Director, Facilities Manager

Overview

Senior Manager, Site Lead for the Bangalore lab facility, holding single-point accountability for HSSE, technical and operational performance, and multi-party stakeholder governance across BP, JLL, the landlord/lessor and specialist engineering partners.

What you'll do

• Act as single point of accountability for HSSE, technical and operational performance of the Bangalore lab facility.
• Own the site's operational accountability model across Upstream and Downstream, clarifying ownership and reporting lines.
• Chair and lead cross-functional site governance forums, including risk, incident review and operational performance reviews.
• Represent the site to senior BP and JLL stakeholders and act as primary escalation point for site-level issues.
• Maintain technical understanding of process, mechanical, electrical and I&C systems and lab infrastructure to challenge specialist partners and approve technical decisions.
• Own boundary definitions between JLL/facilities scope, lab-operations scope and specialist third-party scope.
• Sponsor engineering design review and sign-off for significant process, mechanical, electrical and I&C changes.
• Manage the JLL managing-agent relationship, including oversight of service delivery against agreed service levels.
• Oversee the landlord/lessor CAM interface, including validation of service delivery and invoice review.
• Oversee contracts and performance of specialist engineering and technical partners.
• Own escalation and resolution of service-level shortfalls across all delivery partners.
• Hold executive-level ownership of the site risk register and ensure mitigation plans are in place and reviewed.
• Chair incident review for significant events and ensure root-cause corrective actions are tracked to closure.
• Ensure Management of Change (MOC) and Control of Work governance is followed consistently.
• Ensure statutory and regulatory compliance obligations for the site are met.
• Own the site operating budget, including CAM charge validation and vendor contract spend approval.
• Review and approve major capital and operational expenditure proposals for the site.
• Ensure cost-effective delivery of services across all outsourced and managing-agent arrangements.
• Lead the site leadership team, including the Technical Manager, HSSE Manager and sub-regional/function leads.
• Manage team performance, capability development and succession planning.
• Foster a strong safety and performance culture across site personnel and delivery partners.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, or related technical discipline).
• 15+ years' experience in facilities, operations or site management within chemical, oil & gas, pharmaceutical or industrial laboratory environments.
• 5+ years in a senior site leadership role with full P&L or budget accountability.
• Demonstrated experience managing multi-stakeholder outsourced service delivery models, including managing-agent and landlord/CAM interfaces.
• Experience with facility or process-site commissioning, transition or start-up programmes.
• Track record of leading cross-functional teams through organisational or operational change.
• Working knowledge of process safety management and high-hazard operations.
• Understanding of engineering design review and technical sign-off processes across multiple disciplines.
• Familiarity with CMMS platforms, Management of Change (MOC) systems and Control of Work / permit-to-work systems.
• Understanding of statutory and regulatory compliance frameworks relevant to industrial/laboratory facilities in India.

Nice to have

• Master's degree or MBA in Engineering Management, Operations Management or Business Administration.
• NEBOSH International General Certificate or Diploma (or equivalent HSE qualification).
• PMP, PRINCE2 or equivalent project/programme management certification.
• Relevant process safety management (PSM) training.
• Working familiarity with India statutory compliance frameworks (Factories Act, PESO).

Details

• Location: On-site, Bangalore, Karnataka.
• Scheduled weekly hours: 40.