Purpose of the Role
As a Facilities Engineer, you will act as the technical owner for critical environmental control systems within our battery manufacturing facility. You will support the design, installation, commissioning, handover and ongoing operation of cleanroom and dry room environments, ensuring they consistently meet the demanding performance standards required for battery production.
Working within the Facilities team, you'll play a key role in transitioning systems from project delivery into operational excellence. You'll help develop maintenance strategies, asset management processes, operating procedures and performance monitoring systems, while providing technical expertise on HVAC, dehumidification and environmental control infrastructure.
What you'll do...
- Support the design, construction, commissioning and operational handover of cleanroom and dry room facilities.
- Provide technical expertise on HVAC systems, dehumidification equipment, air handling units, filtration systems and environmental monitoring infrastructure.
- Develop maintenance strategies, preventative maintenance plans, SOPs and asset management processes.
- Monitor and optimise environmental performance, including humidity, dew point, temperature, airflow and pressure control.
- Lead fault-finding, root cause investigations and reliability improvement activities.
- Manage specialist contractors and service providers, ensuring safe and effective maintenance delivery.
- Support qualification, requalification and commissioning activities, including FAT, SAT and integrated testing.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on reliability, compliance, efficiency and operational performance.
- Collaborate with Operations, Quality, EHS, Engineering and Project teams to maintain high-performing controlled environments.
What you'll bring...
You will have experience within facilities, HVAC or environmental control systems, ideally gained in a highly regulated or controlled manufacturing environment such as battery manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, semiconductor, electronics, life sciences or advanced manufacturing.
You will also bring:
- Strong knowledge of HVAC, ventilation and building services systems.
- Experience of cleanroom and/or controlled environment operations.
- Understanding of humidity control, dehumidification and environmental monitoring systems.
- Knowledge of BMS, SCADA or other building control systems.
- Experience supporting commissioning, qualification or facility handover activities.
- Strong problem-solving and fault-finding skills.
- Experience working with contractors, suppliers and technical stakeholders.
- Ability to develop technical procedures, maintenance plans and operational documentation.
- Engineering qualification (Degree, HNC, HND, NVQ Level 4/5 or equivalent experience).
- Excellent communication skills and a proactive, continuous improvement mindset.
What you'll get...
As a new company, our reward scheme is constantly evolving. We continue to review the market to deliver a competitive benefits package, which currently includes private healthcare, company bonus, enhanced parental leave policy and a cash allowance to boost your benefits. We are a flexible business that is committed to promoting work-life balance, partnering with Yulife to provide our team members with total wellbeing support.
You’ll work in a rapidly scaling-up environment as a subsidiary of the multinational corporation, Tata Sons, to help build the UK’s biggest battery manufacturing facility and make your mark in a new organisation.
Agratas is a place to be authentically you. At Agratas we strongly believe that people are at their best when they feel supported and happy in their workplace. To that end we continue to cultivate a diverse workforce which protects the individuality of each team member. We therefore warmly welcome applicants from any race, gender, sexuality, and ability. Should you have a preference in how your suitability is assessed for this role or require any reasonable adjustments please let the Talent Acquisition team know.
