Engineering and Maintenance Manager

Company Description

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate.

The Eurofins network is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across its companies around the world.

We’re proud to be an armed forces-friendly place to work and welcome applications from reservists, armed forces veterans (including the wounded, injured and sick), as well as cadet instructors, and military spouses and partners.

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Job Description

This is an exciting opportunity to lead and develop a broad range of engineering and support services across our Wolverhampton site. As Engineering, Maintenance & Services Manager, you will be responsible for ensuring the safe, compliant, and efficient operation of critical site services while leading multidisciplinary teams across engineering maintenance, facilities, hygiene, stores, security, and customer consumables logistics. Your leadership will be key to maintaining high operational standards, enhancing site performance, and supporting the continued growth and success of the business.

This is a full time role working 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday between the hours of 07:00 and 19:00 as per business needs and to include some weekend working if required.

The right candidate must have flexibility to work around these hours and respond to emergency call outs. 

The successful candidate will bring strong technical expertise across electrical, mechanical, HVAC, plumbing and building services systems, combined with the leadership skills to develop teams, manage contractors, and drive operational excellence.

Reporting to the Head of Health, Safety & Facilities, you will be responsible for ensuring the reliability, compliance, and performance of the site's engineering infrastructure and support services while fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

Main duties to include:

• Lead and develop teams across Facilities Maintenance, Hygiene Services, Stores Operations, Security Services, and Customer Consumables Logistics.
• Ensure all facilities, engineering systems, plant and equipment are maintained in line with statutory, regulatory, and company requirements.
• Ensure the effective operation and maintenance of critical building services, including electrical, mechanical, HVAC, plumbing, utilities, and fire safety systems.
• Maintain a hands-on involvement in engineering and maintenance activities, supporting the team with fault diagnosis, technical troubleshooting and repair work where necessary, whilst providing technical oversight of internal and contracted works.
• Manage planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance activities to maximise site reliability and operational performance.
• Oversee contractors and service providers, ensuring high standards of safety, compliance, and service delivery.
• Support the management of engineering and facilities budgets, driving cost-effective solutions and value for money.
• Monitor performance through KPIs, identifying opportunities for improvement and reporting on progress.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, service quality, and operational effectiveness.
• Promote a strong health, safety, and environmental culture, ensuring compliance with permit-to-work systems and contractor controls.
• Support business continuity by ensuring critical engineering and support services remain reliable, resilient, and fit for purpose.

Qualifications

• Experience leading engineering maintenance operations within a industrial, manufacturing, or commercial environment.
• A proven track record of successfully managing engineering, maintenance, or building services teams, driving performance, reliability, and continuous improvement.
• HNC/HND qualified in Mechanical, Electrical, or Building Services Engineering. 
• Experience with 18th Edition Wiring Regulations and electrical compliance standards.
• IOSH qualified, with a commitment to promoting a safe and positive working environment.
• Broad technical expertise across a wide range of building services and engineering systems, including electrical distribution, HVAC, boilers, chilled water systems, ventilation, compressed air, BMS, fire alarms, pressure systems, and lifting equipment.
• Experience in the management of engineering teams and contractor management.
• Confident using Computer-Aided Facilities Management (CAFM) systems to plan, monitor, and optimise maintenance activities.
• Hands-on engineering background with practical experience maintaining and troubleshooting mechanical and electrical equipment.
• Strong understanding of electrical safety, contractor management, permit-to-work systems, and regulatory compliance.
• Skilled in diagnosing and resolving complex engineering faults, minimising downtime and ensuring operational continuity.
• Experience overseeing Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) programmes to maximise equipment performance and asset reliability.
• Proven ability to manage reactive maintenance activities in a fast-paced operational environment.
• Excellent understanding of building services engineering, with the ability to balance technical excellence, safety, and business objectives.

Additional Information

At Eurofins we are growing, innovating and always learning. We celebrate the achievements of our employees through annual long service awards, recognise our colleagues special life events, and we are committed to charitable causes through global fundraising activities.

As a Eurofins employee you will benefit from:

• Additional Annual Leave at Employees set service dates   
• Company Pension Plan
• Life Assurance Scheme (4 times annual salary)
• Healthcare Cash Plan (6+ months service)
• Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Paternity Schemes
• Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential
• Health and Wellbeing Programmes
• Free parking
• Worldwide career opportunities
• We also have in place rewards recognising the great work our employees deliver, their dedicated service and celebrating special life events.

As a Eurofins employee you will benefit from:

• Being part of a Reward and Recognition Scheme, recognising great work across our teams.
• Holiday entitlement increases with service.
• The option to opt into our Health Cash Plan, designed to help look after your everyday health and wellbeing. This allows you to claim back the cost of routine healthcare expenses such as dental check-ups, eye tests, glasses or contact lenses and other everyday medical treatments.
• Life Assurance from day one, providing cover of three times your annual salary.
• Automatic enrolment into our Company Pension Plan after three months (with the flexibility to opt out if you choose)
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme, offering 24/7 confidential support for both personal and work-related matters.
• Being able to register your interest in volunteering days, which are designed to support employees who wish to do voluntary work during working hours as part of a wider strategy to contribute positively to the local community.
• Free on-site car parking.
• The opportunity to explore worldwide opportunities.
• Everyone who joins our team also gets access to Perkbox, allowing you to save money all year round. Whether its supermarket savings or days out, the daily coffee or a summer holiday – there’s something to suit everyone’s lifestyle.

What Happens Next

Our people are the backbone of what we do, so it's incredibly important we find the right individuals to join us. As a potential new recruit you'll be invited to meet the team in the form of an assessment centre or a staged interview process dependent on the role and it's requirements, this will give you the opportunity to see what working for Eurofins is really like and enable us to get you know your key skills and strengths. 

Your data 
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Closing Date
We reserve the right to close or extend this position depending on application numbers. Therefore we would urge candidates to submit an application as early as possible.
 
Due to the high volume of applications we receive please be aware that if you do not receive a response within 4 weeks of the vacancy expiry date unfortunately, on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful. 

We support your development! Do you feel you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.

We embrace diversity! Eurofins network of companies believe in strength and innovation through diversity, being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.