Senior Facilities Engineer
📍 Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
🕒 Full-Time | Permanent
📅 Monday – Friday
💷 £45,000 (Days) | £50,000 (Mornings & Afternoons Shift Pattern)
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced and proactive Senior Facilities Engineer to join our growing manufacturing operation in Tewkesbury.
This is a key engineering role responsible for ensuring the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of all site facilities, utilities, infrastructure, and building services within a high-reliability manufacturing environment.
Working closely with Production, Engineering, HSE and Quality teams, you will play a critical role in maintaining operational continuity, driving infrastructure improvements, managing contractors, and ensuring statutory compliance across the facility.
This position would suit a hands-on facilities or building services engineer with strong electrical and mechanical knowledge, excellent problem-solving ability, and experience working within manufacturing or industrial environments.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead the maintenance and operation of all site facilities and utility systems including electrical distribution, HVAC, compressed air, chilled water, extraction systems, effluent treatment and process support equipment
* Develop and manage preventative and predictive maintenance schedules to ensure operational reliability and minimise downtime
* Coordinate reactive maintenance activities and conduct fault finding across electrical and mechanical infrastructure systems
* Manage contractors and specialist service providers including inductions, permits to work, RAMS reviews and performance monitoring
* Ensure all statutory inspections, certifications and compliance activities are completed and maintained
* Support infrastructure upgrades, CAPEX projects, equipment installations and factory improvement initiatives
* Drive continuous improvement activities relating to utilities efficiency, energy management and environmental performance
* Maintain accurate maintenance records, compliance documentation and asset registers
* Support ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 compliance requirements and audits
* Promote a strong safety-first culture and ensure all engineering activities comply with health, safety and environmental legislation
* Work collaboratively with Production, Maintenance, Process Engineering and Quality teams to support manufacturing requirements and business objectives
Skills & Experience Required
Essential
* Qualified in Mechanical, Electrical, Facilities or Building Services Engineering
* Proven facilities engineering experience within a manufacturing or industrial environment
* Strong understanding of electrical and mechanical building services and utilities infrastructure
* Experience managing contractors, permits to work and compliance systems
* Experience managing preventative maintenance schedules and infrastructure projects
* Strong fault-finding and problem-solving capability
* Excellent communication and organisational skills with the ability to work cross-functionally
What We Offer
* Monday to Friday working
* Permanent, stable position within a growing specialist manufacturer
* Company pension scheme and on-site parking
* Opportunity to make a real impact within a supportive engineering environment
This job description is not exhaustive, and flexibility will be expected in line with the needs of the business