The Industrial Facilities Management Training Course by The British Academy For Training and Development provides comprehensive knowledge and practical skills for managing the physical infrastructure, technical systems, assets, and support services of factories, manufacturing plants, production facilities, and industrial properties. The programme focuses on industrial operations, facility planning, engineering systems, asset management, safety, energy efficiency, and operational reliability.

Participants develop the capabilities required to coordinate plant maintenance, manage critical industrial assets, improve facility reliability, control operational risks, and optimise resource utilisation. The course integrates strategic facilities management principles with the technical and operational requirements of industrial environments, supporting safe, efficient, sustainable, and high-performing manufacturing facilities.

By completing the Industrial Facilities Management Training Course, participants will be able to:

• Understand the principles and scope of Industrial Facilities Management.
• Develop effective strategies for industrial operations.
• Manage facilities and infrastructure across factories and manufacturing plants.
• Improve preventive and corrective plant maintenance programmes.
• Apply effective industrial asset management and lifecycle planning.
• Improve reliability and availability of critical facility systems.
• Coordinate facilities management with production requirements.
• Identify and control operational, technical, and safety risks.
• Develop effective maintenance planning and scheduling systems.
• Improve energy, water, and resource efficiency.
• Manage industrial contractors and outsourced facilities services.
• Apply relevant facilities management KPIs.
• Strengthen emergency preparedness and business continuity.
• Support regulatory, environmental, and workplace safety requirements.
• Apply continuous improvement practices to industrial facilities operations.

Target Audience

The Industrial Facilities Management Training Course is designed for:

• Industrial Facilities Managers
• Manufacturing Facilities Managers
• Plant Managers
• Factory Operations Managers
• Plant Maintenance Managers
• Maintenance Engineers
• Industrial Engineering Professionals
• Asset Management Professionals
• Building Services Managers
• Engineering Managers and Supervisors
• Health and Safety Professionals
• Production and Operations Managers
• Property and Estate Managers
• Facilities Management Professionals
• Professionals seeking specialised Facilities Management Training Courses

Module 1: Fundamentals of Industrial Facilities Management

• Definition and scope of Industrial Facilities Management
• Role of facilities management in factories
• Industrial facility management structures
• Strategic and operational facilities management
• Responsibilities of industrial facilities managers
• Relationship between facilities and industrial operations
• Key challenges in industrial facilities management
• Integrating facilities services with production requirements

Module 2: Industrial Plant Operations and Facility Planning

• Principles of industrial operations
• Manufacturing plant infrastructure
• Facility layout and space planning
• Production support areas
• Warehouses and logistics facilities
• Utilities and service infrastructure
• Workflow and facility utilisation
• Capacity planning for industrial facilities
• Aligning facility planning with production objectives

Module 3: Plant Maintenance Management

• Principles of plant maintenance
• Preventive and corrective maintenance
• Planned preventive maintenance programmes
• Predictive and condition-based maintenance
• Maintenance scheduling and prioritisation
• Equipment reliability and availability
• Maintenance work orders and documentation
• Emergency and reactive maintenance
• Maintenance performance monitoring
• Integrating maintenance management with production operations

Module 4: Industrial Engineering and Building Systems

• Industrial engineering fundamentals
• Electrical power systems
• HVAC and industrial ventilation
• Plumbing and water systems
• Compressed air systems
• Steam and utility systems
• Fire protection systems
• Building automation and control systems
• Critical infrastructure reliability
• Engineering maintenance requirements

Module 5: Industrial Asset and Lifecycle Management

• Industrial asset management principles
• Asset registers and classification
• Critical asset identification
• Asset condition assessment
• Asset reliability and performance
• Lifecycle cost analysis
• Asset replacement and renewal planning
• Capital expenditure planning
• Risk-based asset management
• Long-term industrial infrastructure planning

Module 6: Health, Safety and Industrial Risk Management

• Industrial facilities risk management
• Hazard identification and risk assessment
• Workplace health and safety
• Machinery and equipment safety
• Electrical and mechanical safety
• Fire and emergency safety
• Chemical and hazardous material considerations
• Contractor safety management
• Incident reporting and investigation
• Risk mitigation and compliance

Module 7: Energy and Environmental Management

• Industrial energy management
• Energy-efficient facility systems
• Utility consumption monitoring
• Water conservation
• Industrial waste management
• Environmental performance monitoring
• Carbon reduction strategies
• Sustainable facility operations
• Resource efficiency
• Reducing operational energy costs

Module 8: Reliability, Resilience and Business Continuity

• Industrial facility resilience
• Critical infrastructure identification
• Emergency preparedness
• Utility failure response
• Power and water supply continuity
• Fire and evacuation planning
• Business continuity management
• Disaster recovery planning
• Critical service continuity
• Developing resilient industrial operations

Module 9: Contractor and Service Provider Management

• Industrial contractor management
• Selecting technical service providers
• Facilities service contracts
• Maintenance service-level agreements
• Contractor performance evaluation
• Quality assurance and compliance
• Contractor safety requirements
• Vendor coordination
• Cost and service optimisation
• Managing outsourced facilities services

Module 10: Digital Technologies in Industrial Facilities Management

• Computerised maintenance management systems
• Building management systems
• Digital asset registers
• Industrial facility monitoring
• Smart manufacturing facilities
• IoT-enabled asset monitoring
• Predictive plant maintenance
• Digital work orders and reporting
• Facility performance dashboards
• Data-driven industrial operations

Module 11: Performance Measurement and Continuous Improvement

• Industrial facilities management KPIs
• Facility performance measurement
• Maintenance performance indicators
• Asset reliability metrics
• Energy and resource performance
• Contractor performance measurement
• Facility audits and inspections
• Operational cost analysis
• Root cause analysis
• Continuous improvement methodologies

Module 12: Strategic Industrial Facilities Management

• Developing an Industrial Facilities Management strategy
• Integrating hard and soft facilities services
• Coordinating engineering and maintenance functions
• Aligning facilities management with production objectives
• Industrial facilities budgeting and cost management
• Asset investment and lifecycle planning
• Stakeholder coordination
• Operational resilience and business continuity
• Developing an integrated industrial facilities management framework