UK Facilities Lead: Safety, Compliance & Experience

expleo-jobs-gb-en; Preston; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Collaborative working environment

ExpleoAcademy

Competitive company benefits

Job summary

Expleo seeks an experienced Facilities Manager to lead the delivery of facilities and workplace services across UK locations, ensuring safe, compliant, secure and operationally effective workplaces while collaborating with internal teams and specialist suppliers.

You will oversee property services, security, workplace experience and resilience, manage budgets and supplier performance, lead a small team, and work in a hybrid model with on-site presence and regular travel.

Qualifications

• Experience managing facilities across multiple UK sites.
• Experience controlling facilities budgets, reviewing quotations, and identifying cost efficiencies.
• Experience in engineering/technology/regulated organisations.
• Responsibility for geographically dispersed property/workplace portfolio.
• Experience supporting business continuity or disaster recovery exercises.
• Relevant facilities management qualification or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead facilities operations across UK sites ensuring workplaces remain safe, secure, compliant and fit for purpose.
• Coordinate planned and reactive maintenance, resolving service issues and managing critical escalations.
• Ensure Risk Assessment and safe systems of work are embedded in all areas of the business and visiting services.
• Manage facilities suppliers and contractors, including maintenance, cleaning, security, waste, catering and specialist compliance services.
• Monitor supplier performance, service levels, costs and contract delivery and taking action where standards are not met.
• Maintain oversight of statutory facilities compliance, inspections, documentation and corrective actions.
• Oversee workplace security arrangements, including service providers, access control, keys and incident escalation.
• Manage facilities budgets, forecasts and expenditure in line with Expleo’s procurement and delegated-authority requirements.
• Lead and develop a small facilities support team, promoting clear objectives, effective performance and excellent service.
• Work with the Health & Safety Manager to support legal compliance, close audit actions and strengthen the safety culture.
• Support business continuity and disaster recovery planning for workplace-related risks and operational disruption.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to improve workplace services, employee experience and support for company events.

Skills

Building compliance

Contractor management

Planned maintenance

Stakeholder management

People leadership

Continuous improvement

Access control knowledge

Education

IWFM qualification preferred

Health & safety qualification (IOSH/NEBOSH) beneficial

Facilities management qualification or equivalent experience

Tools

Access-control systems

Security operations

Job description

Expleo seeks an experienced Facilities Manager to lead the delivery of facilities and workplace services across UK locations, ensuring safe, compliant, secure and operationally effective workplaces while collaborating with internal teams and specialist suppliers.

You will oversee property services, security, workplace experience and resilience, manage budgets and supplier performance, lead a small team, and work in a hybrid model with on-site presence and regular travel.