Operations Advisor - Technical & Building Services

Linklaters; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical Insurance

Free in-house fitness centre

Free onsite GP service

Pension and flexible savings options

Income protection and life assurance

Mortgage advice and will-writing

Electric car and cycle to work schemes

Emergency family care

Additional holiday/birthday leave

Maternity/paternity/shared parental-le

Travel insurance and season ticket

Option to join sports and social clubs

Job summary

Linklaters is seeking an experienced facilities professional to oversee building and technical services across UK offices. You will coordinate contractors, ensure compliant operations, and drive improvements to keep offices running smoothly in a fast-paced professional services environment.

Ideal candidates have a strong background in building operations, maintenance, and health & safety, with proven ability to manage multiple projects and stakeholders while minimising disruption.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience overseeing building and technical services
• Experience managing cross-functional facilities services including engineering, cleaning, security and health & safety
• Strong understanding of building operations, maintenance, compliance, inspections and quality control
• Experience working with project teams, consultants and contractors to deliver high-quality results
• Confidence overseeing suppliers and contractors and holding them to agreed standards
• Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining reliable services and minimising disruption
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills
• A proactive, practical mindset with an eye for identifying issues, improving services and preventing problems

Responsibilities

• Supporting technical, engineering and facilities services across UK offices.
• Keeping building systems reliable, efficient and fully operational.
• Working closely with landlords, suppliers, contractors and internal teams.
• Supporting the delivery of facilities services, including cleaning, security and waste management.
• Leading building changes, moves and projects, with a focus on compliance, quality and minimal disruption.
• Overseeing maintenance, repairs, inspections, testing and defect resolution.
• Monitoring supplier performance and service quality to ensure agreed standards are met.
• Managing supplier budgets and cost plans.
• Using operational data and insights to identify improvements and develop proactive, preventative plans.

Skills

Building services leadership

Cross-functional facilities

Health & safety awareness

Project coordination

Supplier management

Stakeholder management

Multi-priority management

Proactive mindset

Job description

About us:

Linklaters is a global law firm, providing legal services in 20 countries and through 30 offices.

Linklaters is a people business. Being best in class in the eyes of our clients means that our people must be exceptional.

We look not only for brilliant minds, but for people who will thrive in our environment: people who love working collaboratively and demonstrate the innovative, efficient, agile, entrepreneurial, and responsible mind-set we aim to bring to every interaction.

Ours is an environment of outperformance. We achieve this not with targets and incentives, but by fostering a positive, supportive, fair, and open atmosphere.

We respect and value difference but insist on inclusivity. We celebrate all aspects of diversity and challenge any form of bias. This is vital to our ability to work as one team, with a common goal.

The role:

Do you enjoy keeping complex buildings running smoothly, solving problems before they escal...

This is a broad, hands-on role where no two days will look quite the same. You could be reviewing building performance, coordinating contractors, resolving a technical issue or leading an office move or improvement project.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Supporting technical, engineering and facilities services across our UK offices.
• Keeping building systems reliable, efficient and fully operational.
• Working closely with landlords, suppliers, contractors, consultants and internal teams.
• Supporting the delivery of facilities services, including cleaning, security and waste management.
• Leading building changes, moves and projects, with a focus on compliance, quality and minimal disruption.
• Overseeing maintenance, repairs, inspections, testing and defect resolution.
• Monitoring supplier performance and service quality to ensure agreed standards are met.
• Managing supplier budgets and cost plans.
• Using operational data and insights to identify improvements and develop proactive, preventative plans.

What we’re looking for:

We’re looking for an experienced technical and building services professional who is just as comfortable solving an operational issue as they are coordinating suppliers, stakeholders and projects.

You’ll bring strong technical knowledge, a practical approach and the confidence to work across a range of building and facilities services. You’ll be proactive, solutions-focused and able to keep things moving in a busy professional environment.

You’ll ideally have:

• 5+ years’ experience overseeing building and technical services, ideally within a global professional services organisation.
• Experience managing cross-functional facilities services, including engineering, cleaning, security and health & safety.
• A strong understanding of building operations, maintenance, compliance, inspections and quality control.
• Experience working with project teams, consultants and contractors to deliver high-quality results.
• Confidence overseeing suppliers and contractors and holding them to agreed standards.
• The ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining reliable services and minimising disruption.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• A proactive, practical mindset with an eye for identifying issues, improving services and preventing problems before they arise.

What’s on offer:

Joining Team Linklaters will see you qualify for a range of benefits designed to reward the vital contribution you’ll be making to our success. These include:

Health & Wellbeing

• Private Medical Insurance
• Free in-house fitness centre and subsidised health club memberships
• Free onsite GP service and periodic health assessments

Finance

• Pension and flexible savings optionsIncome protection and life assurance
• Mortgage advice and will-writing services

Family & Lifestyle

• Electric car and cycle to work schemes
• Emergency family care
• Additional holiday/birthday leave.
• Maternity/paternity/shared parental leave
• Travel insurance and season ticket loan
• Option to join sports and social clubs, as well as our employee networks groups (such as our Gender Equality, With Pride, or Social Mobility Networks)

Technical Skills

This list of duties and responsibilities above is not exhaustive. It is intended to describe the general content of, and requirements for, the performance of this job. As such, the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required.

Application Policy

Applications and CVs (direct or via agency) are only accepted online via the portal.Queries related to our roles must be directed to the relevant recruitment team and not the partners, practices or stakeholders [e-mail] for legal roles or [e-mail] for business team roles ).