Facilities Lead, Food Distribution & Compliance

Reynolds Food Group; Waltham Cross; Remote; GBP 55.000 - 65.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Annual pay reviews

28 days holiday

Pension plan

Retail discount

Health care plan

Additional benefits

Zusammenfassung

Reynolds Food Group in Waltham Cross is seeking an experienced Facilities Manager to take ownership of a busy food distribution site. You will lead the safe, reliable operation of ambient, chilled and frozen warehouses, protect product integrity and maintain a safe, compliant workplace.

Reporting to the Operations Director, you will manage planned and reactive maintenance, contractor relations and budgets, drive improvements, and develop the site engineering team to deliver cost‑effective

Qualifikationen

• Significant facilities, engineering or maintenance management experience within a warehouse, manufacturing, logistics or distribution environment.
• Experience managing planned and reactive maintenance programmes.
• Experience managing contractors and specialist engineering suppliers.
• Experience managing maintenance budgets and capital expenditure.
• A strong understanding of building services and industrial facilities.
• A good understanding of health and safety legislation relevant to facilities and engineering activities.
• Strong organisational and technical problem-solving skills, with the ability to prioritise in a fast-paced operational environment.
• Clear communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively across departments.

Aufgaben

• Leading facilities and maintenance: Take responsibility for buildings, utilities, plant and site infrastructure, coordinating planned and reactive maintenance to minimise disruption to warehouse and transport operations.
• Keeping critical systems operational: Oversee the maintenance of refrigeration, cold stores, HVAC, electrical and backup power systems, loading bay equipment, warehouse doors, racking, fire protection, security systems and building fabric.
• Driving preventative maintenance: Develop and manage the Planned Preventative Maintenance programme, ensuring statutory inspections, servicing and testing are completed on time and accurately recorded.
• Protecting temperature-controlled operations: Work with specialist refrigeration contractors to maintain system performance, respond to temperature deviations and keep contingency plans ready for refrigeration or power failures.
• Supporting safety and compliance: Work alongside the Health & Safety Officer to maintain safe systems of work, risk assessments, contractor permits and compliance with applicable requirements.
• Maintaining food safety standards: Partner with Technical, Quality and Operations teams to ensure maintenance work and contractor activities protect hygiene, food safety and product integrity.
• Managing contractors and budgets: Set clear service expectations, review contracts and quotations, monitor expenditure and deliver value without compromising safety, compliance or reliability.
• Delivering improvements: Lead and support facilities and capital projects, improve equipment reliability, reduce energy and utility consumption, and support sustainability objectives.
• Developing the team: Lead and develop site engineering and facilities colleagues, plan workloads and maintain appropriate training and competency records.
• Strengthening business continuity: Maintain emergency response and escalation arrangements for critical facilities failures.

Kenntnisse

Facilities management

Maintenance management

Contractor management

Budget management

Building services

Health & safety

IT skills

Communication skills

Ausbildung

Engineering qualification

Jobbeschreibung

Reynolds Food Group in Waltham Cross is seeking an experienced Facilities Manager to take ownership of a busy food distribution site. You will lead the safe, reliable operation of ambient, chilled and frozen warehouses, protect product integrity and maintain a safe, compliant workplace.

Reporting to the Operations Director, you will manage planned and reactive maintenance, contractor relations and budgets, drive improvements, and develop the site engineering team to deliver cost‑effective