Senior Lab Operations Manager

Senior Lab Operations Manager

Location: Farnborough, England, United Kingdom

Role Type: Permanent - Full Time

Package: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role ID: SF19952

As a Senior Lab Operations Manager, you will provide operational leadership and subject matter expertise across a portfolio of technical laboratories and facilities. You will ensure facilities are safe, secure, compliant and available, while leading and coordinating a team of Facility Managers and working closely with engineering teams and delivery programmes to de conflict demand and optimise utilisation. The role covers facilities at Farnborough and Gosport, including:

• Hybrid Electric Drive Systems
• Advanced Batteries and Power Sources

Day to day, you'll act as the operational lead for your assigned facilities, manage your team of FMs creating a standardised practice, deliver first line audits, and cost centre management. You will oversee operations and coordinate demand across teams, plus the potential decommissioning and recommissioning of other sites.

Responsibilities

• Providing functional leadership to a team of Facility Managers and facility support staff
• Ensuring laboratories and facilities are safe, secure, compliant and fit for purpose
• Coordinating and de conflicting facility, equipment and resource usage with internal and external customers
• Maintaining compliance across H&S, security, governance, audit and accreditation requirements
• Leading continuous improvement activities to standardise and improve facility operations
• Supporting cost centre management and investment planning across assigned facilities

Essential Experience

• Experience managing multiple facilities, laboratories or complex technical environments
• People management experience, including all professional and personal development activities, managing and monitoring team members' objectives to deliver effective services
• Strong understanding of health, safety and risk management in an operational setting by championing best practice promoting a positive safety culture in line with our business standards and expectations
• Ability to work with multiple stakeholders to balance competing priorities and resolve complex queries, escalating when appropriate
• Experience coordinating operational delivery within a regulated environment

Essential Qualifications

• IOSH or NEBOSH qualification (desirable not essential)

This role is 37 hours per week based at our Farnborough site, with visits to our Gosport site expected once per month.

Benefits

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Generous holiday allowance, with the option to purchase additional days
• Options to join Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance
• Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and much more
• We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant and maintaining our Gold Award standard in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme
• Volunteering Opportunities - helping charities and local community

Eligibility

All applicants for this role must be eligible for SC clearance. Many roles are subject to national security vetting; applicants who already hold the appropriate level of vetting may be able to transfer it upon appointment.