Facilities Manager (Hard Services)

About Us

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The Role

We are looking for a proactive and technically skilled Facilities Manager (Hard Services) to manage the mechanical, electrical (M&E), and fabric services across Bracken House and our broader UK portfolio. This is a critical role for ensuring service excellence and building safety, compliance, and performance across our estate.

Key Responsibilities

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Oversee the hard services (M&E) and fabric delivery, ensuring contract SLAs and KPIs are met.

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Maintain quality standards across the physical environment.

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Manage the Building Manned Guarding contract, CCTV, and access control systems.

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Schedule and follow up on Fire, General, and L8 Risk Assessments and related actions.

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Oversee statutory and mandatory inspections and ensure full documentation.

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Manage planned and reactive maintenance with principal and specialist contractors.

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Support building-wide activities including evacuations, audits, and scenario testing.

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Review vendor contracts related to MEP quality and compliance.

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Manage budgets for building repairs and small works activities.

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Liaise with internal stakeholders for critical areas such as MERs and SERs.

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Monitor asset condition and drive continuous improvement across FM services.

Required Skills and Experience

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In-depth technical knowledge across key building services (HV, LV, HVAC, fire, BMS, energy systems, etc.).

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Relevant mechanical and/or electrical engineering qualifications.

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Water management (L8) certification.

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Experience as a Senior Authorised Person or Authorising Engineer.

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Strong background in facilities compliance and safe systems of work.

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Skilled in vendor and contractor management.

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Strong communicator, especially when conveying technical issues to non-technical stakeholders.

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Ability to write technical reports and respond to out-of-hours situations.

Desirable

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Health and Safety qualifications.

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Experience in dilapidation projects.

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Understanding of IoT and SMART building applications.

What’s in it for You?

Our benefits vary by location but we are committed to providing best-in-class perks across all our offices. These include generous annual leave, medical cover, inclusive parental leave packages, subsidised gym memberships and opportunities to give back to the community. Full details of our benefits are available here.

We’ve embraced a 50% hybrid working model (averaging two to three days onsite) that fosters trust and remote adaptability while encouraging in-person camaraderie and peer learning. Additionally, we are open to accommodating specific flexible working pattern requests for all roles where feasible.

Accessibility

We are a disability confident employer and Valuable 500 signatory.

Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments/personalisation as part of the application process or to enable you to attend an interview. If you would like to discuss your requirements or have any questions, email [email protected] and a member of our team will be happy to help.

Further Information

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