Head of Facilities Management Operations

Strategic Leadership in Facilities Management Operations

Join a large, complex operational business to take on a senior leadership role focused on driving high standards across maintenance, asset management, health & safety, and project delivery. This position is designed for a facilities professional who thrives at both strategic and operational levels, leading multi-site facilities management across a large, COMAH regulated portfolio. You will play a key role in ensuring facilities are safe, compliant, efficient, and capable of supporting the ongoing growth and performance of the wider business.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop facilities management and maintenance teams across multiple COMAH regulated locations.
• Oversee planned and reactive maintenance programmes to ensure service delivery and operational efficiency.
• Drive statutory compliance and support regulatory inspections, audits, and governance requirements.
• Lead capital projects and estate improvement initiatives from planning through to completion.
• Develop long-term asset management and maintenance strategies.
• Manage facilities budgets, forecasting, and expenditure controls.
• Oversee contractor and supplier performance, ensuring value, compliance, and service quality.
• Support business planning through effective estate and facilities management.
• Contribute to continuous improvement, sustainability, and operational excellence initiatives.

Required Experience and Skills

• Essential experience in leading facilities operations across COMAH regulated sites.
• Proven experience leading facilities services across manufacturing, distribution, logistics, or industrial estates.
• Strategic facilities management experience across large commercial estates.
• Significant knowledge of statutory compliance, health & safety, and facilities governance.
• Experience operating within distribution, logistics, industrial, manufacturing, or similar environments.
• Experience delivering significant CAPEX works and investment programmes.
• Experience managing and setting large budgets.
• Strong internal and external stakeholder engagement skills.

What is On Offer

• Salary range of £75,000 - £85,000 plus car and package.
• Opportunity to secure a strategic client-side role across a significant estate.
• Competitive benefits package.