Lead Facilities and Maintenance Manager

GE Aerospace; Prestwick; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Non-contributory Pension

Life Assurance

Group income protection

Private medical cover

Holiday entitlement 26 days

Job summary

GE Aerospace is seeking a Lead Facilities and Maintenance Manager to lead the site maintenance function and ensure safe, compliant, and reliable operation of plant, equipment, buildings, utilities, and infrastructure.

You will drive maintenance delivery, contractor management, budgeting, and continuous improvement in line with global facilities frameworks, ensuring asset availability and business resilience.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in manufacturing and facility management.
• Knowledge level comparable to a master's degree or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Lead site maintenance to ensure safe, compliant, and effective support across the site.
• Align maintenance strategy with GE Aerospace Global Facilities frameworks.
• Oversee budgets, quotations, sourcing, and service provider alignment.
• Lead planned, preventive, and reactive maintenance to maximize asset availability.
• Maintain data in the CMMS/Maximo and report KPIs.
• Drive corrective and preventive actions, TPM/Kaizen, and lean improvements.
• Support incident investigations and high-risk issue escalation.
• Promote best-practice maintenance standards including ISO 41000.

Skills

Maintenance management

Asset management

Leadership

Budget management

Compliance

Project management

Supplier management

Kaizen

Safety leadership

Problem solving

Education

Master's degree or equivalent

Tools

Maximo CMMS

Job description

Job Description Summary

The Lead Facilities and Maintenance Manager is responsible for leading the site maintenance function to ensure the safe, compliant, reliable, and efficient operation of plant, equipment, buildings, utilities, and infrastructure. The role is accountable for maintenance delivery, contractor and budget management, compliance, asset performance, business continuity, and continuous improvement in support of site and operational goals.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the site maintenance function, providing day-to-day leadership, coaching, and direction to ensure safe, compliant, and effective support across the site.
• Ensure compliance with EHS, Quality, statutory, and site regulatory requirements, including training, documentation, inspections, calibration, LOLER, and relevant framework elements.
• Lead planned, preventative, and reactive maintenance activities to maximize asset availability, minimize downtime, and meet business needs.
• Align site maintenance strategy with GE Aerospace Global Facilities frameworks, including Asset Availability, Maximo Strategy, Asset Criticality Classes, and PM compliance procedures.
• Manage departmental budgets and expenditure, including spend approval, quotations, sourcing, and alignment to financial objectives.
• Oversee contractors and subcontractors, ensuring appropriate safety controls, permits, risk assessments, method statements, and delivery to agreed service levels.
• Manage and prioritize workload across a multi-disciplined team to support critical operational requirements.
• Lead repair, upgrade, and improvement projects, including planning, MOC documentation, parts, downtime coordination, safety documentation, and execution.
• Maintain accurate maintenance data in the CMMS/Maximo system and report KPIs, including critical equipment uptime and PM compliance.
• Lead the strategy for critical spare parts availability for key site assets, balancing operational needs, cost, and business resilience.
• Maintain and regularly update the site business continuity plan to reflect asset criticality, machine resilience, and backup arrangements for critical assets.
• Partner with operations, Special Process Owners, Value Streams, contractors, and other stakeholders to identify, prioritize, and resolve site issues affecting performance.
• Drive corrective and preventive actions, reliability improvements, TPM/Kaizen activity, and lean tools such as SQDC, 5S, and problem solving to improve performance and standardization.
• Support incident investigations, resolve non-routine operational issues, and elevate complex or high-risk matters as appropriate.
• Promote best-practice maintenance and facilities management standards, including alignment to ISO 41000 and adoption of external best practices to achieve best-in-class performance.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Manufacturing and Facility Management. Knowledge level comparable to a master's degree from an accredited university or college, or a high school diploma with relevant experience.

Desired Characteristics

• Significant experience in maintenance, asset management, and facilities support within an industrial or engineering environment.
• Demonstrated leadership experience managing teams, contractors, and cross-functional activities.
• Experience managing budgets, compliance, statutory inspections, and service providers.
• Strong project management, planning, organizational, and execution skills.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, leadership, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to lead operational and improvement activities in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Flexible Working

GE Aerospace supports and encourages flexible working arrangements, where possible, and recognises the benefits to employees of having a positive work-life balance.

Total Reward

At GE Aerospace we understand the importance of Total Reward. Our flexible benefits plan, called FlexChoice, gives you freedom, choice and flexibility in the way you receive your benefits, as well as giving you the opportunity to make savings where possible.

As a new joiner to GE Aerospace we are pleased to be able to offer you the following as default in your benefit fund, which you then can tailor to meet your individual needs;

• Non-contributory Pension
• Life Assurance
• Group income protection
• Private medical cover
• Holiday Hourly equivalent of 26 days, with flexible option to buy or sell

Security Clearance

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance is required and must be maintained for this role. Please note that in the event that BPSS clearance cannot be obtained, you may not be eligible for the role and/or any offer of employment may be withdrawn on grounds of national security. Please see the link below for further details regarding the requirements for BPSS clearance: BPSS

Right to Work

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. However, under the applicable UK immigration rules as may be in place from time to time, it may be that candidates who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be appointed to a post if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled candidate who does not require sponsorship is available to take up the post. For further information please visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No