Building Services Manager

Wates Group; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Wates Group is seeking a Building Services Manager in London to lead M&E services on major residential projects. The role focuses on delivering high-quality homes while ensuring compliance with corporate policies. Join a leading company committed to sustainable building practices and community impact.

Benefits

Competitive salary & profit share scheme

Car Allowance / Company Car

Private Medical

Pension 8% employers’ contribution

Health and Wellness programme

26 days holidays + bank holidays

Customizable learning and development programmes

Industry leading family leave benefits

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing MEP projects valued at £15m or more.
• Strong leadership skills and ability to motivate technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the engineering workforce delivering hard M&E services.
• Monitor and manage M&E programme alignment with construction schedule.
• Organise and lead M&E progress meetings with stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership

Problem Solving

Stakeholder Communication

Job description

This is a Full Time/Flexible Working , Permanent vacancy that will close in 19 days at 23:59 BST .

The Vacancy

Wates Group is seeking a Building Services Manager to join our Residential team in London. You’ll play a key role on a major residential scheme, delivering high-quality new homes to local communities.

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to projects that make a real difference, while supporting excellence in mechanical and electrical (M&E) services delivery.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Building Services Manager, you will support the operations team by ensuring first-class sustainable M&E performance, while complying with Wates Group’s Operating Framework and corporate policies. Your focus will be on leadership, value creation, and delivering best-in-class building services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage the engineering workforce delivering hard M&E services, compliance, and Operating Framework (OF) delivery.
• Support the planning and delivery of extra works and M&E/fabric-related projects.
• Monitor and manage M&E programme alignment with the Wates Residential construction schedule.
• Organise and lead M&E progress meetings; liaise with operational site teams and external stakeholders.
• Lead mobilisation of new buildings across a dynamic property portfolio, including due diligence, risk assessments, and dilapidation surveys.
• Ensure company policies and procedures are consistently applied across the region.

We are looking for an experienced and driven professional with proven experience managing MEP projects valued at £15m or more. Strong leadership skills and the ability to motivate technical teams. Expertise in building services compliance and health & safety regulations. A proactive approach to problem-solving and stakeholder communication and knowledge of M&E systems in residential construction.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Competitive salary & profit share scheme
• Car Allowance / Company Car (subject to Role/Grade)
• Travel covered to any of our sites (subject to HMRC advisory rates)
• Extensive corporate benefits including, Private Medical, Pension 8% employers’ contribution, Health and Wellness programme, 26 days holidays + bank holidays and much more…
• One of the best learning and development programmes which is customizable to support your career progression goals. (c.7000 training sessions delivered year to date across the WATES Group)
• Industry leading family leave benefits to included 26 weeks fully paid maternity, 8 weeks fully paid paternity.

We are always looking for a variety of new talent to join our teams, to help us grow and innovate as a business. Although you may not have all of the skills listed, many of them may be transferable to other roles within the WATES Group.

If you would like clarity on any of our vacancies, discuss career opportunities in strict confidence or need anything to make our recruitment process easier, please contact our In-House Recruitment Team directly or via [e-mail] and one of us will get in touch as soon as possible.

As a responsible and inclusive employer, we are committed to equality and are proud to have been recognised for this through a range of accolades including gold accreditation with Investors in People, we are also a Disability Confident employer. Being a family owned, business means we understand and value long term relationships.

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies. Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:

Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in, and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer. We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.

Awards

BEST PROJECT

BEST PROJECT

Inside Housing Development Awards

WINNER

WINNER

2022 Construction News Awards Winner

GOLD AWARD

GOLD AWARD

Investors in People 2022

GOLD AWARD

GOLD AWARD

Considerate Constructors Schemes (CCS) National Site Awards

TOP 50 EMPLOYERS

TOP 50 EMPLOYERS

2022 Top 50 Employers for Women

WINNER