Deputy UK Facilities Manager

Alfred H Knight; Knowsley; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Life assurance

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

Alfred H Knight in Liverpool is seeking a Deputy UK Facilities Manager to help run our national estate. You will oversee maintenance, compliance, and asset longevity, blending hands-on engineering with senior leadership.

This role demands a multi-skilled engineer who can mentor a diverse team, manage budgets, and act as SME for mechanical, electrical, and building systems across the UK.

Qualifications

• Multiskilled engineer with electrical/mechanical bias and relevant qualifications.
• NEBOSH or IOSH Managing Safely certification.
• UK driving licence and willingness to travel across sites.
• Experience leading facilities teams and managing contractors.
• Ability to balance quick fixes with long-term asset management ROI.

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance and facilities teams to complete PPM across the UK estate.
• Act as internal technical authority for complex mechanical, electrical, and structural issues.
• Manage support services including cleaning, waste, security, and reception.
• Assist in budgeting and cost-control for facilities and service contracts.

Skills

CMMS knowledge

Compliance knowledge

People management

ROI assessment

Troubleshooting

Education

City & Guilds / NVQ Level 3 / HND

NEBOSH or IOSH Managing Safely

Tools

CMMS platforms

Job description

Alfred H Knight has an exciting opportunity for a Deputy UK Facilities Manager to join our team here in Liverpool, UK.

The Deputy UK Facilities Manager is a key senior role within our UK-wide facilities management structure. You will be responsible for ensuring the operational continuity, compliance, and asset longevity of our national estate.

As a multi-skilled engineer by trade, you will blend your management experience with deep technical expertise, serving as the ultimate escalation point for complex engineering issues while mentoring a multi-disciplinary team. The role will directly oversee three core pillars: Planned Maintenance, Support Services, and Asset Management.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and develop the Maintenance and Facilities Support Services teams, ensuring all statutory compliance activities and planned preventative maintenance (PPM) tasks are completed across the UK estate within required timescales.
• Ensure the effective management of the maintenance function, acting as the organisation's internal technical authority and subject matter expert for complex mechanical, electrical, and structural building issues.
• Ensure the effective management of the support services, including cleaning, waste management, security, reception, and other site support functions as required.
• Assist in the development and management of facilities budgets, including service contract budgets, maintenance expenditure, and support services costs, identifying opportunities for cost efficiencies and value improvement.

ABOUT US

Alfred H Knight is a totally independent, family owned business spanning five generations. A global network of strategically placed offices and laboratories enable global trade by providing independent inspection, analysis and consultancy services to the metals and minerals, solid fuels and agriculture industries.

We have honed and carefully crafted our reputation. Delivering knowledge and professionalism in all aspects of weighing, sampling and analysis. We thrive by continuing to re-invest in our facilities, technology and people. Click here to find out more about AHK.

DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES?

To be successful at Alfred H Knight you will need to display the following:

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND WORK EXPERIENCE

• Understanding of modern CMMS platforms and how to leverage asset data to drive efficiency.
• Thorough working knowledge of UK statutory compliance standards within commercial or industrial buildings.
• Ability to adapt management style to a diverse team ranging from experienced engineers to trainee apprentices.
• Able to balance and make sound judgements on quick fixes against long-term financial asset management to maximise ROI on building systems.
• A logical approach to unexpected, high-impact infrastructure failures.

Required Work Experience

• Proven track record of managing supervisors and facilities teams across a multi-site or nationwide estate.
• Demonstrable experience of contractor management for both technical and non-technical services.

Required Qualifications

• Time-served, multi-skilled engineer by trade (Electrical/Mechanical bias) with recognised qualifications (e.g., City & Guilds, NVQ Level 3, or Higher National Diploma).
• NEBOSH or IOSH Managing Safely certification.

Travel

• As this is a UK-wide role, a valid UK driving license and a willingness to travel extensively to various sites are required.

BENEFITS

We are offering an excellent opportunity with a salary and benefits package to match including pension, life assurance and an employee assistance programme.

If you are invited to interview, please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to the recruitment process that will enable you to perform to the best of your ability.

Alfred H Knight is committed to creating a diverse & inclusive environment and hence welcomes applications from all sections of the community.