Regional Facilities Site Manager (Semiconductor)

Location: Primarily on-site at the Quartermile office in Edinburgh, UK, with regular presence in plant rooms, utility areas, laboratories, construction areas, receiving areas, and other operational spaces. Periodic travel across the UK, Europe, and Asia, participation in an on-call rota, and occasional work outside normal business hours are required.

Company

hirify.global develops mixed-signal processing solutions for major consumer brands and promotes an inclusive, collaborative workplace.

What you will do

• Lead day-to-day facilities operations in Edinburgh, including laboratories, workplace areas, amenities, employee services, and landlord coordination.
• Lead Receiving operations, including scheduling, receipt, storage, distribution, shipment documentation, inventory control, and service-level performance.
• Coordinate Facilities Engineers, Technicians, coordinators, vendors, contractors, landlords, consultants, and couriers.
• Maintain reliable operation and maintenance of electrical systems, UPS and backup power, HVAC, chilled water, compressed air, fire and life-safety systems, BMS, plumbing, and security systems.
• Lead preventative maintenance, statutory testing, inspections, corrective work, facilities projects, procurement, commissioning, handover, and close-out.
• Partner with Engineering and EH&S on system reliability, UK compliance, risk assessments, audits, emergency preparedness, business continuity, incident investigations, and continuous improvement across regional sites.

Requirements

• Degree or equivalent experience in facilities management, engineering, building services, operations, or a related discipline.
• Significant experience leading facilities or building operations in laboratory, manufacturing, semiconductor, data-centre, or other technical workplace environments.
• Experience managing facilities teams, contractors, landlords, service agreements, operating budgets, and capital projects, with operational leadership skills transferable to receiving or materials operations.
• Proven project management skills covering scope definition, scheduling, budgeting, procurement, risk management, stakeholder coordination, commissioning, and close-out.
• Working knowledge of mechanical and electrical building systems, HVAC, controls/BMS, life-safety systems, physical security, and maintenance planning.
• Experience using CMMS or work management systems and operational metrics to improve service delivery.
• Knowledge of UK health, safety, environmental, building, fire, and contractor management requirements.
• Strong communication and presentation skills for explaining plans, risks, performance, and recommendations to technical teams, site leadership, and senior stakeholders.
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365, including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, plus collaboration tools such as Zoom.
• Ability and willingness to travel periodically across the UK, Europe, and Asia.

Nice to have

• Previous experience managing receiving or materials operations.
• Professional qualifications in facilities management, engineering, building services, health and safety, or a related field.
• Experience supporting R&D laboratories or other uptime-sensitive environments.
• Experience with BMS/controls, critical-utilities reliability, energy management, lifecycle planning, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, or comparable management systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive and collaborative culture that values different approaches, ideas, and perspectives.
• Meaningful community engagement and focus on employee experience.
• On-call rota participation and occasional out-of-hours work for emergencies, shutdowns, critical incidents, or projects.
• Export control restrictions apply; hirify.global cannot sponsor or obtain required export licenses for this role.