Facilities Contract Manager -Electrical

Manchester Arndale; Dublin; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free Online Doctor Consultations

Competitive Salary

Contributory Pension

21 Days Annual Leave increasing to 26

Birthday leave after 1 year

Staff Benefits/Discount Programme

Employee Assistance Programme

Training and Development Opportunities

Job summary

OCS UK & Ireland seeks an experienced electrical facilities manager to oversee multi-site FM contracts, ensuring safe, compliant and cost-effective electrical maintenance across office and critical infrastructure sites.

The role emphasizes technical authority on electrical work, governance, and successful delivery of small works within an operational environment. Occasional nationwide travel is expected.

Qualifications

• Recognised electrical qualification or degree in electrical/building services engineering.
• Proven multi-site FM or M&E maintenance contract management experience.
• Experience delivering small works or minor capital projects in ops environments.
• Strong knowledge of electrical safety legislation and permit-to-work systems.
• Health and safety qualification (IOSH/NEBOSH) is preferred.
• Full driving licence and willingness to travel nationally.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of hard and soft FM contracts including M&E maintenance.
• Lead contractor performance via KPIs, SLAs, and reviews.
• Control budgets, forecasting, invoices and cost savings.
• Act as technical authority on electrical maintenance across sites.
• Oversee small works from scoping to handover and cost estimates.
• Coordinate site access, outages, and ensure compliance with regs.
• Report performance, risk and compliance to senior leadership.

Skills

Electrical qualification

FM management

M&E maintenance

Safety compliance

Stakeholder mgmt

Driving licence

Education

Degree in electrical or building services engineering

IOSH Managing Safely or NEBOSH

Tools

CAFM systems

Asset management systems

Job description

About The Role:

We offer a wide range of support and benefits to our employees including:

• Free Online Doctor Consultations via Web-doctor
• Competitive Salary
• Contributory Pension after qualifying period
• 21 Days Annual Leave increasing with service to 26 Days
• Additional Leave Day on your Birthday after 1 year service
• Staff Benefits/Discount Programme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Training and Development Opportunities

Role Purpose

To manage the delivery, performance and compliance of facilities management contracts across a national portfolio of operational, office and critical infrastructure sites. You will use your electrical expertise to ensure fixed electrical systems, power distribution, emergency power and associated assets are maintained safely, legally and cost-effectively, with minimal disruption to essential services.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of hard and soft FM contracts, including mechanical and electrical (M&E) maintenance and building services.
• Lead contractor performance through KPIs, SLAs, service reviews and improvement plans
• Control budgets, forecasting, invoice validation and cost-saving initiatives

Technical and electrical assurance

• Act as the technical authority on electrical maintenance across the estate, challenging contractor methods, programmes and reports
• Ensure compliance with statutory testing and inspection regimes, including fixed wire testing, emergency lighting, portable appliance testing, generators, UPS, battery systems and LV distribution
• Review and sign off permits to work, risk assessments and method statements (RAMS) for electrical works
• Oversee remedial works and capital projects, ensuring they meet current wiring regulations and company standards
• Support root-cause analysis of electrical faults and outages, and drive preventative maintenance

Small projects management

• Manage a programme of small and minor works projects, from scoping and specification through to handover and close-out
• Develop business cases, cost estimates and delivery programmes in line with company governance and approval processes
• Procure and appoint contractors for minor works, ensuring competitive tendering and value for money
• Coordinate site access, outages, isolations and shutdown windows with operational teams to minimise disruption to live services
• Monitor progress, cost and risk, and report variances and delays promptly
• Oversee commissioning, testing, as-built documentation and asset record updates before handover
• Capture lessons learned and feed them into future project and maintenance planning

Health, safety and compliance

• Embed a strong safety culture, ensuring contractors work to safe systems of work, including safe isolation and lock-off procedures
• Maintain compliance registers, asset records and audit trails
• Lead or support incident investigations and ensure corrective actions are closed out
• Prepare for internal audits and regulatory inspections

Stakeholder and supplier engagement

• Build effective relationships with clients, operational teams, site managers, regulators and supply chain partners
• Report contract performance, risk and compliance to senior leadership
• Support business continuity and emergency response, including out-of-hours escalation

Person Specification

Essential

• Recognised electrical qualification in electrical installation or a degree in electrical or building services engineering
• Proven experience managing multi-site FM or M&E maintenance contracts, ideally in a regulated, critical or industrial environment
• Experience delivering small works or minor capital projects within an operational environment
• Strong working knowledge of electrical safety legislation, statutory compliance and permit-to-work systems
• Health and safety qualification (e.g. IOSH Managing Safely or NISO)
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Full driving licence and willingness to travel nationally

Desirable

• Project management qualification
• Working knowledge of CDM or equivalent construction safety regulations
• Familiarity with CAFM and asset management systems
• ISO 45001, ISO 14001 or ISO 55001 knowledge

About The Company:

OCS UK & Ireland is a leading facilities management company with 50,000+ colleagues and a turnover in excess of £2bn. We deliver innovative, award-winning services within facilities management, hard services, cleaning, security and catering.

Our mission is to make people and places the best they can be for our colleagues, customers and the communities we serve. Our commitment to doing business the right way is rooted in our TRUE values -Trust, Respect, Unity, and Empowerment

We are an equal opportunities employer and rely on a diverse workforce with a broad range of knowledge, skills, and backgrounds to deliver our goals. We offer an inclusive and welcoming environment and actively encourage applications from all individuals regardless of race, gender, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or age.