Building Services Manager

BAM UK & Ireland; Metropolitan Borough of Solihull; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

8% matched pension contributions

Private healthcare

Life assurance

26 days holiday

Wellbeing days

Volunteering day

Development opportunities

Flexible benefits

Job summary

BAM UK & Ireland is recruiting a Building Services Manager to join our Central region. The role focuses on managing M&E subcontractors, coordinating drawings, and ensuring commissioning readiness while maintaining BAM Best Practice and safety standards.

The incumbent will report to the Project Manager, liaise with engineers and consultants, and drive progress through effective meetings and document control.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in the building services environment and coordinating with M&E subcontractors.
• Strong interpersonal and client engagement skills to work with external consultants.
• Ability to manage a multi-disciplinary project team and lead effectively.
• Excellent communication skills for internal reporting and client liaising.

Responsibilities

• Report to the Project Manager on building services performance and subcontractor progress.
• Liaise with mechanical, electrical or public health engineers, designers or consultants as needed.
• Ensure health and safety compliance per BAM policy and site requirements.
• Maintain an accurate day-to-day site diary with instructions, coordination issues and progress.
• Manage M&E subcontractors per BAM Best Practice and ensure quality against drawings and specs.
• Coordinate information flow and drawing production with subcontractors and suppliers.
• Conduct subcontractor progress meetings and identify actions to keep programme on track.
• Ensure commissioning readiness with accurate timing for power, gas and water availability.

Skills

Building services experience

Interpersonal skills

Client engagement

Team leadership

Communication skills

Multitasking

Job description

Building a sustainable tomorrow

What if your next step led further than you thought?

With a reputation built over 150 years, BAM has the depth, scale and momentum to offer you more than a next step. We offer you a path. One that can take you across sectors, into leadership, or even around the world. We invest in development because we want our people to stay and grow. Wherever you want to go, we’ll help you get there.

BAM UK&I is recruiting a Building Services Manager to join our Central region.

Making Possible

• The Building Services Manager will be responsible to the Project Manager for the satisfactory management of the building services subcontractors and will monitor the subcontractor's progress in meeting the installation programme and the construction commitment.
• Where additional assistance is required for items of a purely technical nature, the Building Services Manager will liaise directly with the requisite mechanical, electrical or public health engineer, designer or consultant.
• The Building Services Manager's responsibilities in pursuance of the adequate package management of services subcontractors will include:
• The Building Services Manager will be responsible for all things in respect of Health and Safety that are detailed within the Company's Health and Safety Policy.
• The Building Services Manager will be responsible for maintaining an accurate day-to-day site diary detailing instructions issued, coordination issues identified, new activities started on site, levels of attendance by subcontractors, delays suffered, etc.
• The management of the M&E subcontractors in line with BAM Best Practice procedures & delivery processes.
• Ensure the services installations are of an acceptably high commercial quality suitable for the application and have been installed in accordance with the relevant M&E services specification and the formally issued construction drawings for the project.
• Ensure the services installations are installed following good engineering principles, in accordance with the specification and that the design intent will be met.
• Manage the information flow & Drawing Production from subcontractors & suppliers in line with the programme.
• Ensure the subcontractor(s) has adequate and competent site staff, operatives, and subcontractors to manage the installation to meet the requirements of the project documents.
• Ensure the subcontractor(s) properly issues Request for Information schedules in accordance with the drawing/procurement programmes, to enable the design engineer/client response/reply for information to be properly integrated into the drawings in accordance with the construction requirements.
• Conduct subcontractor progress meetings to monitor the Subcontractor(s) performance, progress and to identify any actions.
• Ensure a Commissionability Review for the testing and commissioning have been properly agreed and required 'power on', 'gas available' and 'water available' dates are properly identified together with the requisite services/ construction completion requirements to enable effective commissioning to be carried out.
• Ensure the true programme implications are properly reviewed and identified with Subcontractor(s) when requested, prior to the issue of amendment variation orders or instructions.
• Ensure that any additional work is carried out only through authorised Change Management Instruction to Subcontractor and/or variation amendments orders issued.
• Report the progress of works, every month the Building Services Manager will be expected to produce an accurate up-to-date written report concerning all aspects of the services installation for inclusion into the main site meeting report.
• At the discretion of the Construction Director, the Building Services Manager is encouraged to attend client meetings to explain the services report. The Building Services Manager may be similarly required to attend other progress and design development meetings as directed.

Your team

To be based in the Central region

What's in it for you?

• Competitive salary
• A wide range of family friendly policies
• 8% matched pension contributions
• Private healthcare
• Life assurance
• 26 days holiday
• 2 wellbeing days
• 1 volunteering day
• Personal and professional development
• Flexible benefit pot

What do you bring to the role?

• You will have demonstrable experience working in the building services environment, have strong interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively engage with clients and external consultants while building relationships internally and externally.
• You will understand both internally and external delivery project procurement processes, and be comfortable working in a time critical, fast-moving environment.
• Have the ability to manage a multi-disciplinary team.
• You will be able to demonstrate effective and persuasive internal and external communication skills.
• Ability to multi-task and provide focus, direction and solutions where required.

About BAM

Building a sustainable tomorrow. That's our mission and our promise at BAM. It's how we engineer vital infrastructure and construct high-quality buildings as one of the largest construction companies in Europe.

We strive to create an environment where everybody feels welcome and valued. We're on an exciting journey to employ the best talent to join us regardless of social background, race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or other characteristics.

The application process

BAM is committed to ensuring a fully inclusive recruitment and onboarding process, so if at any time you feel you may need any reasonable adjustments, do not hesitate to speak with one of our team, and we will do our best to support you. Join us in Making Possible

Closing date for all applications is 20th October 2026