Facilities Manager
Helsing
Who we are
Helsing is a defence AI company. Our mission is to protect our democracies. We aim to achieve technological leadership, so that open societies can continue to make sovereign decisions and control their ethical standards.
As democracies, we believe we have a special responsibility to be thoughtful about the development and deployment of powerful technologies like AI. We take this responsibility seriously.
We are an ambitious and committed team of engineers, AI specialists and customer-facing programme managers. We are looking for mission-driven people to join our European teams – and apply their skills to solve the most complex and impactful problems. We embrace an open and transparent culture that welcomes healthy debates on the use of technology in defence, its benefits, and its ethical implications.
The role
The Facilities Manager plays a crucial role in ensuring the efficient operation, security, and safety of Helsing's facilities. This dynamic position involves managing hard services maintenance, overseeing site security, responding to emergencies, and maintaining high safety standards while providing exceptional support to the on-site team.
The day-to-day
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Maintenance Management: Oversee hard services maintenance and repair, including plumbing, electrical systems, HVAC, fire safety systems, elevators, and building fabric maintenance
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Security Management: Act as the Site Security Lead, ensuring all visitors are vetted, justified for entry, signed in, and receive a comprehensive safety brief upon arrival
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Site Oversight: Supervise building works and serve as the primary contact for contractors and the landlord to resolve site issues promptly
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Communication: Disseminate relevant information regarding site activities to staff and manage site safety communications, including safety notices and reports
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Safety Leadership: Serve as the safety lead for the site, conducting near miss investigations, managing safety notices, and acting as the Site Fire Marshal and First Aider. Oversee site and fire risk assessments (RA)
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Emergency Response: Respond to out-of-hours emergencies, providing key management and serving as the first point of contact for emergency situations
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Operational Management: Handle waste management, ensure adequate team facilities, and manage the payment of site-based invoices
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Client Relations: Coordinate customer visits in collaboration with the Office Manager and support the upkeep and running of Keystone
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Team Leadership: Line manage the office support team, ensuring effective collaboration and support for all site operations
You should apply if you
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Have proven experience in facilities management or a similar role
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Show strong understanding of hard services maintenance, including plumbing, electrical, HVAC, and other building systems
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Demonstrate excellent security and safety management skills, with experience in emergency response and risk assessments
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Have strong organisational and communication skills
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Can handle multiple priorities and work effectively under pressure
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Have proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
Note: We operate in an industry where women, as well as other minority groups, are systematically under-represented. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all the listed qualifications; ability and impact cannot be summarised in a few bullet points.
Join Helsing and work with world-leading experts in their fields
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Helsing’s work is important. You’ll be directly contributing to the protection of democratic countries while balancing both ethical and geopolitical concerns
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The work is unique. We operate in a domain that has highly unusual technical requirements and constraints, and where robustness, safety, and ethical considerations are vital. You will face unique Engineering and AI challenges that make a meaningful impact in the world
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Our work frequently takes us right up to the state of the art in technical innovation, be it reinforcement learning, distributed systems, generative AI, or deployment infrastructure. The defence industry is entering the most exciting phase of the technological development curve. Advances in our field of world are not incremental: Helsing is part of, and often leading, historic leaps forward
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In our domain, success is a matter of order-of-magnitude improvements and novel capabilities. This means we take bets, aim high, and focus on big opportunities. Despite being a relatively young company, Helsing has already been selected for multiple significant government contracts
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We actively encourage healthy, proactive, and diverse debate internally about what we do and how we choose to do it. Teams and individual engineers are trusted (and encouraged) to practise responsible autonomy and critical thinking, and to focus on outcomes, not conformity. At Helsing you will have a say in how we (and you!) work, the opportunity to engage on what does and doesn’t work, and to take ownership of aspects of our culture that you care deeply about
What we offer
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A focus on outcomes, not time-tracking
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Competitive compensation and stock options
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Relocation support
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Social and education allowances
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Regular company events and all-hands to bring together employees as one team across Europe
Helsing is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability or gender identity. Please do not submit personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, data concerning your health, or data concerning your sexual orientation.
