Technical Services Manager

JR United Kingdom; England; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading facilities management company in the Greater Reading area seeks a Technical Services Manager to oversee engineering maintenance delivery. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in facilities management, proven team leadership skills, and be capable of ensuring compliance with statutory standards. This hands-on leadership role involves managing the engineering team, collaborating with project management, and enhancing processes within a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

Strong salary

Private healthcare

Qualifications

• Proven maintenance experience in a facilities environment.
• Strong management skills and a hands-on leadership approach.

Responsibilities

• Manage the engineering team for optimal performance.
• Assess supply chain performance.
• Collaborate with account stakeholders.
• Ensure statutory compliance.
• Upskill the engineering team.
• Innovate processes.

Skills

FM experience

Team leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Performance management

Contract compliance

Education

Engineering qualification

Job description

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• Notice periods of 1 month or less would be useful
• Mon to Fri, regular hours - site based in the Reading area
• Strong salary and private healthcare

Here at ISS, as one of the UK's largest and most successful Facilities Management (FM) providers, we are looking to recruit a Technical Services Manager to manage engineering maintenance delivery across the large and complex site in the Greater Reading area.

This role will manage an engineering team across M&E, Fabric, and small Projects within a fast-moving facilities environment. The team is tasked with delivering against a PPM and Reactive regimen.

We are seeking a confident Maintenance Manager with extensive FM experience, a proven track record of strong team leadership, performance management, stakeholder engagement, and ensuring contractual and compliance standards are met. This is a hands-on, traditional technical leadership role.

You will lead this effort, working closely with the Project Management team, Account Director, Soft Services, and various customer stakeholders.

Key actions include:

• Managing the engineering team for optimal performance
• Assessing supply chain performance
• Collaborating with wider account stakeholders
• Ensuring statutory compliance
• Upskilling the engineering team
• Innovating to improve processes

We need from you:

• An engineering qualification, proven maintenance experience, and strong management skills