Head of facilities & maintenance

Leadership of multi-site facilities and maintenance within world class advanced manufacturing

The Company

This well-established and highly successful manufacturing business is operating from multiple UK facilities. Following continued growth, investment and ambitious future plans, they are seeking an experienced Head of Facilities & Maintenance to lead the maintenance, facilities and infrastructure strategy across their UK operations.

This is a senior leadership position offering the opportunity to play a key role in driving operational performance, equipment reliability, capital investment projects and site infrastructure improvements across a complex manufacturing environment.

The Role

Reporting directly to the Group Operations Director, you will take overall responsibility for the Facilities and Maintenance function across multiple manufacturing sites, ensuring the safe, efficient and legally compliant operation of all facilities, plant, machinery and site services.

Leading a team of maintenance managers, engineers and support personnel, you will drive a proactive maintenance culture, reduce downtime, improve asset reliability and support ongoing business growth through the successful delivery of capital investment and infrastructure projects. This is a highly visible role requiring both strategic leadership and hands‑on operational involvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the Facilities & Maintenance function across multiple manufacturing facilities.
• Ensure the safe, compliant and efficient operation of all plant, equipment and site infrastructure.
• Develop and implement robust preventative and planned maintenance programmes to reduce reactive downtime.
• Drive improvements in machinery reliability, asset utilisation and production uptime.
• Lead and develop a team of maintenance managers, engineers and support staff.
• Ensure effective maintenance support is provided to 24/7 manufacturing operations.
• Manage contractor performance and ensure full compliance with health, safety and environmental standards.
• Lead facilities-related capital expenditure projects including equipment installation, site upgrades and infrastructure improvements.
• Support wider business investment projects and operational improvement initiatives.
• Monitor and report key maintenance and facilities performance metrics.
• Manage maintenance budgets, control costs and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Promote best practice across health & safety, environmental compliance, housekeeping and operational excellence.

About You

We are seeking an experienced maintenance and facilities leader with a strong background within manufacturing, engineering or industrial operations.

You will possess:

• Significant experience leading Facilities and Maintenance functions within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong leadership experience managing multi‑disciplinary maintenance teams.
• Proven experience delivering capital projects, equipment installations and facility upgrades.
• A track record of improving maintenance performance and reducing equipment downtime.
• Excellent knowledge of health, safety and statutory compliance requirements.
• Strong commercial awareness with experience managing budgets and contractors.
• Excellent communication, planning and organisational skills.

Experience gained within high‑volume, fast‑paced manufacturing environments such as aerospace, defence, automotive, advanced engineering or similar sectors would be highly advantageous.

The Opportunity

This is an outstanding opportunity to join a growing and ambitious manufacturing organisation where you will have significant influence over operational performance, future investment projects and the development of a best‑in‑class maintenance and facilities function.