Facilities Supervisor
vishay· EU119 Vishay Newport Ltd
About this role
What you will do
- Provide day-to-day supervision, coaching, and performance management of 12 Facilities Shift Technicians across both rotational shifts, ensuring adequate cover, competency, and morale at all times
- Own the shift handover process, ensuring outstanding actions, alarms, plant status, and safety observations are clearly communicated and closed out between teams
- Plan, allocate, and prioritise daily work — planned preventive maintenance, unplanned/reactive maintenance, and project support work — across the technician and apprentice team
- Ensure full and accurate completion of maintenance records, shift logs, BMS interrogation results, and readings, driving right-first-time documentation to support regulatory compliance
- Act as an escalation point for site alarms, plant faults, and breakdowns, mobilising the appropriate resource and ensuring timely rectification and root cause follow-up
- Own and drive the apprentice development programme, ensuring structured, safe, and progressive exposure to electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, and BMS disciplines
- Support and enforce safe systems of work, permit to work, LOTO, confined space, and other high-hazard controls across all shift activities
- Monitor and report on Facilities KPIs including PPM compliance, breakdown response times, and backlog, identifying and driving improvement actions
- Liaise closely with the Facilities Manager, EHS, Manufacturing, and R&M teams to ensure Facilities service delivery meets site and customer needs
- Lead or support routine testing and compliance activity on life safety systems, including sprinkler and fire alarm systems, and other statutory plant
- Identify, coach, and close out skills and knowledge gaps within the team through structured mentoring and on-the-job training
- Support recruitment, onboarding, and induction of new shift technicians and apprentices
- Deputise for the Facilities Manager as required, including representation at meetings
What you will need
- Recognised craft/technical qualification (electrical, mechanical, or multi-skilled) with a strong working knowledge of facilities plant, BMS systems, and critical utilities in a manufacturing or process environment
- Proven experience supervising or leading a shift-based maintenance or facilities technician team, ideally within a semiconductor, pharmaceutical, or other high-hazard/regulated site
- Strong understanding of safe systems of work, permit to work, and statutory compliance requirements (e.g. PSSR, DSEAR/ATEX, life safety systems)
- Demonstrated ability to plan and prioritise resource across competing planned and reactive workloads
- Confident communicator, comfortable liaising across Manufacturing, EHS, and senior Facilities leadership
- A genuine coaching and mentoring mindset, with a track record of developing technicians and apprentices
- IOSH/NEBOSH qualification (or working towards) an advantage
- Flexibility to respond to occasional out-of-hours escalations in support of the 24/7 shift operation
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the salary disclosed for the Facilities Supervisor position at vishay?
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Where is the Facilities Supervisor position at vishay located?
This Facilities Supervisor role at vishay is based in Newport, UK. The position is listed as on-site or hybrid. Check the full job description or apply directly to confirm the work arrangement.
Is the Facilities Supervisor role at vishay full-time or part-time?
This is listed as a Full time position. It is posted as a Facilities Supervisor role in the EU119 Vishay Newport Ltd department at vishay.
Which team or department does the Facilities Supervisor at vishay belong to?
This Facilities Supervisor position is part of the EU119 Vishay Newport Ltd department at vishay. See the full job description for more information about the team structure and responsibilities.
How do I apply for the Facilities Supervisor position at vishay?
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When was the Facilities Supervisor job at vishay posted?
This Facilities Supervisor position at vishay was posted on Jul 24, 2026. Apply as soon as possible — early applications are often reviewed first.
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