Building Services Manager

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£80,000–£90,000 a year

Reading

Location

Full-time

Job type

Permanent

Contract type

Hybrid

Work setup

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In brief

This Building Services Manager role oversees mechanical and electrical packages for major education, retail, and commercial construction projects. The work involves collaborating with bid and site teams to manage feasibility, subcontractor installation, and technical delivery from the initial preconstruction phase through to final project completion.

Best for

Experienced mechanical and electrical services managers from main contractor or specialist subcontractor backgrounds.

Non-negotiable

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

Worth knowing

The role operates on a hybrid model with flexibility to work from the office, project sites, or home.

What you need

Required

  • Mechanical services experience

    Clearly required in the listing

  • Electrical services experience

    Clearly required in the listing

  • Right to work in UK

    Clearly required in the listing

Preferred

  • Preconstruction experience

    Clearly required in the listing

  • Delivery experience

    Clearly required in the listing

  • Degree qualification

    Clearly required in the listing

Your day-to-day

  • Manage preconstruction services

    Clearly stated in the job description.

  • Oversee site installation

    Clearly stated in the job description.

  • Resolve technical queries

    Clearly stated in the job description.

  • Coordinate commissioning and handover

    Clearly stated in the job description.

What's on offer

Hybrid working
Full job description (from employer)⌄

We are working with a Tier 1 contractor based near Reading to recruit a new Building Services/Technical Manager for the business. The company are a national brand with an excellent reputation in their chosen marketplace and have excellent long term relationships with clients, subcontractors and the wider supply chain and have a forward thinking approach to staff engagement and there are opportunities to grow and develop your career with them. The regional office is based near Slough but the geographical area covers the M4 Corridor, Thames Valley and Oxfordshire and they target work in the education, public sector, retail, leisure and commercial marketplaces on negotiated and framework opportunities. Turnover for 2025 and 2026 has been secured. Current live projects include new build Higher Education, Primary Schools, Leisure and Retail developments, local authority schemes as well as NHS projects all won on a 2 stage process through a range of frameworks such as SCF, Pagabo and DFE and values are from £20 to £90 million. The role is to take full responsibility for the services packages across a range of the projects and you will be involved with the bid and estimating teams at preconstruction stage to look at the feasibility, programme times and buildability of the scheme. You will work with the design and commercial teams and subcontractors to establish best practice, price and procedure for the schemes and your input is essential to the successful delivery of the wider project. Upon contract award you will work with the wider site delivery team to oversee the services packages on site and help manage the subcontractors through the install process dealing with all related technical queries all the way through to commissioning and handover - this is a real opportunity to work cradle to grave on schemes and see your ideas and plans come to life on site. They are flexible on how and where you to choose to work and operate a hybrid model where you can work in the office, hotdesk at the nearest project, work on live sites or work from home if needed and take a grown up and pragmatic approach to how you work and look to find the best way for you to achieve your goals alongside a work/life balance. The role would ideally suit someone from a either a main contractor or specialist subcontractor with experience of both mechanical and electrical services and experience of precon and delivery would be an advantage. Ideally degree qualified but they are also keen to look at individuals who have worked their way up off the tools. This is fantastic opportunity to join a growing business who will value your opinion and listen to your expertise and in return offer you the chance to develop your career in whatever direction you want to take it so get in touch for a more detailed conversation. Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application. Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK. For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business

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