Senior Facilities Engineer

Senior Facilities Engineer 📍 Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire 🕒 Full-Time | Permanent 📅 Monday – Friday 💷 £45,000 (Days) | £50,000 (Mornings & Afternoons Shift Pattern) About the Role We are seeking an experienced and proactive Senior Facilities Engineer to join our growing manufacturing operation in Tewkesbury. This is a key engineering role responsible for ensuring the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of all site facilities, utilities, infrastructure, and building services within a high-reliability manufacturing environment. Working closely with Production, Engineering, HSE and Quality teams, you will play a critical role in maintaining operational continuity, driving infrastructure improvements, managing contractors, and ensuring statutory compliance across the facility. This position would suit a hands-on facilities or building services engineer with strong electrical and mechanical knowledge, excellent problem-solving ability, and experience working within manufacturing or industrial environments. Key Responsibilities * Lead the maintenance and operation of all site facilities and utility systems including electrical distribution, HVAC, compressed air, chilled water, extraction systems, effluent treatment and process support equipment * Develop and manage preventative and predictive maintenance schedules to ensure operational reliability and minimise downtime * Coordinate reactive maintenance activities and conduct fault finding across electrical and mechanical infrastructure systems * Manage contractors and specialist service providers including inductions, permits to work, RAMS reviews and performance monitoring * Ensure all statutory inspections, certifications and compliance activities are completed and maintained * Support infrastructure upgrades, CAPEX projects, equipment installations and factory improvement initiatives * Drive continuous improvement activities relating to utilities efficiency, energy management and environmental performance * Maintain accurate maintenance records, compliance documentation and asset registers * Support ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 compliance requirements and audits * Promote a strong safety-first culture and ensure all engineering activities comply with health, safety and environmental legislation * Work collaboratively with Production, Maintenance, Process Engineering and Quality teams to support manufacturing requirements and business objectives Skills & Experience Required Essential * Qualified in Mechanical, Electrical, Facilities or Building Services Engineering * Proven facilities engineering experience within a manufacturing or industrial environment * Strong understanding of electrical and mechanical building services and utilities infrastructure * Experience managing contractors, permits to work and compliance systems * Experience managing preventative maintenance schedules and infrastructure projects * Strong fault-finding and problem-solving capability * Excellent communication and organisational skills with the ability to work cross-functionally What We Offer * Monday to Friday working * Permanent, stable position within a growing specialist manufacturer * Company pension scheme and on-site parking * Opportunity to make a real impact within a supportive engineering environment This job description is not exhaustive, and flexibility will be expected in line with the needs of the business