Head of Facilities - £63,020 Potential for increase depending on experience

📍 Blackpool | Permanent |37.5 Hours per Week

Atlas is seeking an experienced and strategic Head of Facilities to lead and develop its Soft FM service, delivering high-quality support across healthcare services in Blackpool.

This is a rare opportunity for a senior healthcare Facilities Manager to take overall responsibility to shape strategy, drive operational excellence and influence the future of healthcare support services?

About the Role

Reporting to the Director of Operations, you'll provide strategic leadership across a broad range of Soft FM services, including:

· Domestic & Environmental Cleaning

· Catering Services

· Transport & Logistics

· Waste Management

· Pest Control

· Uniform Services

You'll play a pivotal role in ensuring services remain safe, compliant, patient-focused and commercially successful while supporting future business growth

Key responsibilities include:

· Develop and deliver the organisation's 5-year Soft FM strategy

· Lead large-scale operational services across a complex healthcare environment

· Manage strategic client relationships and contractual performance

· Hold accountability for an annual budget of approximately £8million

· Drive service transformation, efficiency programmes and innovation

· Ensure compliance with NHS standards, healthcare cleanliness requirements and regulatory frameworks

· Lead and inspire a workforce of 120+ staff

· Identify commercial opportunities and support business growth initiatives

· Represent Atlas at senior stakeholder and governance meetings

About You

We're keen to hear from candidates who can demonstrate:

· Significant senior leadership experience within Facilities Management in healthcare, NHS, public sector or similarly regulated environments

· Strong experience leading Soft FM services, particularly cleaning and domestic services

· A successful track record managing multi-million-pound budgets

· Commercial awareness and experience managing client relationships and service contracts

· Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills

· Experience leading large operational teams through change and transformation

· Degree-level qualification (or equivalent) in Facilities Management, Business Management or a related discipline

· Professional membership of IWFM or equivalent professional body

What's on Offer?

This is a rare opportunity to join a growing organisation where you can influence strategy, lead meaningful service improvements and contribute directly to the delivery of healthcare services across the region.

Further Information

For further details, the candidate pack and more information about the opportunity, please visit:

🔗https://www.microsite-castlefieldrecruitment.com/atlas-estates/

Apply or Discuss the Role

For a confidential discussion about the position, please contact our retained recruitment partner Castlefield Recruitment:

Chris Page
Castlefield Recruitment
📧chris.page@castlefieldrecruitment.com
📱07900 731075

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