Deputy Estates Facilities Manager Science and Technology Facilities Council Salary: £36,650 - £39,032 | UKRI Band D Hours: Full-time Contract Type:Open-ended (permanent) Location: Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, Cheshire WA4 4AD Closing date: 28th September 2025 Together, our scientists, technologists, engineers and business support team explore the unknown and turn what they find into work that changes the world around us. Whether its sending probes into space or finding new ways to treat cancer, everyone here plays a vital role in making a positive difference to society. Come and discover how much you can achieve when youre surrounded by world-leading experts, encouraged to constantly learn and empowered to explore your curiosity. We have a key operational opportunity for an Estates Deputy Facilities Manager to join the Estates Services team at Daresbury Laboratory, who will have responsibility for the following in house teams: Security (in-house). Logistics (in-house). The role holder will support the Estates Facilities Manager with the management of the following contracted services, deputising during their absence, along with the management of a resource budget of circa £1m per annum and a typical capital budget of up to £300k. Cleaning services. Waste management. Fitness and wellbeing centre. In addition to your day-to-day management responsibilities, the role holder will: Identify projects, processes and systems to further embed environmental sustainability and carbon reduction within all activities and operations. Complete operational risk assessments and standard operating procedures for all facilities services. Plan for succession and business continuity, including the structured development of those reporting directly to you, ensuring that they are capable of deputising in your absence, and maximising their career opportunities. Actively engage customers identifying their current and future service needs, assessing current resource capability, and translating into service enhancement proposals. Provide timely and accurate management information (MI) and data for inclusion in scheduled and ad-hoc management reports. Respond to emergency business continuity incidents which may occur during out-of-hours periods. Role model STFC values, attitude and behaviour to help embed and further develop a positive customer-centric culture within Estates Services. Actively engage in your own professional development through the STFC career development framework. Essential Shortlisting Criteria You will have supervisory or managerial experience in a facilities management role, ideally within a science, engineering or higher education sector or a level of education equivalent to HND/NVQ Level 5 in Facilities Management or other relevant discipline and along with the following desirable attributes: IOSH Managing Safely / NEBOSH General Certificate. Institute of Leadership and Management Level 3. NVQ/City Guilds Level 2 Customer Services. Introduction to the NEC4 Facilities Management Contract or experience of managing contracts. STFC values their employees by offering a benefits package designed to provide an excellent work/life balance including 30 days annual leave, 10.5 public and privilege holidays, flexible working hours, exceptional average salary pension scheme, social and sporting activities and societies and a subsidised restaurant. We ask some of the biggest questions in the universe, to answer some of the biggest challenges in the world. What could you achieve with the world-leading facilities and experts of one of Europe's largest research organisations by your side? Join us and discover whats possible by submitting your CV and covering letter which outlines how you fulfil the criteria specified, along with your motivation for joining STFC and this role. As this job does not fulfil the UK Government minimum criterion for obtaining sponsored migrant worker status, we will be unable to apply for sponsorship for anyone not eligible to work in the UK. At interview, all shortlisted candidates are required to bring with them identification documents and original documents that prove they hold or can obtain the right to work in the UK. You can check your eligibility here: https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa/y