Facilities Manager
Hard Services
Facilities Management (main)
Estates, Property
We’re the organisation that looks after England’s most important buildings and monuments, making sure our country's amazing history is available for everyone to enjoy. From world-famous prehistoric sites to grand medieval castles, Roman forts to a Cold War bunker, we bring the history of England to life.
Stonehenge is one of the sites within the West territory, so you will be joining the team that cares for sites from the Isles of Scilly to Portland Castle and north as far as Chester Castle.
We are looking for a Facilities Manager at Stonehenge to join our team on a permanent, full-time basis, working 36 hours per week.
This is an incredible opportunity for an experienced Facilities Manager to lead and develop a team and manage specialist contractors to provide a high quality, comprehensive, cyclical, response and facilities service for over 1.5 million visitors who come to experience the iconic site of Stonehenge.
Your expertise will help inform and ensure that future projects integrate with existing systems and meet the demands of a very busy visitor attraction now and for years to come.
What’s more, as part of our charity bringing history to life, you’ll be supported and encouraged to share your ideas, inspire others and make a difference to the way England’s rich past is experienced.
The Benefits
- Salary from £40,852, depending on skills, experience and location
- 25 days’ holiday plus Bank Holidays pro rata rising to 28 days after 3 years
- Matched pension contributions up to a maximum of 10% - Flexible hours
- The opportunity to progress your career within the heritage sector
- Apprenticeship opportunities
- Subscriptions to professional bodies
- Free access to all English Heritage sites for you and up to 6 friends / family members
- 25% discount in our shops and cafes
- Enhanced Maternity/Paternity/Shared Parental leave
- Options to buy additional leave
- An inclusive working atmosphere where everyone from all backgrounds, religions and with different needs will be supported
- Opportunities to go to some of our great live music or history events
As our Facilities Manager, you will work closely with the Facilities Co-ordinator to lead a small internal team as well as specialist contractors to provide a high quality, comprehensive, cyclical response and facilities service for the Stonehenge site and wider landscape.
You’ll also provide support to the successful delivery of projects at Stonehenge by providing Client-side support to our National Project Managers and our Historic Properties team to ensure new buildings and systems integrate and meet the demanding requirements of a very busy visitor attraction.
Additionally, you will collaborate with your West Estates colleagues, including the South West Building Services Manager and the Landscape Manager, to care for the sites in the Stonehenge landscape.
To be considered for the role of Facilities Manager at Stonehenge, you will need:
- Experience of administering Mechanical and Electrical or Building & Civil Engineering term maintenance contracts and schedules of rates
- Experience of undertaking Technical Client-side role on a large £1million + Project
- Relevant experience within a large visitor attraction with complex services
- The ability to lead, manage and plan the work of others
- The ability to manage projects effectively
- H&S/CDM Knowledge/experience
- Share our essential behaviours of collaboration, innovation and empowerment
Find out more about us and what we do on our website and meet some of our People and hear about why they enjoy working with us.
Everyone is welcome at English Heritage. We are always looking for people who reflect the diversity of the country today, to help us make it more relevant to the diversity of the people, communities and places we serve. From remote sites to inner city monuments, from regional teams to our Head Office, the diversity of our teams is critical to making sure our heritage is inclusive, exciting and accessible. We continually look for new ways to promote the past in a way that is inclusive to all and that celebrates the cultural diversity of England’s heritage. By joining us, you will be part of a charity that is already on an exciting journey to tell everyone’s story with an inclusive working atmosphere where everyone from all backgrounds, religions and with different needs will be supported.
To support this work, we have a number of EDI networks that you can join as either a member or ally. These networks include Ethnic Diversity, Faith & Belief, Social Equity, LGBTQ+, Neurodivergence, Age, Disability and Gender Specific Issues.
We would be delighted to hear from you if you would like to talk to us about this role before you apply, e.g. regarding workplace adjustments or working patterns. Please contact Jamie Cain, Senior Estates Manager (West and Stonehenge). No agencies please.
Interviews will be held on 9/10 October at Stonehenge.
Other organisations may call this role Facilities Project Manager, Facilities Team Lead, Facilities and Maintenance Manager, Site Maintenance Manager, or Facilities Supervisor.
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