Health & Safety/Facilities Manager

The Automation Partnership (Cambridge); Royston; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free parking on site

Private Medical Insurance

Group Personal Pension Plan

Cycle to work scheme

Healthy work environment

Job summary

Sartorius Royston site is seeking a Health and Safety/Facilities Manager to lead EH&S and facilities across the site. You will promote safety culture, manage budgets, oversee maintenance, and coordinate contractors to keep operations compliant and efficient.

The role requires NEBOSH qualification and hands-on facilities experience in regulated manufacturing, with line management, stakeholder engagement, and a practical, data-driven approach to risk and improvement.

Qualifications

• NEBOSH National Certificate or Diploma or equivalent experience.
• Hands-on facilities management in a regulated environment (pharma/biopharma preferred).
• Line management experience of a small team; calm under pressure.
• Strong stakeholder management and negotiation skills.
• Knowledge of environmental, health and safety legislation and standards.
• Experience with budgeting and data-driven decision making.
• Organised, practical and solutions-focused mindset.

Responsibilities

• Lead Environmental, Health and Safety policies and initiatives.
• Oversee facilities across distributed buildings; manage maintenance and services.
• Coordinate budget, contractors, and service levels; ensure compliance.
• Plan and deliver facilities projects with business cases and procurement docs.
• Manage risk assessments, audits, incidents, and statutory inspections.
• Support business continuity, emergency preparedness and site resilience.

Skills

Health & Safety

Facilities management

Budget management

Stakeholder management

Line management

NEBOSH Diploma

Education

NEBOSH National Certificate or Diploma

Job description

Join our team as a Health and Safety/Facilities Manager and play a key role in creating a safe, compliant and well-maintained working environment across our Royston site operations. Combining Environmental, Health and Safety leadership with responsibility for facilities and general services, you will oversee the resources, contractors and services that keep our sites running safely and effectively. This is a hands-on, site-based role requiring a visible presence across the workplace and an opportunity to contribute to what matters most: better health for more people.

Grow with us - Your Responsibilities

• Lead and promote Environmental, Health and Safety policies, objectives and initiatives, helping to build a proactive safety culture and ensuring compliance with applicable regulations, internal policies, standards and guidelines
• Oversee Health and Safety activities through the Assistant Health and Safety Manager, including risk assessments, audits, corrective actions, incident investigations, fire safety arrangements, statutory inspections and contractor compliance
• Take responsibility for facilities and general services across distributed buildings, ensuring grounds, offices, laboratories, production areas and welfare facilities are maintained to the required standards
• Coordinate planned preventative and reactive maintenance and oversee services including cleaning, waste management, pest control, recycling, security and energy expenditure, while supporting business continuity, emergency preparedness and site resilience
• Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary resources, including permanent and temporary reception staff, as well as facilities contractors and service providers, monitoring delivery against agreed service levels, budgets and timescales
• Manage and optimise the allocated facilities budget, balance value, quality and speed while maintaining accurate records and reporting to relevant stakeholders
• Plan and deliver facilities and infrastructure projects, carrying out pre-studies and preparing scopes, business cases, procurement documentation and investment proposals for renovations, developments and building extensions

What will convince us

• NEBOSH National Certificate or Diploma or equivalent experience
• Demonstrated experience in hands - on facilities management, maintenance management, workplace health and safety management ideally in a pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical industry though candidates from other regulated industries in manufacturing will also be considered
• Demonstrated line management experience of a small team, the ability to remain calm under pressure, resolve conflict and confidently prioritising competing demands
• Strong stakeholder management and negotiation skills, with the ability to build effective relationships and influence across the organisation
• Understanding and know how on legal framework regarding environmental, health and safety law
• Experience of budget management and using data to support effective decision-making.
• A highly organised and logical approach, combined with sound judgement and a practical, solutions-focused mindset.

In order to commence working with us, the successful candidate will have the right to work in the UK.

What we offer

As a growing global life science company, stock listed on the German MDAX and TecDAX, Sartorius offers a wide range of benefits:

Personal and Professional Development: mentoring, leadership programs, LinkedIn Learning, internal seminar offerings

Making an impact right from the start: Comprehensive onboarding, including a virtual online platform - even before joining

Welcoming Culture: Mutual support, team-spirit and international collaboration; communities on numerous topics such as coaching, agile working and businesswomen network

Health & Well-Being : Wide section of health and well-being

Benefits

Attractive Working Conditions:

• 37.5 hours working week
• 25 days annual leave, plus public holidays
• Free parking on site
• Annual option to buy, sell or carry forward annual year
• Free hot and cold drinks
• Regular social events and free exercise classes

Competitive benefits package, including:

• Group Personal Pension Plan
• Private Medical Insurance
• Private Dental Insurance
• Group Life Assurance
• Group Income Protection
• Cycle to work scheme

About Sartorius

Sartorius is part of the solution in the fight against cancer, dementia, and many other diseases. Our technologies help translate scientific discoveries into real-world medicine faster, so that new therapeutics can reach patients worldwide.

We look for ambitious team players and creative minds, who want to contribute to this goal and advance their careers in a dynamic global environment.

www.sartorius.com/careers