Director of Facilities

Our client, a fast-growing food manufacturer of bread and cookies located in Braintree, is looking to add a seasoned Director of Facilities to their team.

The Director of Facilities management objectives focus on ensuring the efficient, safe, and cost-effective operation of the company's physical infrastructure.

Key goals include optimizing operational efficiency, enhancing safety and compliance, managing budgets effectively, and strategically planning for the future. This involves optimizing the performance of the building's equipment, and infrastructure to minimize downtime and reduce costs associated with repairs, energy waste, and other operational inefficiencies.

The Director of Facilities will be managing and motivating facility staff, contractors, and vendors, while fostering a collaborative and productive work environment. While also ensuring a safe and healthy work environment by adhering to safety standards, implementing emergency preparedness plans, and maintaining compliance with all relevant regulations and codes.

Responsibility to staff and direct the team to :

– manage the maintenance, development, performance and delivery of the facilities to the organization to produce an efficient service and delivery solution, maximizing performance and profitability against pre-agreed targets.

– ensuring that the facilities team understands its duties and its role within the organization

– responsibility to adhere to budgets and plan to maximize profitability

– meet your targets and those of the team and organization as a whole

– the smooth running of the of the team and organization facilities as a whole

– contribute to training and development of the team and organization as a whole

– assist Line Manager in achieving maximum customer satisfaction in accordance with organization plans

– perform all duties in compliance with related legal / statutory regulations, professional duties, responsibilities and obligations and insert as applicable e.g. Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Best Practice Guidelines, ISO certification

Day-to-day responsibilities agreed with your manager to include :

– manage, direct and monitor facilities status for the organization to increase efficiency and maximize performance and profit

– effective liaison with and, support and assistance to the whole of the organization

– maintain and improve mechanisms for the provision of facilities, including surveying and measuring processes, outcomes and profitability and disseminate feedback to the appropriate internal entities

– utilize appropriate systems to manage facilities functions, analysis and documentation

– direct the development of plans for facilities to include management to achieve targets

– develop plans for facilities progress

– support to all other departments on facilities related matters

– subject to agreed criteria; recruitment, training, set action and targets, appraise and manage performance, development, coaching and general support of all team members to ensure targets are met

– reporting monthly or as otherwise required

– assist in developing plans for team activities to include strategy to achieve targets

– delegate authority and responsibility to team with supervision, accountability and review

– manage and maintain contact with internal and external "client / customers"

– set an example for team members of commitment, facilities process and expertise, work ethics and habits and personal character

– maintain accurate records

– responsibly use resources and control expenses to meet budgetary controls

– adhere to all organization policies and procedures

– interact and co-operate with all members of the organization, its suppliers and customers

From time to time you may be expected to be part of special projects as are reasonably required of your job role.

You are responsible for your allocated workload and must meet all targets as agreed with your Line Manager. You must contribute towards the smooth running of the organization generally.

Skills and experience required :

• Ability to maintain effective interpersonal relationships
• Experience with generating forecast / budgets and managing an organization
• Ability to effectively present / communicate at all levels of an organization
• Proven track record of successful team building and management, turnaround experience is a plus!
• Experience in continuous improvement practices and analysis
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including presentation skills
• Solid computer skills, especially in Microsoft Office Suite