Job Description
Job Profile Summary Provide leadership and direction to a range of operational teams ensuring that we provide high quality, value for money services to our tenant community against agreed key-performance indicators (KPI’s) Managing a multi-million pound budget to develop and deliver lifecycle maintenance works on the campus to our main buildings in Condition B whilst minimising the disruption to our buildings and customers. Being focused on asset management to ensure the longevity of our buildings, vehicles and equipment. Ensuring high levels of compliance across all our activities. To innovate and use technology to improve efficiency and effectiveness. To play a lead role in the delivery of our Sustainability Strategy and in particular focus on utilities management. To work alongside the Director of Campus Capital Development developing our local authority planning applications needs. Develop a well-trained, enthusiastic workforce with a focus upon excellence in the services we provide to ensure that the campus remains the preferred site for life science enterprises to locate and grow.
Job Description Director of Estates & Facilities Line Manager Chief Operating Officer Contract Type Permanent Working Hours 37 hours per week
The Campus provides emerging and growing biotech companies laboratory and office space together with access to outstanding scientific facilities in an ideal geographical location at the core of the Cambridge cluster. We are situated on an attractive 430-acre parkland estate, seven miles south west of Cambridge City Centre. The Campus blends modern laboratory facilities with historic buildings in a spacious, beautifully landscaped setting. The Campus offers excellent amenities: fully-equipped meeting rooms and conferencing facilities, bar, restaurant, gym, tennis court and football pitch. A large component of the estate grounds including the wood, grass, grazing meadows and park land are opened for both the Campus and the wider community to walk through and use. BRCL has direct responsibility for 129K sq. ft. lettable space over 12 properties (inc. 8 Laboratory Buildings), and a conference capability. In addition, for other parties on the campus we provide Facility Management services across 165K sq.ft of R and D space. The campus has grown significantly in recent years and we are now about to embark on another significant stage of development. We intend to submit outline planning consent in early 2025 for a further 300-350k sq. ft. of R and D development and the redevelopment of the existing Residential area. This position will play a significant role in that journey and considering all of the operational service development required to scale up.
About us The Babraham Research Campus is one of the leading locations in Europe for early-stage and scale-up life sciences companies to start up and grow. It is a co-location of world-class life science research with a dynamic community of scientists and entrepreneurs helping to discover and develop therapeutics for the future. The Campus plays a pivotal role in the Cambridge life-science cluster and is the home to start-up and scale- up companies, with ~ 1800 staff on site. Babraham Research Campus has a bold vision and strategy, with planned growth and development. Babraham Research Campus Ltd (BRCL) is the company that manages and develops the Campus, supporting and promoting the regional and UK bioscience ecosystem. It has responsibility for the administration and commercial development of the site for the benefit of all Campus companies.
Key areas of Responsibility
• Operational teams including Maintenance (reactive and planned), Lifecycle projects, Grounds, Gardens and Security • Delivery of the lifecycle capital programme • Part of the Campus Masterplan delivery team • A member of the Senior Management Team • BMS & Utilities Management • Ensure demonstrable compliance associated with the operational areas • Understanding the site from the customer perspective • Ensuring all of the operational services are run in a commercial manner
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