Facilities Manager - Two Sites, HQ Move & Safety

Cellular Origins Ltd.; Cambourne; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

25 days holiday

Employer pension contribution 10% of薪

Private medical insurance foremployees

Enhanced family friendly leave

Life insurance worth 6x salary

Electric car leasing scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Season ticket loan

Job summary

Cellular Origins Ltd. is seeking a hands-on Facilities Manager to oversee day-to-day operations and long-term planning across two Cambridgeshire sites, including preparing for the new HQ.

You’ll work on-site, coordinate with senior leaders, landlords and contractors, and drive reliability and safety across the estate. In this role you’ll manage maintenance, vendor contracts, budgeting, and compliance with health, safety and environmental standards, while leading the relocation to the new

Qualifications

• Experience as a Facilities Manager or in a similar facilities role.
• Strong practical understanding of health and safety, fire safety and building compliance.
• Experience working with external contractors and service providers, including holding them to account.
• Organisational and communication skills that help you manage competing priorities without losing detail.
• Experience in laboratory, technical or regulated environments would be beneficial, as would involvement in refurbishments, relocations or fit out projects.
• An interest in sustainability and energy management would be a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Run facilities operations across two sites, including planned and reactive maintenance, cleaning, security, waste and general site services.
• Make sure facilities standards are consistent across both locations so people have a reliable experience wherever they are working.
• Own supplier and service contracts, ensuring quality, value and clear accountability.
• Manage the facilities budget with care, balancing cost discipline with safety and reliability.
• Lead our move to our new headquarters, helping plan the relocation, ensuring utilities, access, safety systems and operational processes are ready for occupation.
• Support colleagues through the transition so the move is well organised, well communicated and as smooth as possible.
• Take responsibility for health, safety and compliance in our buildings, ensuring they meet health and safety, fire and environmental requirements.
• Manage audits, inspections and risk assessments, and drive corrective actions through to completion where issues are identified.
• Act as the main point of contact for facilities-related safety matters.
• Improve how our environments work over time, refining policies and procedures, strengthening sustainability and resilience, and supporting future changes to our sites.

Skills

Facilities Mgmt

Health & Safety

Contractor Management

Organisational Skills

Communication Skills

Laboratory Environments

Sustainability Energy

Job description

Cellular Origins Ltd. is seeking a hands-on Facilities Manager to oversee day-to-day operations and long-term planning across two Cambridgeshire sites, including preparing for the new HQ.

You’ll work on-site, coordinate with senior leaders, landlords and contractors, and drive reliability and safety across the estate. In this role you’ll manage maintenance, vendor contracts, budgeting, and compliance with health, safety and environmental standards, while leading the relocation to the new