Head of Facilities
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This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a fast paced and exciting role which will give you access to both hard and soft service management.
If you are an ambitious and experienced facilities professional looking to take the next step in your career, or build on your current experience this is the perfect opportunity for you.
This job offers a great opportunity to work in a fast-paced and exciting pharmaceutical company. It will give you access to both hard and soft service management and accelerate your career growth. If you are an ambitious and experienced Facilities Manager looking to take the next step this is the perfect next opportunity for you.
The successful applicant will be an excellent communicator, proactive in planning and executing a high level of site maintenance and improvements while managing a small facilities team and a large series of contractors and suppliers.
No two days are the same and the ability to respond positively to change and be forthright with recommendations will ensure that this fast-paced environment is kept operationally secure.
Role and responsibilities:
- You will be responsible for providing leadership, direction and mentoring to an on-site facilities management team, promoting operational excellence
- A clearly defined approach to managing reactive maintenance and business continuation disaster recovery (BCDR) provision
- A clearly defined approach to interfacing with occupants to deliver projects and facility improvements
- An understanding of the role and obligations of the tenant to landlord
- Full responsibility for Building Management Systems, Task Systems, PPM Schedules, Quality and Compliance
- Local responsibility for EHS programmes (preferably within a production facility)
- Follow best practice and compliance within GxP guidelines within a regulated environment
- Provide expertise in all activities relating to facilities and project management
- Manage technical repairs and building issues (including escalations out of hours)
- Monitoring planned, preventative maintenance (PPM) schedules, Operation and Maintenance (O&M), asset & life cycle registers, warranties and task system
- Management of facilities budgets - including rent charges, insurances and taxes
- Ensure site documentation is maintained in good order
- Management of contractors to ensure work planning and provision is carried out to the highest standard
Skills and qualifications:
- Degree or HND within property, facilities operations or engineering
- IOSHH or NEBOSH an advantage
- Proven experience in a total Facilities Management services function
- Background in engineering services within a regulated environment is preferable but not essential
- A good working knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry, including knowledge of GxP is preferable but not essential
- Strong experience and proven track record in budget and financial management
- An excellent communicator (written and verbal) who is able to effectively communicate with all levels of the business
- Excellent planning and organisational skills and able to effectively prioritise in an ever-changing environment, often to tight deadlines
- Has the passion, drive and commitment to achieve and the required energy levels to accommodate a variable work pattern
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