Facilities Manager (Biotech)

Location: Cambridge, United Kingdom; on-site across two Cambridgeshire locations

Company

Cellular Origins, part of hirify.global, develops systems for reliable, scalable manufacture of cell therapies for cancer and other serious diseases.

What you will do

• Manage day-to-day facilities operations across two sites, including maintenance, cleaning, security, waste, and general site services.
• Maintain consistent facilities standards and manage supplier and service contracts.
• Manage the facilities budget while balancing cost, safety, and reliability.
• Support the transition into the new headquarters and coordinate communication and practical arrangements.
• Own building health, safety, fire, environmental compliance, audits, inspections, risk assessments, and corrective actions.
• Improve facilities policies, procedures, sustainability, resilience, and readiness for future site changes.

Requirements

• Experience as a Facilities Manager or in a similar facilities role.
• Strong practical understanding of health and safety, fire safety, and building compliance.
• Experience managing external contractors and service providers and holding them accountable.
• Strong organisational and communication skills for managing competing priorities without losing detail.
• Comfort managing multiple sites, switching between forward planning and immediate problem solving, and working primarily on site.
• Practical, proactive, solutions-focused approach with the ability to communicate with lab users, senior leaders, landlords, and contractors.

Nice to have

• Experience in laboratory, technical, or regulated environments.
• Involvement in refurbishment, relocation, or fit-out projects.
• Interest in sustainability and energy management.

Culture & Benefits

• Entrepreneurial, collaborative culture with shared ideas and autonomy.
• Annual bonus, 25 days of holiday, and a 10% employer pension contribution.
• Private medical insurance for employees and dependants, enhanced family-friendly leave, and life insurance worth six times salary.
• Electric car leasing, cycle-to-work scheme, and season-ticket loan.
• Purpose-built sustainable offices and laboratories on the hirify.global Campus, approximately 10 miles south of Cambridge.