Technical Services Manager

4Recruitment Services Ltd; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

4Recruitment Services Ltd is seeking a Technical Services Manager to ensure engineering compliance, safety, and efficient operations on site within a healthcare environment. You will bridge maintenance operations with asset lifecycle planning and advise the on-site team.

The role emphasizes HTM/HBN and statutory compliance, with experience in PFI environments and a strong ability to discuss complex technical issues and drive compliant outcomes.

Qualifications

• Chartered/professional membership with a relevant body or able to become chartered within 12 months.
• Authorised Person qualifications in critical disciplines (e.g., High Voltage, Ventilation, Water).
• Excellent knowledge of critical mechanical/electrical systems in UK healthcare environments.

Responsibilities

• Ensure ongoing engineering compliance, safety and operational efficiency on site.
• Act as technical authority on site alongside maintenance provider.
• Support lifecycle projects ensuring major capital replacement is compliant and seamless.
• Audit maintenance activity, asset replacement and commissioning data for HTMs/HTM compliance.

Skills

Technical management

HTM/Statutory compliance

On-site coordination

CPD/chartered membership

Education

Building services knowledge

Tools

Authorized Person qualifications

Job description

Ref: 5307737 Location: Manchester M13 Hours: Monday to Friday 8am-5pm Pay: £500 per day paid weekly via umbrella - inside IR35 Duration: Ongoing Contract - Long Term

Duties As the Technical Services Manager, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring continued absolute engineering compliance, safety, and operational efficiency. Working for a major UK facilities management provider, you will act as the technical authority on site alongside the maintenance provider, bridging the gap between maintenance operations and long-term asset lifecycle management. This role would be ideally suited to someone who has worked within a challenging PFI environment, has an eye for detail and enjoys unpicking installed assets and systems, understanding compliance, system, design and asset replacement. Noting that this is not a project management role. Your dual focus will be monitoring and reviewing maintenance compliance (statutory and HTMs) and providing expert technical support to a dedicated team of in house Lifecycle Project Managers to ensure major capital replacement works are executed compliantly and seamlessly. Hold an operational understanding of all assets and systems normally found within a UK Healthcare Environment and an awareness of all building services related topics Have an educated background in either Mechanical, Electrical and Building Fabric but must have a solid understand of all three to allow appropriate decisions to be made Be able to hold technical conversations and debates relating to compliance discussions providing a balanced true response which progresses issues in line with business objectives, HTM/HBN/Statutory compliance and patient requirements Audit maintenance related activity, asset replacement activity, and maintenance records/PPM plans, commissioning data with a view to ensuring compliance, whilst considering the commercial environment

Person Specification

• Chartered/professional membership with a relevant body or able to become chartered /hold a professional membership within a 12 month period
• Obtained Authorised Person (AP) qualifications in one or more critical disciplines (e.g., High Voltage, Ventilation, or Water).
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of all critical mechanical and electrical systems found within a normal PFI environment (e.g. healthcare, education, blue light and government accommodation)