Facilities Administrator

Crowcon Detection Instruments Ltd.; Abingdon; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Facilities Administrator to oversee maintenance operations at their Abingdon site. This role is crucial for ensuring a safe and efficient working environment, managing contractors, and maintaining compliance with health and safety regulations. You will be responsible for planning work schedules, conducting building checks, and providing regular updates to management. If you are a self-starter with strong organisational skills and a commitment to safety, this is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a company dedicated to protecting lives and promoting a cleaner future.

Benefits

Generous Company Pension

Birthday Off

14 Weeks Paid Leave

Cycle to Work Scheme

Subsidised Annual Bus Passes

Annual Train Tickets Payment Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Learning and Development Opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in a maintenance role with strong organisational skills.
• Familiarity with health, safety, and environmental regulations.

Responsibilities

• Oversee maintenance and repairs at the facility, ensuring safety and compliance.
• Manage contractor visits, ensuring adherence to health and safety standards.

Skills

Organisational Skills

Health and Safety Compliance

Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, Excel)

Contractor Management

Tools

Building Management System

Job description

Help grow a safer, cleaner, healthier future for everyone, every day.

Facilities Administrator

This is an onsite role reporting to the Head of Production.

Company: Crowcon Detection Instruments Ltd, 172 Brook Drive, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4SD.

About Us

We have been designing and manufacturing life-saving products for 50 years, protecting people from toxic and flammable gases.

Crowcon Detection Instruments Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Halma plc. Halma’s (www.halma.com) purpose is growing a safer, cleaner, healthier future for everyone, every day. Halma is a market leader in specialist safety, health, and environmental technologies, a global group of businesses developing solutions that push the boundaries of science and technology. Headquartered in the UK, Halma is one of the top performing businesses in the FTSE 100 index with many years of record revenues and profits. The group has nearly 50 businesses operating through three sectors (Medical, Environmental & Analysis and Safety) in more than 20 countries and major operations in Europe, North and South America and Asia, supplying customers in 160 countries and employing more than 8,500 people worldwide.

Crowcon’s purpose is:

Detecting Gas. Saving Lives.

Crowcon’s values are:

• Do the right thing
• Collaborate and support each other
• Try new things
• Be yourself

What will you be doing?

Within this role, you will arrange and oversee maintenance and repairs activities at the Crowcon Head Office facility. You will plan and implement work schedules, requesting contractor quotations and scheduling work. You will organise and help monitor contractors, escorting and introducing them to the site, ensuring that they are carrying out work to agreed schedule and facilitating ad-hoc call outs.

You will deliver a high level of service, comfort and safety for users of our facility. You will be responsible for ensuring that all equipment and facilities are fully functioning, and you will supply maintenance reports and updates to the Head of Production on a regular basis.

You will:

• Handle all administration associated with sub-contractor visits as well as call outs for required works.
• Have high standards of health and safety by conducting regular building checks, resolving issues promptly.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, and environmental regulations.
• Manage and prioritise tasks ensuring smooth day-to-day operations.
• Coordinate waste collections and ensure Waste Transfer notes are completed and filed accurately.
• Control Contractors ensuring RAMS, Permit to Work, Training and Competencies are current and available before work commences. Be main point of contact, familiarising the contractors with site-specific hazards.
• Maintain records of inspections, repairs, and maintenance activities.
• Be prepared to participate in compliance and customer audits and inspections as and when required.
• Strong organisational and administrative skills (Essential).
• Familiarity with Health, Safety and environmental Regulations (Essential).
• Experience with Microsoft Office (MS Word, Outlook, Excel) (Essential).
• Operate and understand the Building Management System (Desirable).
• Contractor management, including inductions and safety plans (Desirable).

About you

• You will have experience of working in a maintenance role.
• You are a self-starter and are organised and able to manage your time effectively.
• You can handle multiple projects and adapt to changing priorities.
• You are a collaborative team player.
• Demonstrate professionalism, quality awareness, and an active engagement for high safety standards.

• Generous Company Pension

• Your birthday off

• 14 weeks paid maternity, paternity, adoption leave.

• Cycle to work scheme.

• Subsidised annual bus passes.

• Annual train tickets payment scheme.

• Employee assistance programme.

• Learning and development opportunities.

Don’t have every single listed skill/experience? Studies have shown that women and people from diverse backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Crowcon we are actively building and encouraging a diverse and inclusive workplace culture, so if you’re excited about this role as the next step of your career, but you don’t feel confident you have enough past experience to perfectly align with the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or another role we may have.