Technical Facilities Manager

Location: Severn Beach, Bristol
Business Unit: Plasma Technology

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, Manufacturing areas, and critical infrastructure. You will be responsible for managing our outsourced service partners while also developing our internal Facilities Team. Your leadership will be crucial in ensuring the site runs at peak performance by emphasising safety, operational excellence, and cost management, and by fostering a culture of continuous improvement. Join us and make a real impact!

Key Responsibilities
This role combines technical safety and engineering accountability with facilities management responsibilities in a high-level, complex, and critical environment:

• Site Operations and Technical Infrastructure: Provide technical leadership across all mechanical, electrical, controls, and life safety systems. Set engineering standards aligned to statutory compliance and act as the technical authority for safe systems of work.
• Cleanroom and Specialist Environments: Maintain Cleanroom performance to required classifications and standards (ISO). Oversee environmental monitoring and contamination control.
• Partner, Contractor and Supplier Management: Manage outsourced facilities service providers (Maintenance, Security, Waste, Cleaning). Establish and manage SLAs and KPIs.
• Asset Management, Lifecycle Planning and Budgets: Develop and manage the Facilities budget. Support capital investment planning and maintain accurate asset data reflecting condition and criticality.
• Health, Safety and Compliance: Work collaboratively with the site SHE Manager to ensure adherence to UK legislation (EaWR, PUWER, LOLER, PSSR, COSHH, DSEAR, Fire Safety).
• Team Leadership: Develop and lead your internal Facilities Team, setting clear objectives and performance standards.

Education / Qualifications

• Desirable – membership of a relevant professional body i.e. IWFM, CIBSE.
• Desirable - Degree in Engineering, Facilities Management or related field.

Professional Skills/ Abilities

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

Benefits
In addition to a competitive starting salary, Oxford Instruments also offers structured career development opportunities, a good work-life balance, private healthcare, a share incentive plan, 25 days of annual leave, half-days on Fridays, a defined contribution Group Personal Pension Plan, and a flexible benefits package.

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