Building Services Team Leader

Nelson Permanent Placements; Burton Latimer; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

Nelson Permanent Placements are recruiting for a Building Services Team Leader to oversee day-to-day building maintenance on a busy manufacturing site. You will lead a team of skilled tradespeople, coordinating planned and reactive works to ensure timely delivery.

The role requires hands-on delivery, strong health and safety discipline, and close collaboration with the client and service desk to log, record and invoice activities accurately.

Qualifications

• Experience in building maintenance or facilities management.
• Proven team leadership experience.
• Strong organisational and problem-solving skills.
• Health and safety qualification.
• Experience in manufacturing or industrial environments.
• Experience with RAMS and risk assessments.
• Ability to liaise with service desk and clients.

Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise a team of skilled tradespeople.
• Ensure activities are completed safely, efficiently and to quality standards.
• Act as the primary point of contact for the client and log work requests through a CMMS system.
• Liaise with the service desk to ensure work is recorded, logged and invoiced correctly.
• Coordinate availability of materials, equipment and external contractors.
• Provide technical guidance and prepare RAMS where required.
• Promote a strong health and safety culture.
• Identify opportunities to improve service delivery.

Skills

Building maintenance

Facilities management

Team leadership

Problem solving

Customer service

Stakeholder management

Trade experience

Health and safety

Manufacturing environment

RAMS / risk assessment

Education

Health and safety qualification

Tools

CMMS system

Job description

Nelson Permanent Placements are recruiting for Building Services Team Leader to be responsible for leading the day to day building maintenance activities on a busy manufacturing site.

The role consists of overseeing and supporting the delivery of planned and reactive maintenance and repair work on the facility, ensuring jobs are completed within the agreed timescales.

This is a hands-on delivery role and would suit somebody with a strong trades background such as plumbing, carpentry or multi-disciplined.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise a team of skilled tradespeople
• Ensure activities are completed safely, efficiently and in line with quality standards
• Act as the primary point of contact for the client, logging and monitoring work requests through a CMMS system
• Liaise with the service desk to ensure work is recorded logged and invoiced correctly
• Coordinate the availability of materials, equipment and external contractors
• Provide technical guidance, assess job requirements and preparing risk assessments and RAMS where required
• Promote strong health and safety culture
• Identify opportunities to improve service delivery

Skills and Experience

• Proven experience within building maintenance, facilities management or building services
• Previous experience leading or supervising a team
• Strong organisational and problem solving skills
• Demonstrate the ability to improve service
• Excellent customer service and stakeholder management skills, ability to build positive working relationships
• Relevant trade experience
• Health and safety qualification
• Previous experience in a similar role
• Experience of working in a manufacturing or industrial environment

Please be advised that our client can only accept applications from candidates who have a valid legal permit or right to work in the United Kingdom. Potential candidates who do not have this right or permit, or are pending an application to obtain this right or permit should not apply, as your details will not be processed.