Facilities Manager

About this role

Allerton Waste Recovery Park

Monday to Friday | 8:00am – 4:00pm | Full-time | Site-based

Are you an experienced Facilities Manager who takes pride in creating safe, well-maintained, and compliant working environments?

We're looking for a proactive and organised individual to join our team at Allerton Waste Recovery Park, where you'll play a key role in ensuring our facilities, infrastructure and support services operate safely, efficiently and to the highest standards.

This is a varied, hands-on role where no two days are the same. Working closely with our Operations and Maintenance teams, you'll oversee the management of site facilities, contractors, compliance activities and small improvement projects, helping to keep one of the UK's leading waste recovery facilities running smoothly.

What you'll be doing

• Manage the day-to-day facilities operation across the site, ensuring buildings, grounds and infrastructure are maintained to a high standard.
• Coordinate planned maintenance activities and ensure maintenance records remain accurate and up to date within our Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
• Manage service contracts including cleaning, pest control, waste collection, PPE and other site support services.
• Take ownership of site assets including access control systems, two-way radios, gas monitors, respiratory protective equipment (RPE), lockers and security passes.
• Ensure statutory inspections and compliance activities are completed, including Legionella management, surface water sampling, weather station inspections and site meter monitoring.
• Oversee site security systems including CCTV, fire alarms, automatic gates, intruder alarms and visitor centre facilities.
• Lead and coordinate reactive facilities tasks and deliver small improvement projects outside the scope of the maintenance team.
• Monitor the condition of buildings, structures, handrails, walkways, cladding and external areas, ensuring timely repairs where required.
• Promote excellent housekeeping standards across the site while supporting Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality (HSEQ) compliance.
• Work safely in accordance with company procedures and actively report hazards, near misses and unsafe conditions.

What we're looking for

Essential

• Previous experience in Facilities Management or Building Services Management.
• Experience managing contractors and coordinating maintenance or facilities-related activities.
• Good understanding of Health & Safety legislation and environmental compliance.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise a varied workload.
• Experience using Microsoft Office and computerised maintenance or asset management systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail and accurate record keeping.
• Ability to build positive working relationships with internal teams and external contractors.

Desirable

• NEBOSH General Certificate (or equivalent).
• Knowledge of Legionella management and statutory compliance requirements.
• Experience working within industrial, manufacturing, utilities, waste or process environments.
• Understanding of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM).

Our Business

At Thalia Waste Management, we are creating a future to be proud of. We think differently, questioning everything, enabling us to develop progressive waste into energy solutions and services. Being motivated, tackling problems together, inspiring others to take responsibility, making a difference, being ambitious and contributing value.

We operate the best technology available across our four strategic sites in North Yorkshire, Milton Keynes, Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Wight. Our technology includes everything from mechanical and biological treatment, traditional mass-burn energy from waste and material recycling technologies to in-vessel composting, advanced thermal treatment, innovative small-scale energy from waste and anaerobic digestion. In a single year we process 300,000 tonnes of waste that is turned into energy. This generates the same amount of energy as approximately 600 million solar panels. Similarly we recycle circa 95,000 tonnes of waste.

Inclusion

At Thalia Waste Management, we work hard to make sure we are an inclusive and diverse place to work. This means we don’t just look at your CV, we’re focused on who you are, your skills and passion that can be brought to Thalia Waste Management. We know and understand the everyone is different and has a life outside work, so we’re happy to discuss flexible working and any adjustments that could be needed! We’ll do all that we can to support everyone from their first contact with us. For any support or adjustments needed through our recruitment process, please speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. As a Disability Confident Employer, we will make sure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable adjustments to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

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