Building Services Manager

TN United Kingdom; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Building Services Manager to lead their Preconstruction team in the Midlands. This role focuses on managing the preconstruction phase, ensuring high-quality information and accurate costs while coordinating multiple projects. You will work closely with the estimating team and supply chain, ensuring compliance and technical excellence. The company values quality and customer service, offering a supportive environment with hybrid working arrangements. Join a team that prioritizes innovation and sustainability, and make a significant impact in the construction industry.

Benefits

Pension

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Bonus

Car scheme

Motoring expenditure allowance

Access to low carbon electric cars

Qualifications

• CSCS card and valid driving license required.
• Experience in managing services and technical compliance.

Responsibilities

• Manage qualitative, technical, and commercial appraisal of building services tenders.
• Coordinate with the supply chain and oversee service handovers.

Skills

Managerial experience in services sector

Understanding of M&E and services legislation

Commercial acumen

Proficiency in Microsoft Office

Experience with various M&E projects

Education

Level 4 qualification (HNC/NVQ4)

Job description

Building Services Manager - Preconstruction Team

We have an exciting opportunity to recruit a Building Services Manager to join our high-performing Preconstruction team in the Midlands. Willmott Dixon is driven by quality and customer service. As a family-owned company, we take pride in our core values. Having the right talent, culture, and values ensures a sustainable future, a trusted brand, and a career of a lifetime!

The successful candidate will manage the preconstruction phase through tender and design development, ensuring the production of high-quality information and accurate costs. You will work alongside our Preconstruction team, conducting technical reviews of tender documents, liaising with the estimating team, and adjusting designs accordingly. Additionally, you will coordinate the supply chain and oversee service handovers between preconstruction and delivery teams to ensure a compliant services tender. This role involves working across multiple projects simultaneously.

You will be based in our Birmingham or Nottingham office, with support for hybrid working arrangements.

Responsibilities

• Manage qualitative, technical, and commercial appraisal of building services tenders.
• Identify compliant services solutions for tenders.
• Ensure technical compliance of services design across projects.
• Conduct building services gap analysis.
• Coordinate with the supply chain.
• Participate in tender meetings, reviews, and adjudications.
• Oversee service handovers to ensure compliance.
• Uphold our customer-first ethic.

Requirements

Essential

• Appropriate CSCS card and valid driving license.
• Managerial experience in the services sector.
• Understanding of M&E and services legislation.
• Commercial acumen.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite.
• Experience with various M&E projects across sectors.

Desirable

• Level 4 qualification (HNC/NVQ4).
• Design or estimating experience.
• Progress towards MCIOB or CIBSE.

Additional Information

We offer a competitive package with flexible benefits, including pension, private medical, life assurance, bonus, and a car scheme supporting sustainable travel. Role-specific benefits include a motoring expenditure allowance and access to low carbon electric cars through our leasing scheme. We promote diversity, flexible, and agile working and are a disability-confident employer.

About Us

With 170 years of history, Willmott Dixon aims to deliver brilliant buildings, transform lives, and strengthen communities. Our values—people, innovation, partnerships, and sustainability—drive our success. Recognized as a top employer and awarded for sustainable development, we are committed to pioneering new construction methods and offering diverse career paths in a dynamic industry.