preferred
• Familiarity with the specific facilities and compliance requirements of laboratory or industrial processing environments is a significant advantage

This is a s senior role with a broad scope including full ownership of facilities and health & safety across two sites and represents a great opportunity to shape and professionalise the facilities function within a growing, specialist business

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