Facilities Team Leader

Equans UK & Ireland; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Equans is seeking a Facilities Team Leader for New Victoria Hospital, Glasgow, on a permanent basis. The role is full-time (37.5 hours/week) with a competitive salary and strong benefits.

You will lead site teams and contractors, ensuring compliance, client relationships and coordination of operations across the hospital. Reporting to the Technical Services Manager, the role emphasizes governance, continuous improvement and high standards of safety and service delivery.

Qualifications

• Technical leadership experience in facilities management
• Exposure to healthcare environments preferred
• Strong knowledge of HTMs/SHTMs and statutory standards

Responsibilities

• Lead site frontline team; manage in-house and contractor delivery
• Recruitment, induction, performance reviews and training
• Oversee safe work practices and health & safety compliance
• Provide monthly maintenance and KPI reports; support contract performance
• Escalate issues and participate in out-of-hours cover

Skills

Electrical bias

Mechanical bias

Building services

Education

City & Guilds Apprenticeship (Electrical/Mechanical/Building Services)

Job description

E quans is looking for a Facilities Team Leader to join our team at the New Victoria Hospital, Glasgow on a permanent basis. This is a full-time role working on average 37.5 hours per week. On offer is a competitive salary and in addition you will receive an excellent benefits package.

We are looking for a Facilities Team Leader to act as a key ambassador on a critical healthcare site. Reporting to the Technical Services Manager, you will provide site-based line management for all technical service delivery—overseeing in-house teams and contractors—ensuring compliance, managing client relationships, and coordinating operations across the site.

This pivotal role involves leadership, operational management, and fostering close collaboration to maintain and improve the quality, safety, and efficiency of maintenance services, ensuring standardised practices within the healthcare portfolio. You will also participate in an escalation process outside regular hours as required.

What will you deliver?

Lead, motivate, and develop the site frontline team to maximise their potential and deliver service excellence.

Manage recruitment, induction, performance reviews, and training aligned with company policies and mandatory standards.

Foster a positive, collaborative, and high-performing team environment demonstrating EQUANS values and behaviours.

Direct day-to-day service delivery for planned and reactive maintenance, ensuring compliance with contractual service levels, quality standards, and budgetary constraints.

Enhance stakeholder relationships by exceeding expectations and ensuring effective coordination across teams, suppliers, subcontractors, and customers.

Support the Technical Services Manager in contract delivery, growth initiatives, and commercial performance.

Promote continuous improvement, sharing best practices internally and with clients.

Provide accurate, timely monthly reports on maintenance activities, defects, small works, and contract KPIs.

Support SLA/KPI achievement and contribute to monthly client reporting.

Assist with quality monitoring audits, health & safety plans, risk assessments, and statutory compliance, including HTMs and SHTMs.

Build and maintain robust relationships with key stakeholders, including NHS clients, Project Co, suppliers, and staff representatives.

Act as the technical lead representing EQUANS on-site, making well-informed decisions and managing escalations.

Oversee safe work practices for internal teams and contractors, ensuring compliance with health & safety legislation and EQUANS policies.

Support continuous monitoring and maintenance of critical systems such as high voltage electrical systems and medical gases.

Proven leadership experience within a facilities management or technical service role, preferably in healthcare or similarly regulated environments.

Strong knowledge of statutory standards and healthcare technical memoranda (HTMs, SHTMs).

Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and interpersonal skills.

Demonstrated ability to manage teams effective with a focus on development and motivation. Commercial awareness with experience managing budgets, SLAs, and KPIs.

Resilient with the ability to handle work pressures and participate in out-of-hours escalation as needed.

Who are we looking for?

• You will need to be able to demonstrate a technical background within an electrical, mechanical or building services bias, preferably having had significant exposure to a Healthcare environment (desirable but not essential).

• Qualified to the appropriate levels associated to the relevant trades background, for example; City & Guilds Apprenticeship (or equivalent) within Electrical/Mechanical/Building Services bias having had at least 3/5 years within these roles and/or at Supervisory level.

• A further sought after preference is for a person to hold (or has held) an Authorised Person (AP) appointment within Medical Gas Pipeline Systems and/or Electrical or Mechanical bias. As a line manager, the Facilities Team Leader will be expected to act as an example to the front line Equans team; as such a person of similar character is required, as is a reputation which demonstrates confidence from all levels.

• Due to nature of the role the successful candidate will be required to obtain Disclosure Scotland to PVG Level.

Who are we?

In the UK & Ireland, Equans is a provider of sustainable facilities management and regeneration, and cutting‑edge energy and digital services. Our 15,000 employees combine these activities to deliver decarbonisation across the built environment and help businesses, communities, public sector organisations and government to accelerate the transition to a low carbon, resilient world. Globally, Equans is a world leader in the energy and services sector with operations in 20 countries, 90,000 employees working on 5 continents and a turnover of 19.2 billion euros in 2024. Equans is a subsidiary of the Bouygues group.

Our ambition

At Equans, we are driven by our ambition to be recognised for our operational excellence and as the best place to work for our employees. This commitment extends to achieving global and sustainable performance through Impact, ensuring that everything we do aligns with our core values—Accountability, Respect, Team Spirit, and Service Focus. We take ownership, act with integrity, and set high standards. We listen, support, and care for one another. We collaborate and build trust to achieve shared goals, always striving to meet our customers' needs in a proactive and pragmatic way. These values shape our culture, strengthen our community, and inspire us to deliver excellence every day.

What's next?

As part our commitment to better reflect the markets within which we operate, we encourage applications from women, ethnically diverse individuals and people with disabilities, along with all candidates who identify with protected characteristic groups under the Equality Act 2010. At Equans we’re committed to delivering a culture where everyone’s voice is heard and supported. We know the value a diverse workforce creates, delivering better results for our people, customers, and stakeholders. Diversity and inclusion is at the core of what we do, should you join Equans you’ll find a welcoming and open workplace where you’re supported and encouraged to be your true self at work.

You’ll also have access to our growing employee networks including AccessAbility (representing those with physical and mental disabilities), Encompass (representing the LGBTQ+ community), RISE (representing people from ethnic backgrounds), Veterans & Reservists, WOMEN Together (representing women in Equans), Working Parents, and Young Professionals.

For this role, you must have evidence of the right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we are not able to offer a re‑location package with this job role. Certain roles may require applicants to undergo a Disclosure check, as noted in the role requirements. The Equans Resourcing Team manage this requirement. Agency involvement is not required. All related enquiries should come to the resourcing team not direct to Equans Managers.