Technical Facility Manager

QinetiQ Limited; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Matched pension scheme

Generous holiday allowance

Health Cash Plan

Private Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Employee discount portal

Job summary

QinetiQ Limited in Farnborough invites applications for a Technical Facility Manager to oversee the operation of specialist laboratories and facilities within the Science Research Operations Group. You will coordinate facility use, support maintenance, upgrades, and reconfigurations while ensuring ISO compliance and security procedures.

The role requires an engineering background, hands-on lab/engineer facility experience, and strong HSE knowledge.

Qualifications

• Experience managing day-to-day operation of engineering facilities, laboratories, and technical workspaces.
• Strong knowledge of Health & Safety, security, governance, and regulatory compliance.
• Engineering background with understanding of electrical, electronic, instrumentation, or related technical disciplines.
• Experience in laboratories or engineering facilities as a technician, foreman, or similar role.
• Proven capability in hazard identification, risk assessment, risk management, and supporting HSE audits.
• Skilled in managing laboratory equipment, systems, and facilities.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a safe, secure, and compliant working environment across specialist facilities and laboratories, ensuring adherence to H&S, security, governance, and business requirements.
• Support the delivery of research and project-based facilities, balancing quality, cost control, operational efficiency, and compliance obligations.
• Manage health, safety, and environmental compliance, including risk assessments, COSHH, hazardous substances controls, first aid provision, and safety documentation.
• Deliver security and facility inductions, maintain access control arrangements, and manage security briefings, re-briefs, debriefs, and accreditation records.
• Ensure equipment and facility assurance activities are completed, including calibration, PAT testing, audit preparation, and local compliance reviews.
• Oversee asset and equipment control, maintaining accurate records of tools, components, test equipment, and other facility assets.

Skills

Facility management

Health & Safety

Engineering background

Laboratories experience

Education

Engineering qualification

Tools

Laboratory equipment management

Calibration

Job description

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Package: £43,200– £48,000 (salary dependent on experience) + Benefits

Role ID: SF20740

Are you ready to be part of the future? At QinetiQ, we’re not just imagining tomorrow we are creating it. From cutting-edge defence technology to ground-breaking innovations our mission is to empower and protect lives. Join us as a Technical Facility Manager at our Farnborough site, where you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in partnership with some of the most brilliant minds.

The Role

As a Technical Facility Manager, you will play a key role in the safe, efficient, and effective operation of specialist laboratories and facilities at QinetiQ's Farnborough site. Working within the Science Research Operations Group, you will oversee the operational performance of multiple facilities, ensuring they remain available, compliant, and fit for purpose to support cutting-edge research, testing, and innovation activities. This is an exciting opportunity to combine technical oversight, stakeholder engagement, and facility management within a highly specialised environment.

Day-to-day, you’ll coordinate the use of facilities and equipment across internal teams, customers, and contractors, ensuring activities are planned and delivered safely and effectively. You'll support facility maintenance, upgrades, and reconfigurations, while ensuring compliance with ISO standards, security and IT procedures, and wider corporate, statutory, and regulatory requirements. Acting as a key point of coordination, you'll help maintain high-performing facilities that enable critical scientific and engineering programmes to succeed.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Maintain a safe, secure, and compliant working environment across specialist facilities and laboratories, ensuring adherence to H&S, security, governance, and business requirements
• Support the delivery of research and project-based facilities, balancing quality, cost control, operational efficiency, and compliance obligations
• Manage health, safety, and environmental compliance, including risk assessments, COSHH, hazardous substances controls, first aid provision, and safety documentation
• Deliver security and facility inductions, maintain access control arrangements, and manage security briefings, re-briefs, debriefs, and accreditation records
• Ensure equipment and facility assurance activities are completed, including calibration, PAT testing, audit preparation, and local compliance reviews
• Oversee asset and equipment control, maintaining accurate records of tools, components, test equipment, and other facility assets

Essential experience of the Technical Facility Manager:

• Experience managing the day-to-day operation of engineering facilities, laboratories, and technical workspaces, ensuring effective and safe facility delivery
• Strong knowledge of Health & Safety, security, governance, and regulatory compliance, including implementation of safe systems of work
• Engineering background with a solid understanding of electrical, electronic, instrumentation, or related technical disciplines
• Previous experience working in laboratories, workshops, or engineering facilities as a qualified technician, foreman, or similar technical role
• Proven capability in hazard identification, risk assessment, risk management, and supporting HSE audits within operational environments
• Skilled in managing laboratory equipment, systems, and facilities, including assessing the suitability of equipment and allocating appropriate facilities for technical activities

Essential qualifications for the Technical Facility Manager:

• Technical qualification in Engineering, such as a recognised apprenticeship, City & Guilds, BTEC, Foundation Degree, or equivalent engineering-related discipline

We value difference and we don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

This role is 37 hours per week based at ourFarnborough site

At our Farnborough site exciting work takes place at our state-of-the-art facility, with high-energy laser technologies, our 5m pressurised wind tunnel which has a simulation capability that is unique in the UK and our large research and development projects is a real hub of creativity, research and innovation. Join our talented teams of Engineers, IT & Cyber Specialists, Project Managers, Group Functions Teams and many more to provide future defences in the UK.

Please note that all applicants for this role must be eligible for SC clearance, as a minimum.

At QinetiQ we are committed to building an inclusive, accessible and welcoming workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We believe that a diverse mix of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences drives innovation and leads to better outcomes for our people, customers and communities. We encourage applications from all candidates and are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing [e-mail] . One of our recruitment team will contact you.

Many roles in QinetiQ are subject to national security vetting being completed, applicants who already hold the appropriate level of vetting may be able to transfer it upon appointment. A number of roles are also subject to additional restrictions, which means factors such as nationality or previous nationalities may affect the roles that you can be employed in.

Why Join QinetiQ?

As we continue to grow into new markets around the world, there’s never been a more exciting time to join QinetiQ. The formula for success is our appetite for innovation and having the courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges.

As a QinetiQ employee, you’ll experience a unique working environment where teams from different backgrounds, disciplines and experiences enjoy collaborating widely and openly as we undertake this exciting and rewarding journey. Through effective teamwork, and pulling together, you’ll get to experience what happens when we all share different perspectives, blend disciplines, and link technologies; constantly discovering new ways of solving complex problems in a diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential. Visit our website to read more about our diverse and inclusive workplace culture . www.qinetiq.com/en/careers/life-at-qinetiq

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Generous holiday allowance, with the option to purchase additional days
• Options to join Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance
• Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and much more
• We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant and maintaining our Gold Award standard in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme
• Volunteering Opportunities - helping charities and local community