Manufacturing Site Services Lead – Flexible Hours

Ruth Wagstaff Recruitment Ltd; West of England; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life assurance

Online GP service

32 days holiday

Pension

Progression opportunities

Flexible hours

Job summary

Ruth Wagstaff Recruitment Ltd. is currently sourcing a Site Services Manager – Manufacturing for a Bristol area facility. The role leads a site services and maintenance team, manages utilities, and drives energy and efficiency projects to support continuous manufacturing performance.

The position involves both leadership and hands-on engineering work, with 40% on-site project involvement, and offers attractive benefits and long-term progression within a major UK manufacturer.

Qualifications

• Experience leading Site Services, Facilities or Utilities teams within manufacturing.
• Strong knowledge of boilers, HVAC, utilities and facility infrastructure.
• Experience managing contractors and external service providers.
• Track record delivering maintenance, reliability or efficiency improvements.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-pressure manufacturing environment.
• Engineering qualification preferred (Level 3+).
• HSE compliance, permits to work and risk assessments.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of site services and maintenance engineers.
• Manage utilities, facilities and critical infrastructure across the site.
• Coordinate planned and reactive maintenance activities.
• Lead contractor management and permit-to-work processes.
• Drive energy, waste, water and efficiency improvement projects.
• Manage site boilers, HVAC, electrical and utility systems.
• Support audits, compliance activities and statutory inspections.
• Monitor budgets, utility consumption and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Approximately 40% hands-on involvement supporting engineering projects and site improvements.

Skills

Team leadership

Contractor management

Energy efficiency

Budget monitoring

Project coordination

Education

Engineering qualification (Level 3+)

Tools

Boilers

HVAC

Electrical systems

Job description

Ruth Wagstaff Recruitment Ltd. is currently sourcing a Site Services Manager – Manufacturing for a Bristol area facility. The role leads a site services and maintenance team, manages utilities, and drives energy and efficiency projects to support continuous manufacturing performance.

The position involves both leadership and hands-on engineering work, with 40% on-site project involvement, and offers attractive benefits and long-term progression within a major UK manufacturer.