Technical Services Manager

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

Job summary

4Recruitment Services Ltd is seeking a Technical Services Manager in Manchester to ensure engineering compliance, safety and operational efficiency within a major UK facilities management setting. You will act as the on-site technical authority, bridging maintenance and long-term asset lifecycle management.

The role requires experience with PFI environments, attention to detail, and the ability to discuss compliance topics (HTM/HBN).

Qualifications

• Chartered/professional membership with a relevant body or able to become chartered / hold a professional membership within 12 months.
• 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 (healthcare, education, blue light and government accommodation).

Responsibilities

• Act as the technical authority on site alongside the maintenance provider and support asset lifecycle management.
• Monitor and review maintenance compliance (statutory and HTMs) to ensure standards.
• Provide expert technical support to Lifecycle Project Managers for major capital replacement works.
• Maintain operational understanding of all assets and systems in a UK Healthcare environment.
• Engage in technical discussions to progress issues in line with HTM/HBN and patient requirements.
• Audit maintenance activity, asset replacement activity and commissioning data for compliance within the commercial setting.

Skills

Knowledge of mechanical systems

Electrical systems knowledge

Compliance discussions

Asset lifecycle understanding

Education

Chartered/professional membership in a related body

Authorised Person (AP) qualifications in critical disciplines (e.g., High Voltage, Ventilation, Water)

Job description

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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)