Facilities Engineer

Facilities Engineer

Salary: £35,000–£45,000 (depending on experience)

Hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week | Monday to Friday, 7:30am–4:00pm

Facilities Engineer – Manufacturing

Our client is a well-established, highly respected manufacturing business seeking a Facilities Engineer to join their Engineering team. This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in maintaining and improving a busy production facility, ensuring buildings, utilities and infrastructure operate safely, efficiently and in full compliance with statutory requirements.

Working within a fast-paced manufacturing environment, you'll be responsible for maintaining site facilities, managing contractors and delivering infrastructure projects that support continuous production.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the maintenance and performance of building services, including electrical, plumbing and fire protection systems.
• Oversee general building maintenance to ensure facilities remain safe and operational.
• Manage external contractors and service providers, including reviewing RAMS (Risk Assessments and Method Statements) and issuing permits to work.
• Deliver facilities improvement projects, refurbishments and infrastructure upgrades from planning through to completion.
• Ensure statutory inspections, certifications and compliance requirements are maintained.
• Prepare and manage facilities maintenance budgets while controlling expenditure.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records, technical documentation and compliance paperwork.
• Support production by ensuring all site utilities and facilities remain reliable and available.
• Carry out risk assessments and ensure safe systems of work are followed.

About You

We're looking for an organised and proactive engineer with experience in facilities or building services within a manufacturing or industrial environment.

You will ideally have:

• A recognised qualification supported by practical experience in Mechanical, Electrical, Building Services or Facilities Engineering.
• Experience managing building services and site infrastructure.
• Strong project management and contractor management skills.
• Good knowledge of Health & Safety legislation and statutory compliance.
• Experience managing maintenance budgets.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively across departments.