Element has an opportunity for a Facilities and Maintenance Manager  to join our rapidly expanding team. As a member of the site leadership team, the  position will be responsible for the maintenace team on site, ensuring all plant and equipment is maintained at all times including repairs, calibrations, development, engineering builds and is completed in line with a prevevntitve maintenance plan.

• Works safely following procedures and risk assessment
• Ensure routine inspections, servicing, repairs, and replacements of equipment and facilities on the site are carried out to schedule and to minimise business disruption. 
• Installation of new equipment across the site where required
• Participate in the development of current and future equipment
• Carries out, documents and organizes assigned daily statutory safety checks
• Management of subcontractors, visitors, and risk assessments
• Attends daily department meetings and feeds back information on outstanding repairs/maintenance
• Develop procedures and train relevant colleagues
• Daily line management of the team including task allocation
• Responsible for the individual development of the team including annual appraisals and career development conversations

• Working knowledge of laboratory safety
• Engineering qualification  or equivalent experience in a hands-on maintenance or engineering role
• Have a minimum of 5 years’ Maintenance and Facilities to a senior level
• Possesses a demonstrated ability to apply academic knowledge within the context of Element’s business
• Possess strong computer skills
• Experience within TIC or a test laboratory environment would be an advantage

Element is one of the fastest growing testing, inspection and certification businesses in the world. Globally we have more than 9,000 brilliant minds operating from 270 sites across 30 countries. Together we share an ambitious purpose to ‘Make tomorrow safer than today’.

When failure in use is not an option, we help customers make certain that their products, materials, processes and services are safe, compliant and fit for purpose. From early R&D, through complex regulatory approvals and into production, our global laboratory network of scientists, engineers, and technologists support customers to achieve assurance over product quality, sustainable outcomes, and market access.

While we are proud of our global reach, working at Element feels like being part of a smaller company. We empower you to take charge of your career, and reward excellence and integrity with growth and development.

Industries across the world depend on our care, attention to detail and the absolute accuracy of our work. The role we have to play in creating a safer world is much bigger than our organization.

At Element, we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming “the world’s most trusted testing partner”.

All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following: age, disability, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, race, religion, responsibility of dependents, sexual orientation, or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws.