Technical Facilities Manager

We are excited to announce an opportunity for a Technical Facilities Manager in a permanent role located in Severn Beach, Bristol. This is a chance to lead a cutting‑edge technical site from the ground up, overseeing specialised environments such as cleanrooms, engineering labs and manufacturing areas.

Key Responsibilities

• Accountability for site operations and technical infrastructure – engineering integrity across mechanical, electrical, controls, and life safety systems.
• Technical leadership across all engineering systems, setting standards aligned to statutory compliance, manufacturer guidance and industry best practice.
• Act as technical authority for safe systems of work, isolation management, switching protocols and engineering change control.
• Ensure engineering teams operate within defined authorisation structures with formal competency frameworks and documented evidence.
• Oversee technical risk assessments and manage maintenance and operational activity to prevent safety, resilience or compliance issues.
• Own day‑to‑day management of building services and technical systems – HVAC, cleanroom environments, gas systems, water systems and electrical infrastructure.
• Ensure uptime, reliability and performance of critical systems supporting manufacturing and R&D.
• Develop and implement planned preventive maintenance strategies, driving reliability‑centred and condition‑based maintenance.
• Manage reactive and emergency works with clear prioritisation based on safety risk and business impact.
• Maintain accurate CAFM data reflecting asset criticality, redundancy and maintenance history.
• Ensure resilience of critical infrastructure – HV/LV distribution, UPS, generators, chillers, boilers, clean utilities, BMS, life safety systems.
• Oversee redundancy strategies (N+1, 2N, etc.) and validate through testing regimes.
• Lead incident response and root‑cause analysis with structured post‑incident reviews, lessons learned and risk register updates.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, sustainability and cost‑effectiveness without compromising safety.
• Mention Cleanroom & specialist environment responsibilities: maintain performance to required classifications, monitor environmental parameters, control contamination, comply with ISO cleanroom standards.
• Partner with Engineering, Innovation and Operations to ensure lab requirements are met.
• Manage outsourced facilities service providers – maintenance, security, waste and cleaning – establishing and managing SLAs, KPIs and performance reviews.
• Drive value and performance from supplier relationships.
• Develop and manage facilities budget, support capital investment planning and business cases for infrastructure upgrades.
• Maintain accurate asset data reflecting condition, criticality, redundancy and useful life, aligned to lifecycle modelling and business continuity planning.
• Work with the site SHE Manager to ensure adherence to UK legislation and regulations (EaWR, PUWER, LOLER, PSSR, COSHH, DSEAR, HSG274/ACoP L8, Fire Safety and others).
• Own facilities‑related risk assessments, permits to work and safe systems of work.
• Ensure compliance with statutory inspections and regulatory requirements across electrical, mechanical, pressure systems, water hygiene, fire safety, F‑Gas and specialist plant.
• Maintain documented contingency and emergency response plans.
• Support internal, external and customer audits; ensure continuous readiness.
• Develop and lead internal facilities team, setting objectives, performance standards and development plans and fostering a proactive, safety‑first, service‑oriented culture.

Education / Qualifications

• Membership of a relevant professional body (IWFM, CIBSE) – desirable.
• Degree in Engineering, Facilities Management or related field – desirable.

Professional Skills / Abilities

• Proven experience in facilities management within a technical environment (semiconductor, pharmaceutical, advanced manufacturing).
• Strong understanding of critical building systems.
• Experience managing cleanroom or similar controlled environments.
• Demonstrated experience managing contractors and service providers.
• Strong knowledge of UK health and safety and compliance requirements.
• Experience leading and developing teams.
• Knowledge of sustainability and energy management practices.

At Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology, we provide tools for the engineering of micro‑ and nano‑structures used in medical devices, diagnostics, electric cars and quantum computers.

Benefits

• Competitive starting salary.
• Structured career development and good work‑life balance.
• Private healthcare.
• Share incentive plan.
• 25 days annual leave with half‑days on Fridays.
• Defined contribution Group Personal Pension Plan.
• Flexible benefits package tailor‑made to your needs.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or disability.

We encourage applications from all backgrounds and would ask you to get in touch if you are concerned about any barriers you may be facing in your application process with us.

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