The Client

Our client is the UK’s leading fit out specialist with offices nationwide and over 500 employees. They work with construction companies, architects, surveyors, designers and project managers to deliver fit out projects ranging in value from about £5,000 to over £100m. Teams are built around the client’s requirements, and they provide specialist personnel and suppliers with the experience and expertise to meet the exact requirements of each individual project. They are a £900m turnover PLC company and have a vacancy for a Technical Services Manager to join its Manchester based team.

The Role and its Responsibilities

The Technical Services Manager will be based across Manchester and Yorkshire regions, managing various sized projects with site teams in situation. You won’t be expected to lodge away, but there may be the occasional meeting where you might have to spend a night away to attend meetings that run over a couple of days. 
The main functions of the role are:

• To ensure a smooth, on time delivery of all live projects. 
• To exceed the client’s expectations, their satisfaction is priority. 
• Management of site teams
• To liaise with the design consultancies
• To meet with the client and maintain good relationships with all of them. 
• Arrangement of weekly meetings with the M&E Contractors and to have weekly briefing meetings with your teams on site to discuss progression of the project. 
• Involvement with the commissioning and hand over of the project, checking and signing off RAMS, project reporting and handover of systems to the client. 

The Individual

You will ideally have worked in a Project Management capacity for at least 5 years, have given good attention to detail on all your projects and be able to demonstrate good relationships with project teams and clients you have worked with. 

Skills and Qualifications

• B.Eng in Engineering
• Relevant IT skills

Salary and Package
£60-65K plus excellent package and opportunity for career growth.