Head of Facilities

As Head of Facilities at Hoxton Farms, you will oversee our cutting-edge pilot production facility, laboratories and office in central London. You will lead a dedicated team to support ongoing R&D and production, quality management, procurement and strategic planning. Every day you'll play a critical role in bringing cultivated fat to market and creating a deliciously fatty future.

Based at the HYLO Building in London, our state-of-the-art HQ, opened in 2023, spans 14,000 sq ft and includes a 1000 L pilot production facility, extensive R&D labs, a professional kitchen, hardware workshop and a beautiful office. As our Head of Facilities, your responsibilities will include:

• Leading day-to-day lab and facilities operations such as inventory management, ordering, equipment installation and maintenance


• Managing laboratory operations technicians, R&D technicians and procurement specialists


• Strategic planning including designing new buildings and facilities, ensuring regulatory and statutory compliance and planning our long-term growth to industrial scale


• Taking responsibility for our facilities and laboratories budget including laboratory purchasing, managing suppliers and vendors and procuring new capital equipment


• Managing critical utilities including HVAC, plumbing, temperature monitoring, gas and LN2 banks, cell banks and access controls


• Managing pilot plant utilities including bioreactors and SIP/CIP infrastructure, water filtration and waste disposal


• Acting as the company Health and Safety Officer


• Overseeing a world-class quality management / quality assurance system comprising risk assessments, SOPs, food safety plans, batch records, quality reports, CoAs and environmental monitoring. You'll work closely with our Quality team to build safe, compliant, market-ready production facilities for cultivated fat - in London and beyond.
  
  You must have at least five years' experience in facilities management in the ATMP manufacturing, fermentation or brewery industries, including:


• Running, maintaining, designing and commissioning production facilities


• Tendering and procuring capital equipment and infrastructure; purchasing and supplier management


• Coordinating health and safety in an industrial research and production environment


• Excellent working understanding of utilities and facility management including HVAC, MEP, compressed gases and cold storage


• Electronic lab notebook (ELN) and laboratory information management system (LIMS) management


• Line management and leadership


• Familiarity with microbiology, cell culture or bioprocessing


You should have experience in some, but not necessarily all, of the following areas:

• Familiarity with cell biology and bioprocess engineering


• Good laboratory practice (GLP)


• Good manufacturing practice (GMP)


• NEBOSH Health and Safety Level 6


• Quality management systems (ISO 9001)


• Laboratory automation
  
  Highly competitive salary


Stock option plan

Brand new lab and office in Old Street

Pension plan (matching up to 5% with a salary sacrifice scheme)

25 days' holiday + bank holidays

Private health insurance + gym discount

Supportive and collaborative environment

Being part of something amazing

Hoxton Farms is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces inclusion, diversity and belonging.