Technical Supervisor

Equans UK & Ireland; Blackburn; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

24 days annual leave

Life cover equivalent to 1.5 times annual salary

Employee discount shopping schemes

Gym membership discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Access to employee networks

Job summary

A sustainable facilities management provider is seeking a Technical Supervisor based in Blackburn. This full-time role involves overseeing a team of engineers, ensuring compliance with statutory and contractual requirements across multiple sites. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in technical fields and strong leadership capabilities. The position offers a competitive salary alongside numerous benefits including annual leave and professional development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Required experience in a technical field such as Electrical, Mechanical, Gas, or Water.
• Experience managing subcontractors and adherence to standards.
• Excellent communication and customer service skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of engineers to ensure timely and efficient service delivery.
• Monitor ongoing facility performance and ensure compliance with contractual obligations.
• Administer relevant paperwork and compliance documentation.

Skills

Technical expertise in mechanical systems

Technical expertise in electrical systems

Strong communication skills

Organizational skills

Knowledge of Health & Safety standards

Education

IOSH Working Safely

Tools

CAD

Job description

EQUANS are looking for a Technical Supervisor working on our Rotherham Schools contract. This role would be a permanent full-time role working 37.5 hours per week (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm). On offer is a competitive salary and benefits package.

General Overview

Reporting to the Technical Services Manager, the Technical supervisor will ensure adherence to both statutory and contractual compliance on 14 schools across the Rotherham Schools PFI Estate.

Demonstrate flexibility and efficiency in responding to changing business requirements and will establish good working relationships with the team and client.

Develop effective customer relationships providing the interface and first point of escalation for technical service delivery.

Ensure compliance is accurately documented and consistently applied across all schools within the Rotherham estate.

The individual should have the ability to work under pressure, take ownership of problems and deal with them to their conclusion.

Impact

Provides a safe and healthy working environment for all employees.

Complies with all EQUANS policies/procedures to ensure timely and effectively implementation.

Promotes EQUANS values and develop opportunities to deliver additional EQUANS capabilities to achieve an integrated service operating model.

Complexity

The Technical Supervisor will be responsible for the technical performance and maintenance of standards within the contracts working with and reporting to the Technical Services Manager. They will provide guidance to others on site, showing technical expertise in mechanical and electrical systems, to ensure appropriate and compliant solutions and efficient customer service delivery.

• Manage a team of engineers to ensure the in-house delivery of technical services is efficient, timely and to a high standard.
• Ensure customer focused service delivery, contractual and procedural compliance across the PFI contract.
• Ensure the provision and maintenance of a high level of Mechanical / Electrical / and other technical disciplines in a Hard FM environment.
• Ensure up to date accurate asset management and support in the delivery of lifecycle planning and delivery.
• Undertake RP/AP roles as required by the contract.
• Offer technical support as required to the business.
• Ensure all statutory and contractual obligations are maintained and accurately documented in line with current legislation.
• Management of PPM to ensure contractual / statutory timescales are met.
• Monitor and assess ongoing facility performance, through PPM programme, identifying any additional works required or indicated in PPM reports.
• Manage the organisation of Statutory Inspections to ensure compliance with contractual and legal obligations.
• Completion of Health and Safety audits in line with agreed programme including follow up action and reporting.
• Staff management including monitoring, induction and actions where necessary.
• Sub-contractor management including regular meetings.
• Ensure records are maintained, are up to date and readily available on SharePoint.
• Understand and meet ongoing customer requirements, develop effective working relationships with business partners, suppliers and subcontractors.
• Organisational skills and ability to prioritise workloads to ensure deadlines are met.
• Knowledge of Health & Safety, Environmental and Quality Management Systems.
• Administer and complete relevant paperwork.
• Ability to measure, works to plans (method statements), read technical diagrams and communicate, present and report technical information as appropriate to trade/skill.
• Ensure projects are planned, delivered to customer specification.
• Planning and implementation of change to improve service and operational quality and customer satisfaction.

Qualifications or Required Experience

• Required experience in a Technical field – Electrical, Mechanical, Gas, Water etc.
• Working knowledge of other services such as support services, Admin, Finance.
• Working experience of People Management, Sickness, Performance, Risk Management and compliance.
• Desirable previous experience with CAD.
• Experience of Managing Sub Contractors and maintaining standards.
• Responding to bespoke client/ operational requests for information.
• Good working knowledge of standard IT packages.
• Excellent communication and customer service skills.
• Must be well organised and efficient.
• Must be self‑motivated and be able to work on own initiative.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
• Experience of analysis of data and reporting writing.
• Have a minimum of IOSH Working Safely.
• Well versed and understand statutory compliance and reporting.
• Experience of Asset Management and CAFM systems.
• Experience of Life Cycle management and requirements.
• Experience of working and adhering to budgets, offering cost effective solutions.

What can we offer you

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• 24 days annual leave.
• Life Cover equivalent to 1.5 times annual salary.
• Employee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailers.
• Gym membership discounts.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Holiday purchase scheme.
• 2 corporate social responsibility days per year.
• Broad range of learning opportunities, such as professional qualifications, collective/individual training, and personalised support programmes.
• Attractive Employee Referral Rewards Scheme.
• Access to our growing employee networks including WiE (Women in EQUANS), RISE (BAME), LGBTQI+, Working Parents, YPN (Young Persons Network) and our Disability Network.
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing app.

Who are we

In the UK & Ireland, Equans is a provider of sustainable facilities management and regeneration, and cutting-edge energy and digital services. Our 15,000 employees combine these activities to deliver decarbonisation across the built environment and help businesses, communities, public sector organisations and government to accelerate the transition to a low carbon, resilient world.

Globally, Equans is a world leader in the energy and services sector with operations in 20 countries, 90,000 employees working on 5 continents and a turnover of 19.2 billion euros in 2024. Equans is a subsidiary of the Bouygues group.

At Equans, we are driven by our ambition to be recognised for our operational excellence and as the best place to work for our employees. This commitment extends to achieving global and sustainable performance through Impact, ensuring that everything we do aligns with our core values—Accountability, Respect, Team Spirit, and Service Focus.

We take ownership, act with integrity, and set high standards. We listen, support, and care for one another. We collaborate and build trust to achieve shared goals, always striving to meet our customers' needs in a proactive and pragmatic way. These values shape our culture, strengthen our community, and inspire us to deliver excellence every day.

What's next

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Equal Employment Opportunity

As part of our commitment to better reflect the markets within which we operate, we encourage applications from women, ethnically diverse individuals and people with disabilities, along with all candidates who identify with protected characteristic groups under the Equality Act 2010.

We’re committed to delivering a culture where everyone’s voice is heard and supported. We know the value a diverse workforce creates, delivering better results for our people, customers and stakeholders. Diversity and inclusion is at the core of what we do; should you join Equans you’ll find a welcoming and open workplace where you’re supported and encouraged to be your true self at work.

You’ll also have access to our growing employee networks including AccessAbility (representing those with physical and mental disabilities), Encompass (representing the LGBTQ+ community), RISE (representing people from ethnic backgrounds), Veterans & Reservists, WOMEN Together (representing women in Equans), Working Parents, and Young Professionals.

For this role, you must have evidence of the right to work in the UK.
Certain roles may require applicants to undergo a Disclosure check or security vetting, as noted in the role requirements. A criminal record will not necessarily be a barrier to obtaining a position with us.

The Equans Resourcing Team manage this requirement. Agency involvement is not required. All related enquiries should come to the resourcing team, not direct to Equans Managers.