Facilities Manager

Greencore; Warrington; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Holidays

Matched pension contributions

Life insurance

Share save scheme

Greencore Qualifications

Employee discount platform

Wellbeing Centre platform

Enhanced parental leave and menopause

Job summary

Greencore is seeking a Facilities Manager for our Warrington site to drive compliance, budgets and service delivery across utilities and building systems. You will lead multi-disciplinary teams and oversee contracts to ensure safe, efficient operations in a high-care food manufacturing environment.

The role requires a multiskilled, analytical leader with project management experience and knowledge of ammonia/glycol chillers. This position offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Relevant degree qualified (e.g. BEng) and membership of a recognised body.
• Experience in utilities and systems optimisation across water, waste and energy.
• Familiarity with building management and performance monitoring systems.
• Strong analytical ability and attention to detail.
• Knowledge of environmental issues related to emissions, water and waste.
• Experience managing multiple group service contracts and budgets.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the site maintains appropriate accreditation and regulatory compliance.
• Prioritise spend, resources and activities to maximise service effectiveness.
• Direct, manage and monitor site service contracts and works.
• Provide leadership to keep colleagues safe, engaged and performing.
• Set and manage annual service budgets within parameters.
• Develop CAPEX proposals to improve site infrastructure.
• Manage key services: refrigeration, electrical, LV/HV systems, utilities.

Skills

Multiskilled

Analytical skills

Budget management

Contractor management

Project management

Ammonia / glycol knowledge

Education

BEng degree

EI / IET / IMechE

Tools

Building Management Systems

Data monitoring systems

Job description

Why Greencore?

Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make every day taste better. As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately 4bn. Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop. Our Warrington site is also known as the Italian centre of excellence, recent expansion and investment make this site a state-of-the-art manufacturing unit! We produce high quality Italian ready meals for both Tesco & Co-Op.

What You'll Be Doing

As a Facilities Manager at Warrington you will report directly to the Engineering Controller.

• Our team at Warrington has a wide range of backgrounds and skills, and we are ideally looking for someone from a multiskilled background. Your responsibilities will include, but not limited to:
• Ensure the site maintains appropriate accreditation and permits and operates in full compliance with all relevant legislative and regulatory standards.
• Prioritise spend, resources and activities across the site to maximise the effectiveness of both proactive and reactive services.
• Direct, manage and monitor all site services contracts and works, ensuring compliance with site, health and safety, regulatory and contractual requirements.
• Provide clear leadership, communication and direction to ensure colleagues are safe, engaged, focused, developed and performing to their full potential.
• Set and manage annual service budgets, balancing cost efficiency and operational effectiveness within agreed parameters.
• Identify, prioritise and develop CAPEX proposals to maintain, improve and develop site infrastructure in line with Greencore and Group strategic objectives.
• Manage and maintain key operational services including refrigeration, compressed air, steam generation, water supply and discharge, effluent treatment, lifting equipment, heating and cooling, electrical services and building fabric.

What We're Looking For

As a Facilities Manager, you will ideally have:

• Relevant degree qualified (e.g. BEng) / Member of a recognised professional body - EI / IET/IMechE
• Substantial utilities and systems-optimisation experience across water, waste and energy
• Have familiarity with Building Management Systems and other site performance monitoring systems to aggregate multiple data sources.
• Possess strong analytical abilities and attention to detail
• Have a secure knowledge of environmental issues relevant to air emissions, water, wastewater, waste, hazardous chemicals
• Proven track record of managing multiple group service contracts
• Proven track record of operating at a group management level within a food manufacturing environment/high care environment
• /other appropriate manufacturing environment
• Project Management skills
• Knowledge or Ammonia / Glycol chillers
• Knowledge of LOLER and Pressure Systems Safety Regulations (site dependent)
• Knowledge of EaWR and an appreciate of best practice maintenance on LV/HV systems
• Competent in the use and development of Risk Assessments and Method Statements
• Awareness of budgetary management related to service contracts
• Contractor Management
• Experience in dealing with Insurers and HSE
• Ability to complete report writing etc.

At Greencore we put our people at the core. We celebrate their differences and help everyone to be themselves at work. Together we make every day taste better. If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.

What you’ll get in return

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Competitive matched pension contributions
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
• Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.

We reserve the right to close this advertisement before the stated closing date.