Technical Services Manager

Sodexo Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing platform

Employee Assistance Program

24h Virtual GP

Discounts scheme

Pension plan

Learning & development

Bike to Work

Enhanced benefits

Job summary

Sodexo is seeking an experienced Technical Services Manager based in London to lead and mentor the London engineering team while providing governance across seven UK locations. You will oversee safe, compliant, and reliable services in a high-profile corporate environment and travel regularly to UK sites.

You will drive technical standards, manage contractors, and contribute to lifecycle planning and capital investments in a complex facilities portfolio.

Qualifications

• Engineering qualification such as NVQ Level 5, HNC, HND or equivalent.
• Strong knowledge of building services, statutory compliance and safe systems of work.
• Experience managing onsite engineering teams, including performance, training and development.
• Experience providing technical governance across multiple sites, suppliers or delivery teams.
• Knowledge of PPM, reactive maintenance, RAMS, permits and safe isolation.
• Experience managing specialist contractors and technical suppliers.
• Understanding of technical budgets, expenditure, forecasting and quotations.
• Experience supporting lifecycle planning, minor projects and capital works.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to provide clear technical advice to senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop and support the London engineering team, ensuring strong performance and accountability.
• Provide technical governance and assurance across the wider UK account.
• Ensure statutory compliance, safe systems of work and engineering standards are maintained.
• Oversee planned, proactive and reactive maintenance, ensuring work is delivered safely and effectively.
• Manage technical contractors, suppliers and specialist service partners, including performance and compliance.
• Conduct technical audits, identify risks and ensure corrective actions are completed.
• Monitor engineering KPIs, maintenance data, compliance records and service performance.
• Provide technical advice to senior Sodexo and client stakeholders on OPEX, CAPEX and service improvement.
• Support lifecycle planning, asset management, minor projects and capital investment decisions.
• Lead technical incident investigations and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Building services engineering

Leadership

Technical governance

Multi-site management

Stakeholder communication

Education

NVQ Level 5

HNC/HND or equivalent

Tools

BMS

Job description

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Competitive per annum plus Sodexo Benefits

Working Hours:

40

Location:

London

Closing Date:

06/10/2026

Job Category:

Facilities Management

UK Corporate Services

Job Introduction

• Full time
• Monday-Friday
• Competitive per annum plus our Sodexo employee benefits package
• Opportunities for professional development

Technical Services Manager

Location: London, with regular UK travel
Base: London EC1A 4HT

Engineer a brighter future.

Sodexo is looking for an experienced Technical Services Manager to lead engineering services for our prestigious global law account.

Based in London, you will provide direct leadership to the London engineering team while providing technical governance and assurance across seven UK locations: London, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Liverpool and Sheffield.

This is a key technical leadership role, responsible for ensuring safe, compliant and reliable engineering services across a high-profile corporate environment.

Join our team and play a key role in delivering excellence and innovation in Hard FM and Technical Facilities Services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead, develop and support the London engineering team, ensuring strong performance, competence and accountability.
• Provide technical governance and assurance across the wider UK account.
• Ensure statutory compliance, safe systems of work and engineering standards are consistently maintained.
• Oversee planned, proactive and reactive maintenance, ensuring work is delivered safely and effectively.
• Manage technical contractors, suppliers and specialist service partners, including performance and compliance.
• Conduct technical audits, identify risks and ensure corrective actions are completed.
• Monitor engineering KPIs, maintenance data, compliance records and service performance.
• Provide technical advice to senior Sodexo and client stakeholders on operational expenditure, capital investment, projects and service improvement.
• Support lifecycle planning, asset management, minor projects and capital investment decisions.
• Lead technical incident investigations, root cause analysis and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Promote improvements in reliability, energy performance, sustainability and customer experience.
• Travel regularly to our sites across the UK as required.

What we're looking for:

You will have a strong background in building services engineering or technical facilities management, with experience leading engineering teams and providing technical oversight across multiple sites.

You should have:

• Relevant engineering qualification such as NVQ Level 5, HNC, HND or equivalent.
• Strong knowledge of building services, statutory compliance and safe systems of work.
• Experience managing onsite engineering teams, including performance, training and development.
• Experience providing technical governance or assurance across multiple sites, suppliers or delivery teams.
• Strong knowledge of PPM, reactive maintenance, risk assessments, RAMS, permits and safe isolation.
• Experience managing specialist contractors and technical suppliers.
• Understanding of technical budgets, expenditure, forecasting and quotations.
• Experience supporting lifecycle planning, minor projects and capital works.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to provide clear technical advice to senior stakeholders.
• The confidence to challenge poor practice, stop unsafe work and escape significant risks.
• Willingness to travel regularly across the UK.
• Professional engineering registration or progress towards registration.
• IOSH, NEBOSH or equivalent health and safety qualification.
• Experience with BMS, critical infrastructure or energy management.
• Experience within a corporate, legal or professional services environment.
• Experience with mobilisation, asset verification or multi-site service transformation.

Why Sodexo? :

Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it’s a chance tobe part of something greater.

Belong in a company and team that values you foryou.

Act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions.

Thrive in your own way.

We also offer a range of perks, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:

• Unlimited access to an online platform offering wellbeing support
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or life's larger problems, including legal and financial advice, support with work or personal issues impacting your wellbeing
• Access to a 24hr virtual GP Service
• Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 across popular high street retailers (also open to friends and family)
• Save for your future by becoming a member of the Pension Plan
• Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools
• Bike to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit
• Sodexo UK and Irelands enhanced benefits and leave policies

A little more about Sodexo:

At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all. As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100million consumers each day through our unique combination of On-Site Food and FM Services, Benefits & Rewards Services and Personal & Home Services.

We are committed tobeingan inclusive employer. We are a forces friendly employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities. We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents & Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, SoTogether, Generations and Origins.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations. We run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.

Ready to be part of something greater?