Head of Building Services

Head of Building Services

Location: Westminster, London
Salary: £85,000 per annum
Sector: Facilities Management / Property
Employment Type: Full-time

The Role

We are seeking an experienced Head of Building Services to take overall responsibility for the mechanical, electrical and building services across a high-profile property portfolio in Westminster.

This is a senior position within the Facilities Management function, responsible for ensuring the buildings operate safely, efficiently and reliably. You will provide technical leadership across M&E services, planned and reactive maintenance, statutory compliance, lifecycle planning and capital projects.

Working closely with senior stakeholders, FM teams, contractors and specialist consultants, you will play a key role in shaping the long-term engineering and building services strategy for the estate.

Key Responsibilities

You will lead the operational and strategic management of all building services, including M&E, HVAC, electrical systems, BMS and associated infrastructure. You will oversee maintenance delivery, statutory compliance, asset performance and technical standards across the portfolio.

A significant part of the role will involve managing contractors and specialist suppliers, ensuring performance, service levels and contractual obligations are consistently achieved. You will also oversee budgets, lifecycle planning and capital investment programmes, including major M&E upgrades, refurbishment and energy-efficiency projects.

You will provide technical advice to senior management, identify opportunities to improve building performance and resilience, and lead investigations into significant technical issues or service failures.

The role will also involve ensuring that appropriate compliance, risk management, asset information and technical documentation are maintained across the estate.

About You

You will have substantial experience within Building Services, M&E or Facilities Management, ideally within a complex commercial, corporate or public-sector environment.

You will have a strong technical understanding of building services together with experience managing contractors, budgets, maintenance programmes and capital projects. You will be comfortable operating at senior level and communicating with both technical teams and executive stakeholders.

Strong knowledge of statutory compliance, health and safety, lifecycle management and building services strategy is essential. Professional qualifications in engineering, building services or facilities management would be advantageous, such as CIBSE, IMechE, IET or IWFM.

The Opportunity

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced building services professional to take a senior leadership position within a prestigious Westminster property environment.

The role offers £85,000, significant responsibility for the technical performance of the estate and the opportunity to influence long-term investment, engineering strategy and Facilities Management standards
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed