Technical Services Manager ( fabric )

Role: Technical Services Manager (Building Fabric)

Location: Birmingham

Salary: PAYE £25.64 - £29.74 per hour | Plus overtime

Temp to Perm contract.  Perm after 3 months ( £50,000 - £58,000 + Overtime Available)

Monday to Friday | 37.5 hours per week

Are you an experienced Building Fabric Manager, Estates Manager or Technical Services Manager with a strong background in building maintenance, passive fire protection and refurbishment works?

We are recruiting for a Technical Services Manager (Building Fabric) to join a large and complex healthcare estate in Birmingham. This is a fantastic opportunity to lead a multi-skilled fabric maintenance team across one of the UK's largest healthcare environments, ensuring the safe, compliant and efficient delivery of building fabric services.

The Role

Reporting to the Senior Estates Manager, you will be responsible for the management and delivery of all building fabric maintenance activities across the estate, including planned maintenance, reactive works, compliance inspections, refurbishment projects and contractor management.

You will lead a team of supervisors, tradespeople and specialist contractors whilst ensuring contractual KPIs, healthcare standards and statutory compliance requirements are achieved.

Key Responsibilities

• Managing building fabric maintenance teams across the estate
• Overseeing fire door inspections, repairs and compliance programmes
• Managing passive fire protection works and associated contractors
• Delivering building fabric maintenance, refurbishment and civil works projects
• Managing specialist contractors and subcontractors
• Monitoring compliance, KPIs and service performance
• Conducting audits, inspections and quality assurance checks
• Managing team performance, appraisals, training and development
• Supporting health and safety compliance, CDM and statutory requirements
• Working closely with NHS stakeholders and operational teams

   

What We're Looking For

Essential:

• Strong building fabric management experience
• Previous management of maintenance teams and contractors
• Experience with:
  • Fire doors
  • Passive fire protection
  • Building fabric maintenance
  • Refurbishment works
  • Civil/building projects
• Contractor and contract management experience
• Compliance and KPI management experience
• Knowledge of FM legislation and maintenance delivery
• Pass and Enhanced DBS check
• Full UK Driving Licence

   

Desirable:

• Healthcare estates experience
• PFI contract experience
• Knowledge of HTMs (Health Technical Memoranda)
• Understanding of the Building Safety Act
• NHS or large FM environment experience

   

Suitable Backgrounds

• Technical Services Manager (Fabric)
• Building Fabric Manager
• Estates Manager
• Building Manager
• Facilities Manager (Fabric Bias)
• Contracts Manager (Building Fabric)
• Property Maintenance Manager
• Healthcare Estates Manager

Please Note

This role is specifically focused on building fabric and estate infrastructure. Candidates without significant building fabric leadership experience are unlikely to be suitable.

If you're looking for an opportunity to manage a large-scale healthcare estate and lead the delivery of critical building fabric services, we'd love to hear from you.

Please send your cv to (url removed)