Head of Technical

Head of Technical
Contract: Government
Location: London, EC2R 8AH
Hours of work: 35
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract - 12 months

Our client, a leading provider of facilities services in the UK, is seeking a Head of Technical Services to act as the senior technical lead and trusted advisor across the estate, providing strategic leadership, technical governance, and subject matter expertise to support operational delivery, major projects, estate transformation, and long-term infrastructure planning.

Reporting to the Key Account Director, this role will work closely with senior customer stakeholders to ensure alignment between operational requirements, capital investment programmes, estate strategy, and future business objectives.

Job Description

The successful candidate will provide independent technical advice and assurance across engineering, asset management, compliance, operational resilience, sustainability, and project delivery. Acting as the senior technical authority, they will support strategic decision-making and ensure technical excellence across a complex estate environment.

A key focus of the role will be supporting major projects and significant change programmes, acting as the technical authority throughout planning, design, implementation, and handover phases. The position requires strong stakeholder engagement, technical leadership, and the ability to build effective relationships across operational teams and external partners.

We are looking for an experienced technical leader to provide strategic leadership, technical governance, and assurance across engineering and estate operations. This role will support the delivery of operational excellence while ensuring alignment with estate strategy, capital investment programmes, and long-term infrastructure planning.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the senior technical authority across the estate, providing strategic leadership and technical direction.
• Serve as the informed technical stakeholder for major capital and transformation programmes.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior customer stakeholders, providing technical insight and challenge to support investment and business planning decisions.
• Build strong relationships with leadership teams, operational functions, and maintenance teams to support strategic estate objectives.
• Provide governance and assurance across engineering operations, including infrastructure, asset performance, lifecycle planning, compliance, audits, and risk assessments.
• Lead the development, review, and implementation of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Emergency Operating Procedures (EOPs) within critical facilities.
• Provide technical leadership on health, safety, compliance, safe systems of work, and operational resilience across complex environments.
• Support operational excellence through innovation, sustainability, continuous improvement, data-led decision-making, and the development of engineering and technical teams.

Person Specification

• Extensive experience in technical services, engineering management, facilities management, or estate management environments.
• Demonstrable experience operating at senior leadership level within complex, multi-stakeholder organisations.
• Strong understanding of:
  • Mechanical and Electrical Infrastructure
  • Asset Management
  • Critical Environment Management
  • Engineering Compliance
  • Capital Project Delivery
  • Estate Transformation Programmes
• Experience supporting large-scale estate investment and infrastructure projects.
• Proven ability to build trusted relationships with executive stakeholders and senior customers.
• Experience developing and implementing SOPs and EOPs within critical environments.
• Strong health and safety leadership experience, including management of safe systems of work.
• Excellent communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills.