Engineering Manager - Building Services

Medical Protection Society; Leeds; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus 10-20%

Employer pension contribution up to 11

25 days annual leave

Private Medical Cover

Car Salary Sacrifice

Death in service 6x salary

Wellbeing support

Discounts on retail and travel

Job summary

Medical Protection Society (MPS) is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead building services, facilities engineering and maintenance across Leeds and London offices. The role focuses on safe, efficient operations, compliance with statutory requirements and protecting business continuity.

You will manage hard FM activities, drive maintenance programmes, and oversee service providers while contributing to sustainability and energy initiatives within a corporate office setting.

Qualifications

• Multi-skilled engineering background with electrical bias.
• Engineering qualification in Electrical and/or Mechanical Engineering.
• Strong understanding of facilities management, building services and maintenance operations.
• Experience managing planned and reactive maintenance programmes.
• Knowledge of statutory compliance and health & safety legislation.
• Experience managing contractors, suppliers and service partners.
• Experience developing maintenance plans, asset strategies and operational improvements.

Responsibilities

• Leading engineering, maintenance and technical services.
• Managing all hard FM activities, including planned and reactive maintenance and statutory inspections.
• Owning engineering compliance across building services, electrical systems, water hygiene, fire safety and regulatory requirements.
• Managing engineering and security service providers, setting performance standards and driving continuous improvement.
• Developing asset management and lifecycle plans to improve reliability, resilience and value for money.
• Leading engineering projects, minor works and improvement programmes with minimal disruption to business operations.
• Using CAFM systems, building data and smart building technologies to support proactive maintenance strategies.
• Contributing to sustainability and energy reduction initiatives across the workplace portfolio.
• Providing engineering expertise during incidents and supporting business continuity and resilience planning.

Skills

Electrical bias

Facilities management

Maintenance management

Contractors management

Regulatory compliance

Asset management

Education

Electrical/Mechanical Engineering qualification

Tools

CAFM systems

Job description

Engineering Manager – Building Services

Location: Leeds City Centre (office-based)

Contract: Permanent

Working Pattern: Full Time

Salary: £highly competitive

We're looking for an experienced Facilities Engineering Manager to lead engineering, maintenance, compliance and technical operations.

You’ll be office based in Leeds City Centre with occasional travel (typically no more than once per month) to our office in London, Kings Cross. In addition to a highly competitive salary, you’ll receive a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

• A discretionary on-target bonus of 10%. Up to a max 20% based on performance
• Up to 11% employer pension contribution
• 25 days annual leave. Flexible public holidays and option to buy/sell additional leave
• Private Medical Cover
• Car Salary Sacrifice scheme
• 6x salary death in service
• Holistic health and wellbeing support package
• Significant range of high street retail and travel discounts

About the role

This is a senior position within our Workplace team, with responsibility for ensuring our Leeds and London offices operate safely, efficiently and in full compliance with statutory requirements. You'll be the subject matter expert for building services, facilities engineering and maintenance operations, helping to create exceptional environments for colleagues and visitors while protecting business continuity and managing risk.

As our new Engineering Manager, you will be:

• Leading engineering, maintenance and technical services
• Managing all hard FM activities, including planned preventative maintenance, reactive maintenance and statutory inspections.
• Owning engineering compliance across building services, electrical systems, water hygiene, fire safety and associated regulatory requirements.
• Managing engineering and security service providers, setting performance standards and driving continuous improvement.
• Developing asset management and lifecycle plans to improve reliability, resilience and value for money.
• Leading engineering projects, minor works and improvement programmes with minimal disruption to business operations.
• Using CAFM systems, building data and smart building technologies to support efficient, proactive maintenance strategies.
• Contributing to sustainability and energy reduction initiatives across the workplace portfolio.
• Providing engineering expertise during incidents and supporting business continuity and resilience planning.

We're seeking a technically credible engineering leader who combines strong building services knowledge with excellent stakeholder management and commercial awareness.

You’ll bring:

• Multi-skilled engineering background, ideally with an electrical bias.
• Engineering qualification in Electrical and/or Mechanical Engineering
• Strong understanding of facilities management, building services and maintenance operations.
• Experience managing planned and reactive maintenance programmes.
• Knowledge of statutory compliance and health & safety legislation.
• Experience managing contractors, suppliers and service partners.
• Experience developing maintenance plans, asset strategies and operational improvements.

Not essential, but you may also bring:

• IOSH or NEBOSH qualification.
• Membership of a relevant professional body such as IWFM.
• Experience within a corporate office, commercial property, financial services or professional services environment.
• Experience of smart building technologies, sustainability programmes and data-led maintenance strategies.

Who We Are

Medical Protection Society (MPS) is the world’s leading protection organisation for Doctors, Dentists and healthcare professionals. We protect and support the professional interests of almost 300,000 Members around the world.

We are a not-for-profit organisation, meaning our Members’ premiums are kept safe should our Members require support for complaints or claims arising from professional practice, or invested into bettering the organisation, our colleagues and our products.

Our philosophy is to support safe practice in medicine and dentistry by helping to avert problems in the first place. We also actively campaign for regulatory and legal reforms that benefit Members and the wider healthcare professions.

To do this, we need colleagues who are trusted and supported to deliver their best work, whether that be through leadership development, fully-funded training courses or peer-to-peer support. We want our colleagues to feel empowered enough to deliver positive change, display ambition to push themselves and are determined when faced with a challenge, whilst ensuring our Member’s best interests are at the core.