Building Services Manager

Willmott Dixon; Hitchin; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction company is seeking a Building Services Manager for a hybrid position in Hitchin. The role focuses on preconstruction phases, managing complex projects with expert MEP input, and ensuring strategies align with commercial viability. Candidates are expected to have managerial experience and a solid understanding of building regulations and sustainability requirements.

Benefits

Enhanced pension scheme

Heavily discounted private medical

Life assurance

Incentive bonus

Car scheme for sustainable travel

Qualifications

• Extensive experience managing M&E in diverse projects.
• Familiarity with procurement and delivery methodologies.
• Ability to manage detailed design reviews.

Responsibilities

• Manage technical appraisal of MEP designs ensuring quality and viability.
• Provide strategic advice on procurement during tender processes.
• Oversee MEP commissioning and integration with construction.

Skills

Managerial experience in building services sector

Understanding of Building Services Legislation

Understanding of sustainability requirements

Communication skills

Education

Level 4 qualification (HNC/NVQ4)

Working towards Membership of MCIOB/MCIBSE/MIET

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

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Willmott Dixon are currently recruiting for a Building Services Manager to join our London & East construction business. This will be a hybrid role with a 50/50 split of remote and office-based working from our office in Hitchin. You will be involved in projects across North London, the northern home counties, and East Anglia, helping us secure and set up high-quality schemes through expert MEP input at bid and early design stages.

This role will be preconstruction focused, you will shape the success of complex, multi-sector projects from the outset – ensuring our MEP strategies are commercially sound, technically robust, and aligned with delivery expectations. There may also be the opportunity to oversee the end-to-end delivery of MEP packages on live projects.

Some of the duties / responsibilities within this role will include:

• Managing the technical appraisal of MEP designs during early project stages to ensure quality, risk mitigation, and commercial viability

• Providing strategic advice on procurement, delivery methodologies, and MEP supply chain engagement during the tender process

• Building strong relationships with our MEP supply chain partners to ensure they deliver to budget, quality and time deadlines

• Carrying out detailed design reviews to validate compliance, value for money and buildability

• Identifying risks and developing mitigation strategies to ensure successful transition from preconstruction to operational phases

• Managing MEP commissioning and ensure seamless integration with the construction programme to achieve defect-free handovers.

• Supporting utility engagement, coordination, and risk identification throughout preconstruction

• Collaborating with estimators, planners, bid managers and design teams to produce well-informed, competitive tender submissions

• Helping to define sustainability and technical delivery targets in line with our “Now or Never” strategy

• Mentoring junior colleagues and contributing to internal reviews of building services elements across bids

You will ideally have the following skills / experience:

• Managerial experience in the building services sector.

• Good understanding of all Building Services Legislation/Guidance, Building Regulations and British Standards.

• Good Understanding of sustainability requirements in the built environment.

• Proficient use of Microsoft suite of Office programmes; inc. Excel, Word, Outlook and Project.

• Experience of managing M&E in a wide range of sectors and projects.

• Controlling costs, timing and quality in line with targets.

• Comfortable interacting with customers internally and externally.

• Accurate interpretation of project documentation.

• Good communication and negotiation skills.

• Minimum of level 4 qualification (i.e. HNC/NVQ4).

• Working towards Membership of relevant Professional organisation MCIOB/MCIBSE/MIET.

• Valid driving licence.

Willmott Dixon embraces diversity in the workplace and will consider flexible and agile working. We are a disability confident employer.

Benefits: In return we reward our people generously with a competitive package that gives you flexible benefits to fit your lifestyle and priorities. This includes but is not limited to, an enhanced pension scheme, full / heavily discounted private medical, life assurance, incentive bonus and a car scheme which will make us a market leader in sustainable company travel. Applicable roles will benefit from a motoring expenditure allowance (MEA) and everyone can access a new generation of low carbon and electric cars via the Willmott Dixon run car leasing scheme.

With over 170 years of rich history, Willmott Dixon’s purpose is beyond profit; delivering brilliant buildings, transforming lives, strengthening communities and enhancing the environment so our world is fit for future generations. Ensuring that we add lasting value to the neighbourhoods we work in; our values, people, innovation, partnerships and focus on sustainability has allowed us to build a successful and solid privately owned business where our people can thrive.

Willmott Dixon was awarded No 1 in the Best "big" Companies (2022) to work for and the Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2024 and is the first major contractor and developer to win a King’s Award for Enterprise in the category of sustainable development.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Management

• Industries

  Construction

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