Engineering Manager – Building Services

Medical Protection Society; Leeds; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-target bonus 10%

Bonus up to 20%

Pension contributions up to 11%

25 days annual leave

Flexible holidays (buy/sell)

Private medical cover

Car Salary Sacrifice

Death in service 6x

Wellbeing support

Employee discounts

Job summary

Medical Protection Society (MPS) in Leeds City Centre is seeking 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 to our London office, Kings Cross.

This senior role within our Workplace team focuses on ensuring safe, efficient operations with full statutory compliance, overseeing building services, facilities engineering and lifecycle asset planning to support

Qualifications

• Senior facilities/engineering background with multi-discipline skills.
• Experience in electrical and mechanical building services.
• Strong knowledge of statutory compliance and health & safety.
• Proven ability to manage maintenance programmes and lifecycle plans.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering, maintenance and technical services.
• Oversee planned and reactive maintenance and statutory inspections.
• Own engineering compliance across building services and safety systems.
• Manage contractors and service providers, set performance standards.

Skills

Electrical bias

Multi-skilled

Maintenance planning

Contractors management

Building services

Education

Engineering qualification (Electrical/Mechanical)

Job description

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.

Benefits

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

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.

If you're an Engineering Manager, Technical Services Manager, Facilities Engineering Manager, Hard Services Manager or Estates Engineering professional looking for your next challenge, we'd love to hear from you.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, and we encourage you to apply even if you feel you do not match 100% of the technical requirements.We celebrate diversity, promote inclusivity and strive to create a work environment which ensures everyone can be heard.

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.