Facilities Manager

Yeo Valley Organic · Location, WV · 2 days ago

Full-time

What will I be doing?

The Facilities Manager is responsible for managing and maintaining all aspects of facilities as well as building compliance within the public facing Blagdon venues including YVHQ, The Garden Café, The New Inn, Rural Stays and YVHQ Serviced Offices. They will lead and improve standards, implement systems and manage a high performing team of eight including housekeeping, maintenance and reception. The Role Will Involve Health and Safety

Requirements

Leadership, Management and Accountability of Team
Supplier and Contractor Management
Maintenance, Reception, Housekeeping
Security and Fire Management

Hours

This is a 40 hour per week position, based at our Head Office in the village of Blagdon.

Pay

Salary: £45,000

What do I need?

We’re Looking For Someone To Support The Operations Manager In Delivering Building Compliance And Maintaining Health And Safety Standards. You Should Be Confident That You Can Demonstrate The Following Positive, can-do attitude – A true reflection of Yeo’s upbeat, down-to-earth personality.

Proven experience – As a Facilities Manager or a similar role

Organised and proactive – Able to juggle multiple projects, deadlines, and creative requests with ease.

Strong problem solving – be able to support reactive and proactive maintenance

Brand & visual identity – Confident interpreting and applying brand guidelines to keep everything looking and feeling distinctly Yeo.

Detail obsessed – You’ve got a great eye for what looks good and what feels right.

Team player – Collaborative, friendly, and happy rolling up your sleeves to get things done.

Passion – Be passionate about food, farming and sustainability with an enthusiasm to create work that reflects Yeo Valley values.

Why should I join the family?

We’re always on the lookout for talented people to come and join us here in the Valley. We might be a group of businesses all owned by the Mead family, but we do things very differently here. Everyone who works with us is part of our family (all 1800 of us).

We’ve got 7 sites spanning 5 locations across Somerset and Devon, and we’ve got people doing all sorts of things, from hospitality and property management through to sales and marketing as well as technical, engineering, farming and dairy operations roles.

We’re sure you don’t need convincing, but there’s a whole host of benefits that we offer including:

Competitive holiday allowance 25 days + bank holidays
Non-contributory pension scheme
Life cover
Healthcare cash back plan
Subsidised Yeo Valley products and services

Please include a CV and Cover Letter in your application

Our closing dates are a guide for when the application window should close, although we may close the advert sooner if we can. So, we recommend you get your application in straight away – and don’t miss the opportunity to join us!

Unfortunately, we are not able to accept applications from those who are not eligible to work in the UK.

Please note that Yeo Valley do not accept speculative agency applications