Site Facilities & Safety Lead

Gi Group; Newbold on Avon; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Gi Group in Rugby is seeking a proactive Site Facilities & Safety Coordinator to maintain facilities, safety systems and compliant operating standards on a busy production/engineering site.

You will lead regulatory compliance, manage contractors, support capital projects up to £1m, drive continuous improvement with Lean tools, monitor energy use and environmental reporting while ensuring safe, reliable facilities.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in facilities management within a fast-paced production/engineering environment.
• Strong track record in legal compliance and contractor/project management.
• Working knowledge of ISO management systems (environment and safety).
• Strong understanding of environmental regulations and best practice.
• Confident communicator able to work with regulators, colleagues and contractors at all levels.
• Organised, analytical, resilient and able to work independently.
• Hands-on general maintenance capability (able to manually resolve issues where appropriate).
• IT literate (Microsoft packages; SAP desirable).

Responsibilities

• Lead site facilities regulatory compliance and ensure facilities meet EH&S requirements and legal standards
• Own and maintain safe systems of work across relevant areas; support day-to-day conformance and timely close-out of non-conformances
• Keep robust, audit-ready documentation for statutory and facility maintenance tasks
• Support and deputise for the HS&E Manager when required
• Manage contractor control, including onboarding and compliance
• Ensure non-process site services and facilities are maintained to maximise availability and efficiency
• Oversee contract maintenance of facilities, environmental and regulatory services to ensure legal compliance
• Coordinate activity across multi-disciplinary teams (e.g. maintenance, grounds, security)
• Provide hands-on support to deliver capital projects, smaller local projects and day-to-day repairs up to £1m
• Lead continuous improvement activity using Lean tools and structured site systems (e.g. AMPS)
• Monitor energy efficiency and cost effectiveness, advising on practical improvements
• Deliver action plans to achieve environmental and waste KPIs
• Own environmental tracking/monitoring and waste stream reporting
• Liaise with regulators and external agencies as required
• Coordinate and manage revenue budgets/cost control for facilities maintenance, environmental, waste and safety up to £1.2m

Skills

Facilities management

Contractor management

Regulatory compliance

ISO management systems

Communication

Lean / continuous improvement

Energy efficiency

MS Office

Education

Environmental Science

Health & Safety qualification

Project Management qualification

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office

Job description

Gi Group in Rugby is seeking a proactive Site Facilities & Safety Coordinator to maintain facilities, safety systems and compliant operating standards on a busy production/engineering site.

You will lead regulatory compliance, manage contractors, support capital projects up to £1m, drive continuous improvement with Lean tools, monitor energy use and environmental reporting while ensuring safe, reliable facilities.