Facilities Manager

This is a hands-on role with responsibility for day-to-day facilities operations and longer-term planning. You’ll manage facilities across two locations in Cambridgeshire, keeping standards consistent while we continue to grow and move into our new HQ. You will be joining at a point of transition. We are working to deliver a new headquarters building while running active R&D and manufacturing facilities. That brings variety, responsibility and the opportunity to influence how things are done, rather than simply maintaining a steady state. Your work will be visible and valued because it directly affects safety, productivity and momentum across the business.

About TTP

• You will thrive here if you like variety, enjoy being close to the work and want your decisions to have a clear, positive impact on the people around you.
• Cellular Origins is based at Melbourn Science Park, just 10 miles south of Cambridge.
• Our newly renovated premises offer modern office, laboratory and engineering spaces, surrounded by green spaces.
• We foster an entrepreneurial and collaborative culture, where ideas are encouraged, innovation thrives, and everyone has the freedom to do their best work.
• Cell therapies are changing how we treat cancer and other serious diseases.
• At Cellular Origins, we are building the systems that make it possible to manufacture these therapies reliably and at scale.
• As Facilities Manager, you will make sure the environments our teams work in are safe, reliable and ready, so engineers and scientists can focus on the work that matters for patients.
• This is a chance to take real ownership of how our spaces work every day.
• You will look after two sites in Cambridgeshire, including our new headquarters, and you will be trusted to shape how our facilities evolve as the company grows.

Responsibilities

• What you’ll do You will spend most of your time on site, talking to people, spotting issues early and making practical improvements.
• You will also work closely with senior leaders, landlords and contractors, helping guide decisions about our estate so they stay aligned with how the business is growing.
• Run facilities operations across two sites, including planned and reactive maintenance, cleaning, security, waste and general site services.
• Make sure facilities standards are consistent across both locations so people have a reliable experience wherever they are working.
• Own supplier and service contracts, ensuring quality, value and clear accountability.
• Manage the facilities budget with care, balancing cost discipline with safety and reliability.
• Support colleagues through the transition so the move is well organised, well communicated and as smooth as possible.
• Take responsibility for health, safety and compliance in our buildings, ensuring they meet health and safety, fire and environmental requirements.
• Manage audits, inspections and risk assessments, and drive corrective actions through to completion where issues are identified.
• Act as the main point of contact for facilities-related safety matters.
• Improve how our environments work over time, refining policies and procedures, strengthening sustainability and resilience, and supporting future changes to our sites.

Requirements

• About you You will enjoy this role if you like being trusted to make things work and you are comfortable owning the details of how buildings run.
• You are happy managing more than one site and switching between forward planning and immediate problem solving.
• You communicate clearly, whether you are discussing a small issue with a lab user or updating senior leaders on progress with the new HQ.
• You are practical, proactive and solutions focused, and you prefer being on site, seeing issues first hand and working with people to resolve them.
• Experience as a Facilities Manager or in a similar facilities role.
• A strong practical understanding of health and safety, fire safety and building compliance.
• Experience working with external contractors and service providers, including holding them to account.
• Organisational and communication skills that help you manage competing priorities without losing detail.
• Experience in laboratory, technical or regulated environments would be beneficial, as would involvement in refurbishments, relocations or fit out projects.
• An interest in sustainability and energy management would be a bonus.

Benefits

• Annual bonus 25 days holiday
• Employer pension contribution of 10% of salary
• Private medical insurance for employees and dependants
• Subsidised lunches Enhanced family friendly leave
• Life insurance worth 6x salary
• Electric car leasing scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan