Stadium Facilities Director | Operations & Maintenance

Blackburn Rovers FC; Blackburn; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension

Discounted or free food

Employee discount

On-site parking

Job summary

Blackburn Rovers FC is seeking a proactive Facilities Manager to lead the club’s facilities department. You will ensure the stadium and BRFC sites are well-maintained, safe, and operable, coordinating internal teams and external providers as required.

You will develop maintenance systems, manage budgets, and oversee statutory inspections while aligning with ground safety, IT, operations and commercial teams. A flexible, hands-on leader is essential.

Qualifications

• Safeguarding and welfare of staff, customers and clients.
• Coordinate and allocate work across facilities team.
• Develop and maintain a facilities-management system for maintenance.
• Set and review staff KPIs including workload and quality.
• Manage budgets and report expenditure and variances.
• Log, prioritise and track all requests through completion.
• Coordinate pre/post-season works and access to contractors.
• Plan facilities projects from scope to handover.

Responsibilities

• Lead the facilities department across BRFC sites.
• Coordinate work across multiple sites and ensure compliance.
• Manage statutory inspections and preventive maintenance.
• Maintain asset registers and cost tracking against budgets.
• Coordinate with stakeholders on budgets and programmes.
• Procure materials and services for planned works.

Skills

Organisational skills

Facilities systems

Communication skills

Teamwork

Regulatory compliance

Initiative

IT literacy

Confidentiality

Education

IWFM qualification

NEBOSH (desirable)

Project management qualifications (desirable)

Skilled trade

Tools

Building Management Systems (BMS)

Job description

Blackburn Rovers FC is seeking a proactive Facilities Manager to lead the club’s facilities department. You will ensure the stadium and BRFC sites are well-maintained, safe, and operable, coordinating internal teams and external providers as required.

You will develop maintenance systems, manage budgets, and oversee statutory inspections while aligning with ground safety, IT, operations and commercial teams. A flexible, hands-on leader is essential.