Facilities & Infrastructure Manager (imec Malaga)

Please submit your application in English, including a motivation letter. Applications that are not in English will not be considered.

Note: The role starts with a mandatory one-year training program in Belgium. Relocating to Belgium during this period is an essential requirement of the position. After the training year, you will continue your role from our Málaga location.

What you will do

The FAIN (Facilities and Infrastructure) department in imec has the mandate to develop, engineer, manage, maintain and operate buildings and facilities required for the imec activities to excell.

As a Facilities & Infrastructure Manager you report to the imec FAIN Ops Director in Leuven, Belgium (with functional reporting to the Regional Managing Director in Spain). You play a key role in managing, maintaining, operating, improving the imec building as well as the cleanroom processes in Malaga by:

• Lead, coach and inspire a team of internal and external FAIN professionals by fostering a safe, inclusive and diverse working environment where the imec culture is actively lived. You create strong team engagement, support individual development, and act as a change ambassador within your team.
• Managing relationships with relevant business owners (internal customers) within the site to ensure that needs are documented and delivered upon, by agreeing on targets, organizing regular follow-ups and adapting if necessary.
• Ensuring that each asset (building, installations, outdoor areas…) is well managed throughout the lifecycle by proper engineering, construction, maintenance, repairs & improvements/innovations according to the applicable regulations, imec’s ambitions & industry standard. All this, to ensure a safe, sustainable, continuous and functional environment for the company, employees and visitors.
• Always acting with the core imec activities (cleanroom, laboratories, …) in mind, both during operations, unplanned outages as well as planned shutdowns. You do this by starting from a zero incident mindset, meaning that maintenance, risk assessment, continuous improvement and proactivity play a key role in your day-to-day management.
• Being responsible for sourcing (with Procurement support) as well as the implementation, management and coordination of external suppliers at unit level. This includes the evaluation of supplier contracts in accordance with the internal governance structure to constantly improve quality/cost ratio.
• Owning the technical documentation of the buildings and their installations, as well as the specs on hard and soft services.
• Being accountable for the end to end financial processes for the activities and services under the scope of the role: long term financial planning, annual budget preparation, forecasting, spend management and reporting.
• Being responsible for developing the team's competencies and performance and for succession planning in the unit

What we do for you

We offer you the opportunity to join one of the world’s premier research centers in nanotechnology at its headquarters in Leuven, Belgium. With your talent, passion and expertise, you’ll become part of a team that makes the impossible possible. Together, we shape the technology that will determine the society of tomorrow.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and proud of our open, multicultural, and informal working environment with ample possibilities to take initiative and show responsibility. We commit to supporting and guiding you in this process; not only with words but also with tangible actions. Through imec.academy, 'our corporate university', we actively invest in your development to further your technical and personal growth.

We are aware that your valuable contribution makes imec a top player in its field. Your energy and commitment are therefore appreciated by means of a market appropriate salary with many fringe benefits.

Who you are

• You have a proven track record in people management.
• You have a master’s degree (or equivalent by practice, at least 3 year), preferably in an industrial, technical or Facilities Management related discipline. You have an analytical mind, and you have a good understanding of financial, risk & project management (practical experience in project management is a plus).
• You are an inspirational team player with proven leadership experience of minimal 3 years (eg. change management, self-leadership, ability to create a safe, structured & stable workplace, …). You are a mature & empathic leader, open and accessible, and you go easy on social contacts.
• You are service minded & customer oriented, hands-on and you ‘see work’ with a strong will to improve; you are proactive, stress resistant, you show a high degree of autonomy and take initiative within the framework of your role
• Your understanding, speaking & writing of Spanish is fluent and for English moderate to good.
• Strong skills in digital solutions like Microsoft Office and collaboration‑tool, CAFM/FMIS tools, SAP, … are a must —you’re eager to keep learning and be a digital ambassador.
• You can be on-site at least 4 days out of 5 (more during build up & commissioning)

Please submit your application in English, including a motivation letter. Applications that are not in English will not be considered.

IMEC and its affiliates will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. IMEC will consider unsolicited referrals and/or resumes submitted by vendors such as search firms, staffing agencies, professional recruiters, fee-based referral services and recruiting agencies (hereafter “Agency”) to have been referred by the Agency free of charge. IMEC will not pay a fee to any Agency that does not have a prior written agreement with IMEC, validated by its HR department, in place regarding a specific job opening and allowing to submit resumes.